UPDATE 1-Bharti adds 2.7 mln mobile users in Oct-industry

Wed Nov 11, 2009 6:34am EST
 
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 (Adds table on user adds, India adds)
 NEW DELHI, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Bharti Airtel (BRTI.BO),
India's top mobile operator, added 2.7 million users in
October, taking its total to 113.2 million, data from an
industry body showed on Wednesday.
 The Cellular Operators' Association of India (COAI) said
third-ranked Vodafone Essar (VOD.L) added 2.98 million mobile
users in October to have a total of 85.8 million users.
 The COAI said its members added 10.32 million users to
their GSM networks, taking their total subscribers to 355.25
million
 The COAI's figures do not include second-ranked operator
Reliance Communications (RLCM.BO) or sixth-ranked Tata
Teleservices [TATASL.UL], both of which are CDMA network
operators that now also offer GSM services.
 Following is a table of additions and total users in
October for leading members of the COAI.
 COMPANY                 ADDITIONS (MLN)     TOTAL USERS (MLN)
 --------------------------------------------------------------
Bharti Airtel (BRTI.BO)      2.70              113.21
 Vodafone Essar (VOD.L)       2.98               85.83
 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd     0.60               53.96
 Idea Cellular (IDEA.BO)      1.90               53.35
 Aircel                       2.02               27.75
 (Reporting by Devidutta Tripathy and C.J. Kuncheria; Editing
by John Mair)




 

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