The GSM operators in the country added 1.70 million new users in July, a 0.25 percent increase from the previous month, taking the total to 679.05 million, with Airtel topping the charts in subscriber additions.
Airtel, which is also the country’s largest telecom operator, gained the maximum of 1.50 million subscribers during the month, taking its total to 188.80 million. Vodafone India added 1.20 million customers in July, taking its subscriber base to 154.91 million.
Idea Cellular added 0.45 million new subscribers during the month taking its total subscriber base to 117.62 million. Uninor, which lost its licences following the 2G telecom scam, witnessed erosion of more than one million subscribers during the reporting month. Uninor had a total user of 44.49 million.
Videocon, another telecom firm that lost its licences in the 2G telecom scam, also witnessed its subscriber addition eroding during the month under review. The GSM operator lost 0.41 million users, pulling its total subscriber base down to 5.16 million.
State run operator BSNL did not submit its subscriber stats where as MTNL lost 90,000 users during the month, with its total user base falling to 5.22 million.
A quick reckoner on July 2012 Subscriber addition
1) All India GSM cellular subscriber figures as of July 2012: 679.05 million.
2) Subscriber Net additions during July 2012: 1.70 million with 0.25% increase from previous month.
3) Maximum GSM Subs: Airtel – 188.81 million.
4) Maximum GSM Subs for the Circle: UP ( E ) – 58.96 million.
5) Maximum GSM Subs Net addition in the month of July by : Airtel – 1.50 million.
6) Maximum GSM Subs Net addition in the month of July in : Karnataka- 650,060.
7) Amongst all the circles A Circle is the fastest growing circle, it has grown at a rate of 0.27% and forms 37.63% of the total additions during July 2012.
| Group Company wise % market share (Subscribers) – July 2012 | |||||
| Sl. No. | Name of Company | Total Sub Figures | Additions in July 2012 | % Market Share | % Growth over previous month |
| 1 | Bharti Airtel | 18,88,06,793 | 15,04,563 | 27.80% | 0.80% |
| 2 | Vodafone Essar | 15,49,10,488 | 12,02,041 | 22.81% | 0.78% |
| 3 | IDEA | 11,76,20,254 | 4,55,912 | 17.32% | 0.39% |
| 4 | BSNL | 9,46,77,766 | 0 | 13.94% | 0.000% |
| 5 | Aircel | 6,51,58,527 | 2,81,723 | 9.60% | 0.43% |
| 6 | Uninor | 4,44,96,714 | -10,81,049 | 6.55% | -2.37% |
| 7 | Videocon | 51,60,897 | -4,18,189 | 0.76% | -7.50% |
| 8 | MTNL | 52,26,830 | -90,059 | 0.77% | -1.69% |
| 9 | Loop Mobile | 29,95,710 | -1,54,940 | 0.44% | -4.92% |
| All India | 67,90,53,979 | 17,00,002 | 100.00% | ||
KUNHIRAMAN KACHARA August 18, 2012 at 4:34 pm
PRIVATE IS PRIVATE NOT A PUBLIC SECTOR UNDERTAKING ESTABILSHMENT
RR KUMAR August 17, 2012 at 9:10 pm
Krishna August 17, 2012 at 7:11 pm
All these calculations are somewhat wrong.
These operators selling sim cards like Biscuits in a packet.
In hyderabad Airtel Docomo aircel selling sim cards free of cost with a frc of apprx. 40-70 with 60-150 talktime…….
How they can spent that much of money without any income?
and these are going to break after finishing using of talktime data balance SMSes……
Thats why always like BSNL, their business always 4m their CSC’s only with no mis use of proofs
I took lots of sims bcz i hav 2 reduce my monthly phone bill although there is no guarantee of proofs bcz i have no problem No one has a right 2 question…
bagya August 17, 2012 at 6:18 pm
And still Airtel shrinking profitwise…no tera mera business here only hard truth…
bagya August 17, 2012 at 6:16 pm
And still Airtel shrinking profit wise…no tera mera business here only the hard truth…
Wanderer August 17, 2012 at 3:46 pm
The number of subscriber is directly proportional to the 900 Mhz frequency held by operator.
