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Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) today released India’s ‘GSM Subscriber Figures for March 2012.
Bharti Airtel tops in the new subscriber additions, added a total of 2.5 million new GSM subscribers followed by IDEA Cellular added the 2nd highest number of new subscribers with 2.01 million in March. Bharti Airtel now has more than 181 million GSM customers with a 27.22% market share.
According to the data released by COAI total 6.87 million new GSM subscribers added with 1.04% increase from previous month taking the all-India GSM cellular subscriber base to 664.08 million at the end of March 2012.
Videocon once again lost 0.25 million subscribers. The user base of Videocon stood at 5.95 million.AIRCEL also lost 0.68 million customers and its subscriber base was at 62.57 million.
Among the leading GSM Mobile Service Operators, Vodafone India added 1.02 million new customers, boosting its subscriber base 150.46 million. Uninor that lost licences in the SC’s 2G judgment, notched 1.29 million new customers. Its user base was at 42.43 million by March-end.
State run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) added 0.89 million taking their subscriber base to 94.67 million. Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL) added 62399 new users during the month, boosting its total base to 5.93 million at the end of March ’2011.
Other Operators such as STel, Etisalat DB (Cheers Mobile) and Loop Telecom (except Loop Mobile -Mumbai) have announced shutting down of mobile services as earlier we shared on TelecomTalk and are now helping their users move to other operators through Mobile Number Portability (MNP).
Please note : COAI GSM Subscriber base does not include the Reliance Communications (Rcom) and Tata Docomo’s GSM subscriber Base (same not submitted to COAI).
ameen May 29, 2013 at 4:32 pm
in kerala better network airtel
sray May 9, 2012 at 10:25 am
yes bsnl has improved immensely over the last few years in west bengal.Earlier the call quality would be poor and there would be frequent call drops and call termination
Bharat Singh April 25, 2012 at 12:21 pm
BSNL services are very best throughout India. I realy appreciate BSNL employees for the same.
Nilanjan April 25, 2012 at 12:16 pm
You are right,Network of BSNL is best now…
Bharath April 24, 2012 at 10:52 pm
But all tell that in tamil nadu aircel is first and it has double subscriber base.. Than any other network.. Also calls are much cheap.. In Karnataka we need good mnp plans.. Then only it can be good..@Jay
gujarati April 24, 2012 at 5:44 pm
BSNL SERVICE IS TRUELY VERY GOOD THROUGHOUT INDIA , THANKS TO ALL THE EMPLOYEES OF BSNL
sushant gupta April 24, 2012 at 3:24 pm
very true bsnl service has improved a lot during last two years not only in kolkata but in rest of bengal too……
@r nath
r nath April 24, 2012 at 12:21 pm
BSNL’s mobile service in Kolkata is seen to have improved a lot in terms of quality of service for both 2G and 3G subscribers.
Kolkatans April 24, 2012 at 9:22 am
In kolkata Artel and vodafone are better than other operator in Network quality.
Firstonnet April 24, 2012 at 2:48 am
Really good news that MTNL done the best business in last month, I think only because of MTNL employees efforts they grab lots of subscribers. Mumbai ED offered a Customer Connect program in which all the exchange employees work very hard & they made a history that MTNL is still best. Public responded well for Rs 91 SIM & unlimited 3G data usage plan. MTNL Hai toh Sahi hai.
rahulraj April 23, 2012 at 11:28 pm
+1
Rohan Singh April 23, 2012 at 11:20 pm
I think this person is no other than our corrupted leader Kapil Sibal…This is your country ..what ever you want you can do it..? is this what you think..? Like you people were trying to block fb, yahoo, and other blog sites….gr8 democracy of India.
Rohan Singh April 23, 2012 at 11:04 pm
Abe fakir chand company….To download from Airtel 3G 2Gb it takes more than 3 days..Go and use Vodafone ,Idea and Aircel 3G with download speed that reached even 14Mbps…where as Airtel 3G gave 300-600KBps…wao…Is this 3G..? Where is your claim of 21Mbps Network..?
