Greens 21 Report post Posted January 9, 2005 Reliance Infocomm crosses 1 cr mark; secures top slot PTI[ SUNDAY, JANUARY 09, 2005 04:59:07 PM] NEW DELHI: Reliance Infocomm has become the first mobile operator to cross the one crore mark at 1.13 crore at the end of December 2004 and occupies the top slot followed by Bharti at 98.3 lakh. According to the latest subscriber base of major mobile operators released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited occupies the third place at 88.8 lakh mobile subscribers followed by Hutchison and Idea. Among the five top mobile companies, Reliance operates in CDMA while the other four are offering GSM service. With the total subscriber base, both mobile and fixed line services, at 9.28 crore, the tele-density of the country reaches at 8.62 per cent at the end of 2004 as compared to 6.65 at the end of 2003. According to TRAI more than 2.2 crore subscribers were added during the year gone by mainly due to unprecedented fall in tariffs. With the announcement of new ADC regime the subscriber growth is likely to receive a big boost especially due to decline in tariffs, the regulatory body said. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sanay 0 Report post Posted January 9, 2005 (edited) The subscriber base of major mobile operators at the end of 2004 in comparison to 2003 as below: Service Provider...............Subscriber Base ( in million) ............................................Dec.2003...........................Dec.2004 Reliance..................................6.24..................................11.33 Bharti......................................5.50..................................9.83 BSNL.......................................4.94..................................8.88 Hutchison................................3.77................................. 7.18 Idea........................................2.24..................................4.70 Source:http://www.trai.gov.in Edited January 10, 2005 by Sanay Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rakesh5295 0 Report post Posted January 9, 2005 According to times of india its 91.11 lakhs Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ganesh 0 Report post Posted January 10, 2005 it goes on and on and on ................ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deepu 0 Report post Posted January 10, 2005 The way they became No. 1 within a short span is amazing!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tanveer 59 Report post Posted January 10, 2005 yeah it is! considering the number of sulking customers they have surprising to see how and why more and more people are jumping in Share this post Link to post Share on other sites