Prasenjit August 17, 2012 at 2:16 pm
@h rajpoot I support and echo this point of view of Mr Rajpoot…cheaper call rates and poor coverage, there won’t be any taker barring a few teenagers and young guys madly in love and want to speak over the cell 24×7
Priyesh August 17, 2012 at 2:14 pm
Where is the Reliance GSM??? They haven’t sold a single connection???
ARJUN CHANDRASHEKAR August 17, 2012 at 2:00 pm
@h rajpoot
To Some Extent Aircel Can also be left, coz the aircel coverage is following behind Airtel/ Vodafone / Idea
Rahul August 17, 2012 at 12:48 pm
If we add Reliance & Tata,
Reliance is ranked second after Airtel …15,58,67,459
Tata is ranked 5th !! ….8,16,85,264
abhijith August 17, 2012 at 10:01 am
@Sudhakar
ha ha ha . . Lol . .
Saswat August 17, 2012 at 8:55 am
Can some body please tell which is best operator in bangalore for internet. Please help.
Tharun George August 17, 2012 at 8:05 am
TATA and Reliance submit data to only AUSPI. Last time they published was in June.
Rajesh August 17, 2012 at 7:55 am
All the mobile showrooms are giving free sim cards with purchasing new mobile, they put stalls on the roadside and before mobile showrooms..they are selling like fish and vegetables. Buy sim card for 10rs and get talk time of 60 rs. like this type of ads and discount, people are tempted to buy those. So if you check the connection status after talkvalue used. it will be switched off. So they are giving wrong numbers to achieve the market leader position.. They give lots schemes for the retailers. So automatically retailer will use the pushing strategy to sell sim card which is benefit for retailers. this is what happening in the market. people have noticed this… but this plays a vital role for them lead the market.
h rajpoot August 16, 2012 at 10:26 pm
people are now prefering quality and coverage……..& voda,airtel,idea have this……so cheaper tarrif does’nt work long for aircel,tata,mts untill unless they would not provide proper coverage……….
Sudhakar August 16, 2012 at 10:24 pm
Cva,
Well said
Adil,
Good question.
Well said. What about Tata docomo GSM and Reliance GSM?. What does it show?. This itself proved your partiality.
Saurabh August 16, 2012 at 10:18 pm
@Sudhakar,
Relax bro, neither the TT favors Airtel nor it’s customers. lol
GSM Telecom Operators reports their net additions per month to COAI and same data is uploaded in a MS excel file on COAI website. We take the same data and update users here. So this data is not generated by TT. TRAI evaluates this data for accuracy and updates on their website. But you can’t get 100% accurate data on real-time basis. So, stop blaming and enjoy your stay here.
Those asking for Reliance, Tata Docomo or MTS data refer AUSPI’s website http://www.auspi.in
Tharun George August 16, 2012 at 9:57 pm
So whats the total mobile subscriber base in India including TATA and relaince? When we will overtake china and become world number one?
Pike August 16, 2012 at 9:45 pm
Surprisingly BSNL leads Aircel in subscribers base ! What happen to Aircel these days ?
cva August 16, 2012 at 9:41 pm
Telecomtalk needs to take the data of reliance and tatadocomo also
anubhav11 August 16, 2012 at 8:51 pm
@Adil Fed up of this same ques but still the ans. Tata ,mts,reliance gives its sub data to AUSPI not COAI
Sudhakar August 16, 2012 at 8:43 pm
To Telecom talk :
Please stop talking in favour of AIRTEL always. It is not a good practice for a tecom news website.
Tarun August 16, 2012 at 8:49 pm
@Sudhakar ,
We are not favouring any operator in this case airtel was leading so we cited it if you remember when Idea was leading we did the same telecomtalk.info/india-adds-8-77-million-gsm-subscribers-in-february-2012-idea-leads/90567/
Adil August 16, 2012 at 8:38 pm
Why always reliance and tata docomo data not given?