India Mobile Subscriber Statistics - December-2006Convergence writes…At the end of December 2006, India has 146.1 Million Mobile subscribers. [40.7 Million CDMA + 105.4 GSM].
Top 5 Mobile Service Providers in India [GSM and CDMA]:
Bharti Airtel Ltd - 31.2 Million subscribers
Reliance Communications Ltd - 29.7 Million subscribers [26.3 Million CDMA + 3.4 Million GSM]
BSNL Cellone - 23.61 Million [Excludes MTNL in Mumbai and Delhi]
Hutchison Essar - Hutch - 19.06 Million [Excludes BPL Mumbai]
Tata Indicom Mobile - 14.4 Million [All CDMA]
Top 5 GSM Service Providers in India
Bharti Airtel Ltd - 31.2 Million subscribers
BSNL Cellone - 23.61 Million [ Excludes MTNL in Mumbai and Delhi ]
Hutchison Essar - Hutch - 19.06 Million
Idea cellular Ltd - 12.43 Million
Reliance Telecom - 3.3 Million
For the quarter ended Dec-2006, Bharti-Airtel and Reliance Telecom saw a marginal increase in market share at the cost of Idea Cellular and BSNL. According to Macquire Research, Indian wireless subscriber base is all set to touch 400 Million, while Citigroup Investment Research has revised the figure to 387 Million from 365 Million for 2010.
