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India's cellular base grows to 1.63 crore
By siliconindia
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Tuesday, 12 August 2003, 19:30 IST
NEW DELHI: The cellular sector has added 11.5 lakh users in July, taking the overall subscriber base to 1.63 crore.
As per the latest subscriber base figures released by the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), the subscriber base touched 1.63 crore in July as compared to 1.51 crore in June this year.
In Delhi, the subscriber base rose to about 23 lakh in July from 21.08 lakh in the previous month, as Bharti Cellular continued to lead over its rivals Hutchison Essar, MTNL and Idea, with a subscriber base of 11.1 lakh.
In the financial hub of Mumbai, the subscriber base rose to 20.2 lakh during July, with Hutch leading the race with 8.25 lakh users compared to its nearest rival -- BPL Mobile which had a subscriber base of seven lakh, during the period in reference.
The subscriber base in Chennai and Kolkata touched 5.74 lakh and 6.28 lakh respectively.
The celular subscriber base in `A' circle comprising states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, surged to 57.1 lakh in July this year over 52.95 lakh in the previous month.
According to COAI, the cellular user base in the `B' circles which includes states of Kerala, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh amongst others, rose to 43.9 lakh in July from 41.07 lakh in June this year.
COAI said that the cellular users base in `C' circles comprising Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Orissa, Assam and North Eastern states stood at 6.78 lakh over 6.34 lakh during the period in reference.