According to the recent “Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicator Report” for the Quarter ending March, 2013 by TRAI, Idea Cellular has added the highest number of wireless subscribers in Jan – March Quarter followed by Bharti. However in terms of total wireless subscribers, Bharti remains the leading operator with 188.20 million subscribers at the end of Mar-13, followed by Vodafone (152.35 million) and Reliance (122.97 million).

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Total Telephone Subscribers (Wireline + Wireless)
The number of telephone subscribers in India increased from 895.51 million at the end of Dec-12 to 898.02 million at the end of Mar-13, registering a growth of 0.28% over the previous quarter Dec-12. Out of the total 898.02 million subscribers, 867.80 million are wireless while 30.21 are wireline subscribers.

Wireless Subscriber Base (GSM +CDMA)
Total Wireless (GSM + CDMA) subscriber base increased from 864.72 million at the end of Dec-12 to 867.80 million at the end of Mar-13. Thus, India recorded a net addition of 3.08 million subscribers in the period from Jan-March, 2013. Out of the total wireless subscribers, GSM subscribers constituted 91.50% of the wireless market.

The CDMA subscriber base further declined at the end of Mar-13. Reliance continues to be the largest CDMA mobile operator.

Coming to service area, UP (E) has the highest number of wireless subscribers as of March 2013, closely followed by Tamil Nadu (including Chennai) circle.

GSM versus CDMA

Wireline Subscriber Base Jan – March 2013
Wireline subscriber base further declined from 30.79 million at the end of Dec-12 to 30.21 million at the end of Mar-13.