Bharti Airtel leads GSM user additions in October with 2.7 million: COAI

NEW DELHI: A total of 6.30 million GSM subscribers were added during the month of October, an increase of 0.9% from the previous month, taking the total subscribers on GSM technology up to 739.44 million.

Bharti Airtel added the highest number of subscribers at 2.7 million, taking its total subscriber base to 237.98 million at the end of the month, according to data revealed by the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI).

Vodafone with additions of 1.6 million added the second highest number of users, taking its total kitty up to 189 million at the end of the month. Idea Cellular, however, added under a million (7.2 lakh) subscribers in October, registering a total of 167 million users.

UP (East) circle recorded the largest number of GSM subscribers in the country at 65.14 million. The total additions during the month for the circle were 4.1 lakh.