New Delhi: GSM operators added a whopping 13.5 million mobile subscribers in August taking the total tally to 481 million. The growth was led by Vodafone Essar which added 2.3 million new subscribers followed by State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd with 2.29 million new users. Uninor, which is among the new players to get licences in 2008, managed to get 2.2 million new subscribers in August beating even market leader, Bharti Airtel.
“These numbers come from only the 13 circles where Uninor is commercially present today. While it is early days yet, we believe our strategy is taking us in the right direction.,” said Uninor.
Bharti Airtel added a little over two million users to take its total user base to 141.25 million. Vodafone is at second place with a subscriber base of 113.77 million at the end of August. IDEA cellular continues to be the third largest GSM mobile operator with a subscriber base of 72.7 million and State-owned BSNL is in fourth position in terms of GSM mobile user base with total subscribers of about 70.4 million.
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