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8.12 million GSM users added in December 08

January 13, 2009 By Rohan Kamath 3 Comments

The economic slowdown hasn’t affected the Indian telecom industry much, quite evident by the above mentioned numbers. Against 7.62 million users being added in November, December witnessed a healthy growth in these numbers – with 8.12 million users being added. This converts into a growth rate of 3.25%, which is marginally lower than the same clocked in the previous month – 3.32%. Here are the specifics of how each operator contributed to this growth:

  • Airtel: 2.7 million
  • Vodafone: 2 million
  • Idea: 1 million
  • BPL Mobile: 65 thousand
  • BSNL:8 lakh

At the end of December, the strength of the total user base (GSM) stands at 258 million, with Bharti Airtel leading the market with its 33.22% market share. The operator is followed by Vodafone at 23.63% share of the GSM market. The month saw all operators clocking positive growth, with the exception of BPL which saw its additions go into the red.

Filed Under: Telecom Tagged With: Airtel, bharti, bpl, BSNL, december, gsm, India, november, Telecom, Vodafone

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  1. Kaushik Roy says

    January 15, 2009 at 8:11 pm

    airtel is now leading but vodafone will probably overtake airtel in next 3 years

  2. Rohan Kamath says

    January 18, 2009 at 11:48 am

    3 years is a long time Kaushik. Vodafone could take the first position well before that.

  3. bharat khanna says

    January 18, 2009 at 5:35 pm

    for that vodafone would have to stay in india….by the track record …orange—hutch—vodafone…i doubt by next year we might have some other name in its place

    i would definatly want airtel or reliance to be in lead .

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