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India GSM subscribers reached 526 mn
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In November 2010, Indian telecom operators added a whopping numbers of 17.45 million new users. According to the reports of Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) the total subscriber base is now increased from 508.72 million to 526.18 million by end of November,2010.
Country’s largest GSM player Bharti Airtel,added 3.10 million new users in November,taking its total subscriber base to 149.39 million and market share to 28.39%.
On the other side Vodafone Essar has added highest number of subscribers among all the service providers in the country and its total subscriber base grow to 121.16 million and market share of 23.03%. (more…)
10-20 pc Punjab, Haryana subscribers may switch to 3G Services
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After getting the credit to be first private telecom operator to launch 3G services in India, Tata Docomo is now expecting that up to 20 per cent of its existing customers in Punjab and Haryana will switch over to its high speed 3G services within the next one year.
Aditya Gupta, COO, Tata Teleservices, said they are expecting 10 to 20 per cent of their existing customers in Punjab and Haryana to shift to 3G network within the next months to one year.
“We will be aggressively promoting 3G services through our 35,000 multi-brand retail outlets in Punjab and Haryana. We will also set up demonstration zones at 100 locations in both states to give a live experience to people on the features of 3G services,” he said. (more…)
Indian government to verify actual no. of active mobile users
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With a whooping official mobile subscriber base of 670 million, India is emerging as one of the fastest growing mobile phone subscriber market in the world. Moreover story doesn’t ends here as the no. of subscribers are ever increasing by addition of near about 13-16 million new users every month.
But the Indian government is not very sure on the actual number of mobile phone users in the country. Indian government is now looking forward to deploy some technology and regulations which can find out the real number of mobile phone subscribers. The decision was arrived at a recent meeting of the Telecom Commission.
From this total 670 million mobile subscribers, there are considerable amount of non-active mobile users and single users with multiple SIM cards. Although no official figures are available for non-active subscribers, some estimates show that actual number of subscribers may not be more than 500 million. (more…)
MTS Crosses 5 lakh Customer Milestone in Bihar and Jharkhand
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MTS, the mobile telephony services brand of Sistema Shyam TeleServices Ltd (SSTL), today announced it’s achievement of crossing the 5 lakh customer milestone in Bihar & Jharkhand. MTS has added over 4.9 lakh voice and over 15,000 data customers in just 16 months.
The company is on track with its investment plans of USD 180 million, earmarked to develop telecom infrastructure and services in Bihar and Jharkhand. Additionally MTS is also credited for establishing a network of 25000 retailers across 282 towns in the 2 states. (more…)
12.4 mn new GSM subscribers in india September, BSNL tops
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GSM subscribers base of Indian telecom industry has increased to 2.58 percent with the addition of over 12.4 million subscribers In the month of September. Surprisingly state-owned BSNL managed to add the highest number of new mobile subscribers with 2.3 million additions to gain a market share of 14.71 percent. This is the first time since many years that the PSU has managed to attain this position .
As per Cellular Operators Association of India, in the country, the total number of subscribers crossed 494 million as against 481 million the previous month. In India, BSNL added over 2.3 million subscribers, a growth of 3.32 percent over the previous month, to have a total of 72.6 million subscribers. Bharti Airtel, the leading operator has added over two million subscribers, a growth of 1.44 percent as compared to the previous month, taking its total numbers to 143 million. And the operator has acquired a market share of 29 percent. (more…)
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