R R Kumar April 23, 2012 at 10:47 pm
following are the operators arranged in their order of quality of service in Chennai :
1. Rel CDMA
2. Aircel
3. Airtel
4. Tata Docomo
5. Reliance GSM
THE COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE OPERATORS IS THAT MOST OF DON’T OFFER LANGUAGE SELECTION OPTION DURING CUSTOMER CARE CALLS. FED UP OF TAMIL ONLY RESPONSE. RELIANCE IS THE WORST IN THIS MATTER !
Jay April 23, 2012 at 10:29 pm
Yes.. Very true… Aircel’s Internet speed in Bangalore was AMAZING.. I’m from chennai & when I compare the internet speed of Aircel Bangalore, speed in Chennai is pathetic… Aircel must do something to improve speed in Chennai & RoTN..
The only problem there was coverage, still even with 1 or 2 points of signal, speed was better than taht I get in Chennai with Full coverage !!!
R R Kumar April 23, 2012 at 10:17 pm
aircel is good in chennai….great call clarity and coverage….good internet too….3g too…..
but reliance cdma is the best…..( my own survey )
Sreekanth. Jayadevan April 23, 2012 at 9:34 pm
Uninor feeling the heat…!
Bharath April 23, 2012 at 7:56 pm
Yes waste Airtel.. Aircel is super.. Now what a internet speed in Karnataka.. These fucking Airtel guys only started call cost for calling customer care.. These are the first who started to hike tariff.. And also first to reduce internet data.. To one gb on recharge of 98rs.. Aircel is the only network giving unlimited.. Data usuage..
V.P.Guru April 23, 2012 at 7:30 pm
In a Number one network of india, Once I tried to make call to 198. And I got reply that “The dialed Number Does not exist.” Instead of Network Busy Dialog, they use Number does not exist dialog. India’s Number one cheater. What is your reply Mr. Airtel CC.
jitu April 23, 2012 at 4:26 pm
waah kya baat bole hai mere bhai…
Airtel CC April 23, 2012 at 4:07 pm
Really Mr over smart Airtel CC…we are one step ahead of u all the time :-p
And even if u allow loop holes i am not interested to enjoy even 3G on your D-Grade network….Your 3G is like 2G.
If our 3G network is so poor, how come you download hundred GBs of data illegally over the last 8-10 months? We are continuously getting e-mails from our paid 2G/3G users which are exposing people like you. Thanks for your valuable post as we will now use this comment screen shot as a proof against you. Will contact owner of this telecom blog soon to get your IP address and after that our company will take legal actions against you.
We will also make sure that blogs and websites who are promoting illegal use of Internet will be shut down soon.
Regards,
Airtel CC
KishaN April 23, 2012 at 3:38 pm
@ved
AirTel is Best of best….
Rohan Singh April 23, 2012 at 3:16 pm
Really Mr over smart Airtel CC…we are one step ahead of u all the time :-p
And even if u allow loop holes i am not interested to enjoy even 3G on your D-Grade network….Your 3G is like 2G.
spa April 23, 2012 at 2:58 pm
The actual fact is that the TSPs are showing an inflated figure. The multiple sim cards (Many sim cards on the same name ) are the actual villain. In a study it is found that each tsps are giving multiple sim cards of the order of more than 100 per one POI and Photo. TERM Cells are not strong . They are simply allowing this malpractice to be florished.
Arjun April 23, 2012 at 2:27 pm
BSNL is cool and comfortable. NO such hype and hopla like pvt operators, no such issue of balance deduction. Really ‘BSNL best hai merelye’.
Saurabh April 23, 2012 at 1:30 pm
While analyzing the Aircel’s data for March-2012, I came across a surprising fact that company lost 2.03 million subscribers in southern regions where it has the strong foothold. The worst seen in Chennai where Aircel lost about 7 lakh subscibers. Addition of around 1.4 million among other parts of India mainly northern circles like Haryana, Punjab, UP(E), UP(W), Rajastan came as a savior, where they (Aircel) do not have 30% of their own network coverage and using Tata Docomo’s network.
