Who’s standing where: GSM Market Share update

With the additions done and dealt with, let’s have a look at the market shares and user base of these GSM operators. Here it goes:

• Airtel – 32.88% – 91,114,971
• Vodafone – 23.79% – 65,920,902
• BSNL – 15.94%  – 44,180,880
• Idea – 14.98% – 41,518,613
• Aircel – 6.31% – 17,476,962
• Reliance – 3.88% – 10,744,953
• MTNL – 1.47% – 4,084,579 
• BPL – 0.75% – 2,073,184 

We Say: With Bharti adding the highest number of users to its kitty each month, it is unlikely that it will lose its position. However, Vodafone is trying its level best to reach closer by adding around the same number of users as Airtel. BSNL and Idea also seem to be battling it out for the third position. Though Reliance may seem to be a small player out here, it is adding large number of users each month and we expect to see it climbing up the rankings soon.