Top 10 GSM mobile operators in India based on market share

 

By Telecom Lead Team: GSM has 639.6 million customers at the end of
December 2011. GSM operators added 75,52,723 mobile users in December 2011.

 

Please see the chart for the top
10 GSM mobile operators in India based on market share at the end of the
article.

Idea Cellular has
added 2.38 million mobile subscribers
last month. The third largest GSM player in India has a market share of 16.63
percent.

 

The largest mobile service provider Bharti Airtel added 960,143 wireless
subscribers in December 2011 and its market share is 27.46 percent.

 

Vodafone, which won a $2.2
billion case against the Indian income tax department, added 905,478 mobile
customers last month. Its market share stands at 23.10 percent.

 

All 11 GSM
players added 7.55 million mobile users
in December 2011.

 

Idea Cellular attracted 2.38 million customers in one
month due to its aggressive 3G expansion. It recently introduced
IDEA branded smartphones to
increase the number of 3G subscribers.

 

 

Group
company wise % market share (GSM Subscribers) – December 2011

Sl.
No.

Name
of Operator

Total
Subscribers

 Additions in December 2011

%
Market Share

%
Growth over previous month

1

Bharti Airtel

175,652,816

960,143

27.46%

0.55%

2

Vodafone Essar

147,746,756

905,478

23.10%

0.62%

3

Idea Cellular

106,380,111

2,387,747

16.63%

2.30%

4

BSNL

92,565,377

423,367

14.47%

0.46%

5

Aircel

61,644,411

685,800

9.64%

1.13%

6

Uninor

36,306,865

2,124,910

5.68%

6.22%

7

Videocon

5,442,883

-37,334

0.85%

-0.68%

8

MTNL

5,442,042

44,664

0.85%

0.83%

9

Stel

3,549,381

-13,771

0.55%

-0.39%

10

Loop Mobile

3,236,381

12,457

0.51%

0.39%

11

Etisalat

1,670,086

59,262

0.26%

3.68%

All India

639,637,109

7,552,723

100.00%

 

 

 

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