I will not be surprised if Aircel lose the number game to Uninor in coming months. I haven’t seen much happenings in last few months from Aircel’s end. Expansion plans on hold, company facing fund problems, exodus of top officials, Aircel-Maxis deal issues, all these things indicating to something which is more worst than one can think of.
Aircel do hold 3G license for 13 circles but I can’t find any seriousness regarding 3G network expansion by the company. There are not much talk about Aircel 3G among customers. Maybe it’s unavailability can be the reason for that.
Arora April 23, 2012 at 11:29 am
That 6.87 Million GSM “Subscriber” or just a “SIM CARD Holders” gr8 Confusion by COAI the A-V-I(Airtel,Vodafone,Idea) Group…….
When We will get Actual Figures of The “Active Subscribers”…TRAI must take Strict measures for Such things going on
I have 3 simcards out of which I use Docomo Sim,I have stop using Airtel Due To the “Balance Deduction issue” and reliance Gsm Due to Network issue,So,Now i will be counted as 3 Subscribers But Active Sim Card is Only One……Also There are various street vendors of SIM Cards…Selling sim card with short term benefit
E.g Airtel New sim For RS 75 with RS.75 TT.Daily 100SMS,1GB Data free For 1 Month…… Any many other
ved April 23, 2012 at 9:16 am
i am not saying that reliance is bad , reliance is also good but , Airtel is Airtel there response service is very fast as compared to reliance also they (airtel) has many xtra services like airtel money,gifting service,network service,voice services etc which reliance dont have .I accept Airtel 3G is not fast as Rel 3G and also accept Rel 2G is not as fast as Airtel .And i am not any Reliance employer or any thing that i will advertise for reliance only , in fact i m using rel from last 7 years and my experience with rel is good thats all , i am not interested in reliance not even in airtel ..its just an advice Mr ERROR 404..
vijay April 23, 2012 at 7:53 am
I can’t believe this ! How could people select airtel network ! It may be done through circulating FREE SIMCARDS in all circles ! Nowadays no one believe AirTel ! Once u go to airtel they will never get u away from their network by not able to move thro MNP ! He knows every trick to cancel MNP !
baskar April 23, 2012 at 1:00 am
bsnl is best
ERROR 404 April 23, 2012 at 12:38 am
Ved babu ka Reliance 3g kaha gaya? Jo unko 100mbps speed diya karta tha? Reliance ke liye advertisement karna band kar diya kya? Ya apko naukri se nikal diya gaya? Ved babu airtel ka prasansa karte huye acha lag raha hai? Lekin Reliance ko to bura lag jayega!
sAM April 22, 2012 at 11:11 pm
Aircel is spending so much on itz licenses..!!
But whatz d probz wid them ??
Arif April 22, 2012 at 10:55 pm
In both the cases Aircel has negative growth. You can not migrate from pre to post or post to pre. Major problem.
Sudhakar April 22, 2012 at 10:38 pm
To Airtel CC :
If you close all the loopholes, then all subscribers will change the operator using MNP.
ved April 22, 2012 at 10:33 pm
Airtel is best …..But lil costly ….
Manu April 22, 2012 at 10:24 pm
@Neelam
BSNL best hai mere liye
R R Kumar April 22, 2012 at 10:12 pm
use reliance cdma…you will forget airtel@Satish
R R Kumar April 22, 2012 at 10:11 pm
@Satish use reliance cdma….you will forget airtel
ashish April 22, 2012 at 10:11 pm
Fake CC
R R Kumar April 22, 2012 at 10:10 pm
manually choose aircel network to get better signals and excellent voice clarity with a docomo sim@Bharat
Abhijith April 22, 2012 at 10:07 pm
Lol . . Fake one is you . . So you yourself proving as idiot @Airtel CC
Anandh April 22, 2012 at 9:55 pm
Airtel new sim 33rs special talktime 99 rs to be used within 45 days n airtel to airtel 30p for 3 months, 100 mb 2g data valid for 10 days. Offer available all over Tamilnadu. This may add more new subscribers.
