Vodafone India Crosses 100 Million Subscriber Mark

India’s leading GSM Mobile Service Operator Vodafone, today announced that It has crossed the landmark of 100 Million subscribers in India. With this achievement, Vodafone Essar becomes 3rd Mobile Service operator in India with 100mn Subscribers after its rivals Bharti Airtel and Reliance Communications(Rcom).

Vodafone also becomes world’s 5th operator with 100 million customers in a single country. Vodafone Essar has also increased its market share to strengthen its position as India’s second largest operator in terms of revenue.

Commenting on the landmark achievement Mr. Marten Pieters, MD and CEO, Vodafone Essar stated “This is a significant achievement for us and reflects the trust customers have bestowed on the company,” said “In the past three years, we have invested over Rs.200bn to expand our operations to service customers in India. We will utilize our global and Indian experience to deliver the best products and services to our customers.”

In May 2007, Vodafone started its GSM Mobile Services with about 28 million subscribers across 16 telecom circles, today It has 100 million customers and its footprint has extended to all the 23 circles in the country. This journey is a testimony of Vodafone Essar’s success in a highly competitive and price sensitive Indian telecom market. Around 60% of the Company’s new subscribers additions now come from up-country areas. With a distribution reach of about 1.2 million outlets across all 22 Telecom Ciorcles in India, Vodafone is well-geared to serve customers in the remotest corners of India.

Saroop April 22, 2010 at 9:48 am

Vodafone in making money through IPL & cheating the poor customers without any offers !

rajiev April 10, 2010 at 7:59 am

who will be next 100 million ?

Prasath J April 10, 2010 at 1:28 am

Long live fake-activations…

Reliancian April 9, 2010 at 7:58 pm

@Reliance user
come to North East then you will experience your best reliance Network.

reliance User April 9, 2010 at 12:36 pm

Reliance offering 1p per sms even in roaming, just at rs 11 recharge.. n vodafone offer just 1000 sms @ rs 51…. worst voucher (in mp) vodaphone shame on u

birendra April 9, 2010 at 12:14 pm

vodafone never offer new schemes if it is offer than some hidden charges are there whether they cross 100mn customer.

Reliance user April 9, 2010 at 12:03 pm

will vodafone launch any new schemes on this occassion

Reliance user April 9, 2010 at 11:37 am

@kaushik
Yah thats true… only Reliance can dare to give such offers….East or west Reliance is the best

rajiev April 9, 2010 at 10:58 am

ab iske baad kiska number aayega , tata ya idea cellular ya bsnl

rajiev April 9, 2010 at 10:57 am

@kaushik bhai bhai nahi chor chor mausere bhai

kaushik April 9, 2010 at 10:34 am

Reliance User :
Vodafone should introduce free calling on this ocassion such as V2V free for 24 hours….

when Airtel not giving any offer on reaching 10 crore then how can Vodafone give this ? after all Airtel and Vodafone bhai bhai hain

Reliance User April 9, 2010 at 10:23 am

Vodafone should introduce free calling on this ocassion such as V2V free for 24 hours….

Idrees April 9, 2010 at 9:18 am

venki :
well congrats to vodapone , they deserve to be number one player in mobile operators because the reason not only they are world class , they know what the customer need.

they also know customer needs gprs plan @ 199 Rs rental…

dev April 9, 2010 at 4:31 am

vodafone think about some comparative data plans or u will a big looser once MNP start’s.

Fahad April 8, 2010 at 11:27 pm

i am proud 2 b a customer of vodafone u rock vodafone u rock…congrats. . . lambi race ka ghoda is vodafone…

venki April 8, 2010 at 9:30 pm

well congrats to vodapone , they deserve to be number one player in mobile operators because the reason not only they are world class , they know what the customer need.

Avishek April 8, 2010 at 9:26 pm

Good going Vodafone….big congratulation to the vodafone team……Proud to be a vodafone customer…..

Ankur April 8, 2010 at 9:11 pm

MNP ke aane ke baad hi pta chalega who is real winner.

zareef April 8, 2010 at 8:41 pm

Vodafone & Uninor 2 operators which dont have any data plan

sachin khule April 8, 2010 at 8:28 pm

congratulation to all team of vodafone…..
next target 200 million customer…
HUM MAI HAI DUM….. BAki sab Pani Kam…………..

anandh April 8, 2010 at 8:04 pm

see previous post that htc handsets issued by them are having pre installed malwares and viruses. so this is just a diversion. beware people avoid the handsets sold by them.

anandh April 8, 2010 at 7:53 pm

bring good data plan and affordable call cost all over india. i am waiting for free call all over their network in upcoming days atleast for 1 day.

Max April 8, 2010 at 6:08 pm

vodafone should cme up wit some good data plans..

Aaditya April 8, 2010 at 5:33 pm

Can vodafone dare 2 bring out a service like 1 day free calling to any Vodafone in India juz like Reliance did??????
Lets c….keeping my fingers crossed…..

Aaditya April 8, 2010 at 5:28 pm

Rohit :
Every company is crying foe revenue…
ONLY GROSS ADD IS NOT THE KEY FOR SUCCESS,
AIRTEL, RELIANCE , VODA…..
every customer have avg 2-3 sim.
and service providers are saying my customer my customer…
Wait for next operator to announce the same …

For an operator like reliance gross addition is d only thing dey cn show their shareholders coz d arpu’s r down so much dat all d telcos r bleeding like hell

Rohit April 8, 2010 at 5:19 pm

Every company is crying foe revenue…
ONLY GROSS ADD IS NOT THE KEY FOR SUCCESS,
AIRTEL, RELIANCE , VODA…..
every customer have avg 2-3 sim.
and service providers are saying my customer my customer…
Wait for next operator to announce the same …

kaushik April 8, 2010 at 5:17 pm

who will be next to reach 10 crore ?
i think tata

saket April 8, 2010 at 5:05 pm