By Telecom Lead Team: GSM has 639.6 million customers at the end of
December 2011. GSM operators added 75,52,723 mobile users in December 2011.
Please see the chart for the top
10 GSM mobile operators in India based on market share at the end of the
article.
Idea Cellular has
added 2.38 million mobile subscribers
last month. The third largest GSM player in India has a market share of 16.63
percent.
The largest mobile service provider Bharti Airtel added 960,143 wireless
subscribers in December 2011 and its market share is 27.46 percent.
Vodafone, which won a $2.2
billion case against the Indian income tax department, added 905,478 mobile
customers last month. Its market share stands at 23.10 percent.
All 11 GSM
players added 7.55 million mobile users
in December 2011.
Idea Cellular attracted 2.38 million customers in one
month due to its aggressive 3G expansion. It recently introducedIDEA branded smartphones to
increase the number of 3G subscribers.
|
Group |
|||||
|
Sl. |
Name |
Total |
Additions in December 2011 |
% |
% |
|
1 |
Bharti Airtel |
175,652,816 |
960,143 |
27.46% |
0.55% |
|
2 |
Vodafone Essar |
147,746,756 |
905,478 |
23.10% |
0.62% |
|
3 |
Idea Cellular |
106,380,111 |
2,387,747 |
16.63% |
2.30% |
|
4 |
BSNL |
92,565,377 |
423,367 |
14.47% |
0.46% |
|
5 |
Aircel |
61,644,411 |
685,800 |
9.64% |
1.13% |
|
6 |
Uninor |
36,306,865 |
2,124,910 |
5.68% |
6.22% |
|
7 |
Videocon |
5,442,883 |
-37,334 |
0.85% |
-0.68% |
|
8 |
MTNL |
5,442,042 |
44,664 |
0.85% |
0.83% |
|
9 |
Stel |
3,549,381 |
-13,771 |
0.55% |
-0.39% |
|
10 |
Loop Mobile |
3,236,381 |
12,457 |
0.51% |
0.39% |
|
11 |
Etisalat |
1,670,086 |
59,262 |
0.26% |
3.68% |
|
All India |
639,637,109 |
7,552,723 |
100.00% |
|
|
editor@telecomlead.com
