The Hindu Business Line : Mobile subscribers up 2 m in Oct: COAI

THE number of cell phone subscribers jumped by a whopping 2 million in October, which is the highest since the service was made available, the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has said.

In a statement, the COAI said the cumulative GSM subscriber base grew by 4.15 per cent to 52.98 million last month from 50.87 million recorded during the previous month.

While Bharti saw an increase of 6.7-lakh subscribers, BSNL reported a rise of 6 lakh. Similarly, Hutch saw an increase of more than 4 lakh while IDEA saw an increase of 1-lakh subscribers.

The number of subscribers in the metros touched 13.06 million in October, up from 12.62 million reported during the previous month. Delhi and Mumbai continued to dominate in terms of volume and market share. Delhi continues to be the leading cellular market with 4.84-million subscribers accounting for 9.13 per cent of the total market, followed closely by Mumbai with 4.71-million subscribers.

The statement said that among all the circles, Mumbai added the maximum number of subscribers at 2,03,500.

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