Indian GSM Mobile subscribers grow by 13.6% QoQ

July 12, 2006 · Filed Under Mobile 

Indian GSM cellular operators grew by just 13.6% QoQ at the end of Q2-2006(June 30th) compared to CDMA subscribers growth of 32% during the same period. You cannot compare QoQ growth directly as GSM operators have 3 times the subscribers base than that of CDMA.

At the end of Q2-2006, total Indian GSM subscriber base stands at 78,484,849(June 30th 2006) compared to 69,064,945 (March 31st 2006) a quarter ago. Bharti-Airtel now leads the pack of GSM operators with a market-share of 29.4% and 23,072,579 subscribers. BSNL Cell One occupied the second slot with a market share of 23.3% and 18,293,682 subscribers. Hutch occupies third slot with 15.27% market share and 11,991,953 subscribers followed by Idea Cellular with 10.87% marketshare and 8,535,443 subscribers.

India GSM Subscriber base end of Q2-2006

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2 Responses to “Indian GSM Mobile subscribers grow by 13.6% QoQ”

  1. Chetan on July 12th, 2006 7:12 am

    Hutch stats include subscribers of BPL Mobile.

  2. Broadband and Convergence India » Blog Archive » The Emergence of Asian Telecom Giants - SingTel, Hutch and Maxis on August 25th, 2006 7:18 pm

    [...] SingTel’s investment today commends a market capitalization of Rs24,000 crores and rising everyday with increasing subscriber base of Bharti-Airtel. SingTel as a group has 35.5 million subscribers at the end of June-2006 quarter(pro-rated according to the stake it holds in various companies) of which mere 1.6 million subscribers are in Singapore. SingTel also derives significant part of its profits from Bharti, Globe, Telkomsel and Globe. Source: Management Discussion and Analysis report. [...]

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