GSM players add 55.4 lakh users in August: COAI

GSM operators have added 55.4 lakh subscribers in August to take the total subscriber base to 74.99 crore, according to data by Cellular Operators Association of India.

The GSM subscriber base stood at 74.44 crore at the end of July 2014, COAI said.

However, the numbers by COAI does not include GSN numbers of Reliance Communications and Tata Teleservices.

Idea Cellular added the maximum number of users in August with 17.2 lakh subscribers with 14.18 crore and 18.91% market share.Vodafone added 12.2 lakh subscribers with a total base of 17.24 crore at the end of the month with a market share at 23 per cent.

Bharti Airtel added 7.69 lakh users and its userbase has increased to 21.05 crore at the end of August and market share at 28.07%.

Aircel added 9.05 lakh users to take its base to 7.48 crore whereas Uninor added 7.06 lakh subscribers and its base stood at 4.08 crore at the end of August. Videocon added 1.96 lakh subscribers to increase its base to 58.34 lakh and state-run MTNL too added 10,017 users to take its base to 32.93 lakh.