The Hindu Business Line : Cellular base expands by 1.9 m in November

As per the latest statistics released by the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) and Association of Basic Telecom Operators (ABTO), while the aggregate GSM cellular subscriber base has been placed at 20.72 million, the CDMA subscriber figure (excluding BSNL and MTNL) is lower at 5.77 million. As many as 13.79 lakh additions took place in the GSM segment while 5.25 lakh new subscribers joined the CDMA bandwagon during the month.

At the individual operator level across the technology platforms, Reliance Infocomm had a 58.55-lakh subscriber base (52.13 lakh in CDMA and 6.42 lakh in GSM) followed by Bharti with 51.74 lakh (GSM), BSNL 46.25 lakh (GSM), Hutch 38.05 lakh (GSM) and Idea Cellular 20.81 lakh (GSM).

Bharti is also the single largest operator in any one single circle, having bagged over 13.06 lakh customers in Delhi.

In the month of November, Reliance had 4.75 lakh new customers, while Bharti roped in 3.11 lakh, BSNL 2.54 lakh followed by Hutch at 2.13 lakh.

According to the estimates of the COAI (which pertains to the GSM segment of operators), the regions in Circle A continued to account for the highest subscriber base at 75.37 lakh, followed closely by the four metros at 66.59 lakh subscribers and Circle B at 56.58 lakh subscribers.

Circle C continues to be far behind at only 8.70 lakh subscribers.

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