Idea Cellular adds 7.43 million new users in November, pips Airtel and Vodafone

Idea Cellular, the country’s third largest telecom carrier, acquired 7.43 million subscribers in the month of November with 4.12% of monthly growth, pipping bigger rivals Bharti Airtel and Vodafone India that added 1.08 million and 0.89 million net subscribers in November 2016, according to data shared by Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI).

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Bharti Airtel and Vodafone India’s subscriber bases grew 0.41% and 0.44%, respectively, over last months. Airtel currently leads the market with 263.35 million users and 32.84% market share, followed by Vodafone India with 202.79 million users and 25.29% market share, as per COAI data.

Aditya Birla group’s Idea Cellular had 187.68 million consumers with 23.41% market share in November 201.

Norway-based Telenor’s India unit added 0.48 million users in the month taking the overall base to 53.75 million users. It possesses 6.70% market share.

Maxis-owned Aircel added 0.30 million net subscribers in the month taking the overall base to 90.64 million users. It possesses 11.31% market share.

State-run MTNL had 35,90,443 users in November. It didn’t add a single user in the month, the data suggested.

According to COAI data, net subscriber additions grew from 2.09 million in August to 10.18 million in November, with a total GSM subscriber base reaching to 801.81 million in the country.