Bharat April 22, 2012 at 9:38 pm
TATA DOCOMO sucks!!! will switch to AIRTEL
Kunal April 22, 2012 at 9:19 pm
Happy to see mtnl growing amongst leading operators…….n cant und how come airtel adds so many customers……
puneet sharma April 22, 2012 at 8:41 pm
mtnl is d best…. ha wo alag baat hai ki tumhe best services lene k liye khud hi jyada jor lagana pade… complaints krni padi,, as i use to do.. but get very best services from mtnl
Amit Deb Biswas April 22, 2012 at 6:49 pm
Fake Airtel CC….
Satish April 22, 2012 at 6:27 pm
Irfan Airtel kabhi uuse kar ke dekhna Diffrence samajh aa jayega.Call Rate to mehnge hain par voice quality dekhna call bich me katege
nahi aur signal ka koi iissue nahi hoaga.Ab Tumhe chinese mall use karne ke aadat hain to alag bat hain.
Airtel CC April 22, 2012 at 6:22 pm
Don’t be over smart Mr.Rohan. We are well aware of all the happenings and we deliberately leave the loopholes in our network to allow users to access Internet using illegal methods and some idiots think that they hack it. Those who access Internet illegally should be ashamed of themselves. But sooner or later, we will fill the loopholes and it has just begin as no more free facebook for Airtel users now. We use these tactics to attract users and once we get our target complete, we block all the stuff.
Neelam April 22, 2012 at 4:39 pm
We should go for BSNl
Rohan Singh April 22, 2012 at 3:53 pm
To hack Airtel 2G/3G. Airtel is india’s most hacked network. Now i think people want to hack 4G this is why so many people bought it :-p
irfan April 22, 2012 at 3:05 pm
i really dont understand why people choose airtel despite being the costliest network in comparision to others
Sayan Chattopadhyay April 22, 2012 at 2:31 pm
Idea and Aircel both r d most faltu operators of wb.
Debasish Mitra April 22, 2012 at 2:13 pm
airtel is leading ….strange…
Saurabh April 22, 2012 at 2:05 pm
The 2.5mn subscriber addition to Airtel’s kitty is fake like ever before. Most of the people buy Airtel because of freebies they offer, like till March 31 before TRAI direction came into effect, they were offering Rs.150 as commision to the retailers and Rs.70-110 was offered to new customers paying Rs.10-30 for new sim.
I had bought one for Rs.10 and got 70 as talktime and 500MB 2G data for 3 months. I still have 45 balance and haven’t recharged it yet and will not as Airtel’s QoS is so worst in Haryana. SIM was taken for checking internet speed. There are so many users who buy new SIM, use the freebies and then buy again.
In my town, people are now shifting focus to Aircel as they are offering 9000 sec(150 mins) of local+national calling, 3GB of pocket internet free for 3 months, 300 SMS for 90 days and calling @1p/2s for 90 days at a cost of Rs.60 only. Airtel has stopped offering freebies now and SIM is also costing Rs.70 now with Rs.90 benefits.
Haryana added 401,238 subscribers in total in March 2012 and out of this Idea alone added 207,271 which accounts for 51.65%. This figure can be true as Idea is offering new SIM for Rs.100 in Haryana with Rs.110 as benefits. People are taking it even if it is costly and mainly because of its best network(900MHz) and coverage and plan are also not much expensive. So Idea is a clear winner in Haryana.
Vodafone which is at No.1 in Haryana added 82,759 and No.5 operator Airtel added 83,962 customers.
Aircel and Videocon added 12,419 and 1,962 respectively. Videocon total customer base in Haryana is now 925,500.
Amit Deb Biswas April 22, 2012 at 1:57 pm
Hahaha, happy to see aircel is loosing customers..
Sudhakar April 22, 2012 at 1:19 pm
IDEA’s operator wise growth is more than Airtel. I think IDEA will lead Airtel in the future.
sayan April 22, 2012 at 1:09 pm
airtel leads just because uninor licence has canceled & people are misguided that uninor services will be shut down..
AsitPaul April 22, 2012 at 12:53 pm
Airtel leads in adding new customers? Great Idea.