The GSM subscriber base in the country crossed 400 million with 13 million user additions in the month of February. The subscriber base in February grew by 3.29% over last month according to the data released by the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI).
Bharti Airtel?s mobile subscriber base touched 124 million during the month, registering close to 2.9 million-subscriber additions which reflect a growth of 2.39% for the company. The company?s market was 30.55% at the end of the month. Vodafone Essar, the country?s second-largest GSM operator added over 3 million subscribers, an addition of 3.28%, thus recording a mobile user base of 97 million during the month. The company had a subscriber market share of 23.84% at the end of the month.
BSNL, the country?s second largest telecom operator had 61 million subscribers at the end of February and a market share of 14.96%. The company added only 1.5 million subscribers. While Idea Cellular recorded a mobile user base of over 62 million during the month, adding 2.2 million subscribers and registering a market share of 15.23%. The growth in the subscriber base was 3.77% compared to the additions in January.