Total GSM mobile subscriber base of eight companies increased by about 65 million to 73.95 crore in June 2014, according to data released by industry body COAI.
"Total number of GSM subscribers as of June 2014 stood at 739.57 million. The GSM subscribers increased by 6.48 million in June 2014, 0.88 per cent increased from previous month," Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said in the report.
COAI, which represents telecom players, including Airtel, Vodafone, Uninor, said the data does not include GSM subscriber number of Reliance Communications and Tata Teleservices.
The association incorporates subscribers number of BSNL as revealed by telecom regulator TRAI.
Vodafone led the the growth with net addition of 16.2 lakh new customers taking its total subscriber base to 16.9 crore. Uninor, which operates only in six out of 22 service areas, followed Vodafone in terms of net addition with 14.3 lakh new customers.
Idea Cellular ranked third in terms on net addition with 12.9 lakh new customers, followed by telecom major Bharti Airtel which added 10.1 lakh new customers.
Subscriber base of Airtel in June reached 20.92 crore.
Aircel added 10 lakh, Videocon 1.4 lakh and state-run MTNL 10,000 new customers.
Uninor registered highest growth rate in subscriber base during reported month.
While UP East retained it top slot in terms of highest number of mobile subscribers at 6.66 crore, maximum number of new mobile connections, 8.4 lakh, were sold in Maharashtra in June.
