India adds 6.42 million GSM mobile subscribers in July, total reaches 218.9 million (India)India has added 6.42 million GSM mobile subscribers in the month of July, report ET, accelerating the pace of subscriber growth from the previous month. Mobile phones costing as low as $15 and call rates as low as 1 US cent a minute has made India, the world’s second-largest mobile market after China.
The total GSM subscribers in India at the end of July was 218.9 million.
The number of GSM subscribers added by following operators in the Month of July are:
- Bharti Airtel added 2.69 million subscribers in July, total 72.1 million subscribers
- Vodafone Essar added 1.76 million subscribers, total 50.95 million subscribers
- Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd added 553,219 subscribers, total 37.92 million subscribers
- Idea Cellular added 1.05 million subscribers, total 28.2 million subscribers
