In a statement released by Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), the GSM-based cellular industry has added about 50 lakh subscribers in February. With this, the all-India GSM subscriber base has touched 11.53 crore at the end of February 2007 compared to 11.05 crore as on end of January 2007 with Bharti Airtel .
The Indian GSM industry is a key contributor in the 200 million milestone reached by the telecom sector in India as a whole in February.
In February, the cellular subscriber base of Bharti touched 3.54 crore with additions of over 17 lakh users, capturing 30.74 per cent of the market share. BSNL at 2.54 crore with a marketshare of 22.07 per cent and additions of over 10 lakh subscribers.
Hutch-Essar added 9.28 lakh subscribers and now has 2.53 crore subscribers, taking its market share to 21.98 per cent.
Idea added 5.6 lakh mobile users with a market share of 11.83 per cent has 1.36 crore subscribers in February.
MTNL's GSM subscriber base in Delhi and Mumbai touched 25.78 lakh, while Spice Telecom has also over 25 lakh subscribers.
Aircel's user base in February stood at 50.94 lakh, followed by Reliance Telecom's 41.1 lakh subscribers.
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