Hutch becomes third largest operatorGSM operators added 50 lakh (5 million) subscribers in May, taking the all-India GSM subscriber base to 13.06 crore (130 million).
1.Bharti Airtel = 18.51 lakh new, 4.07 crore total
2.BSNL = 2.38 lakh new, 2.79 crore total
3.Hutch-Essar = 15.06 lakh new, 2.92 crore total
4.Idea = 7.03 lakh new, 1.52 crore total
5.Aircel = 64.08 lakh total
6.Spice = 1.92 lakh new, 30 lakh total
7.MTNL = 64,098 new, 25.47 lakh total
Hutch-Essar (Vodafone) has become the second largest GSM player in the country, displacing BSNL.
Hutchison Essar MD, Asim Ghosh sounds like a Bollywood actress denying she is in the race to be No. 1.
“We don’t watch subscribers — we just watch revenues. We have been No. 2 in revenues for a long time now”.
(India)
