Indian telecom service provider Reliance Communications has lost 4.23 million wireless subscribers in November 2014 when rivals Idea Cellular added 2.54 million, Vodafone 2.32 million and Bharti Airtel 2.04 million subscribers.
Idea Cellular is leading in terms of net addition of mobile subscribers in November 2014.
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TRAI statistics for November 2014 released today indicates that the Anil Ambani-promoted Reliance Communications had a net loss of 42,38,082 wireless subscribers, while the state-run BSNL has lost 23,18,321 users and MTS (SistemaShyam Teleservices) lost 67,971 customers.
Idea Cellular, the Aditya Birla group company, added 25,41,558 wireless subscribers, Vodafone 23,28,549, Bharti Airtel 20,48,260, Aircel 953,026, Tata Docomo 785,793, Uninor 193,510 and Videocon Telecom 130,267 subscribers.
India’s wireless subscriber base increased 0.18 percent to 937.06 million in November, 2014 from 935.35 million in October, 2014.
The wireless subscription in urban areas declined 0.32 percent to 546.99 million in November, 2014 from 548.78 million in October, 2014, while wireless subscription in rural areas increased 0.90 percent to 390.06 million from 386.57 million.
Baburajan K
editor@telecomlead.com