GSM mobile phone operators in the country added 9.48 million users in July, taking the total GSM subscriber base to 325.7 million.
This is a 6.5 per cent addition, compared with 8.9 million added in the previous month of June.
The addition, however, excludes the subscriber addition of Reliance Communications, which releases data separately.
The country’s largest service provider, Bharti Airtel, added 2.8 million new subscribers during the month, taking its total subscriber base to 105.18 million.
The company continued to be the leader with a 32.29 per cent market share of the GSM subscriber base, according to data released by the Cellular Operators’ Association of India (COAI).
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