According to figures released by the COAI, the Indian GSM Wireless Subscribers base has touched 288 mn [ 288,363,482] excluding Reliance GSM. GSM operators added a record 10.8 mn subscribers in the month of March-09, the highest ever addition since they began operations in India.
- Vodafone Essar India added 2.84 m subscribers beating Airtel to reach 68.76 m subs
- Bharti Airtel added 2.80 m subs takings its total tally to 93.9m
- Idea Cellular added 1.5 m subs ans is now serving 43 m subs across India
- Aircel is coming strong as it added 1 m subs and now has a total subscriber base of 18.4 m
- BSNL continues to be the laggard adding just another 1.08 m subs and has a base of 46 m subs
Will be updated when Reliance GSM releases its numbers.