GSM Subscriber Base Higher By 10.3 Million In October
The action witnessed in telecom tariffs in recent past seems to have provided a boost to net subscriber addition count for GSM telephony. The total subscriber base in October was seen higher by 10.32 million compared to 9.03 million recorded in September. The total GSM subscriber base stood at 355.2 million in October.
Vodafone Essar recorded the highest net additions of 2.98 million and seen subscriber count at 85.8 million subscribers. Bharti Airtel added 2.7 million subscribers and seems to be loosing race in acquiring new subscriber base despite being the largest telco in India with base of 113.2 million.
Idea seems to have performed exceptionally well with net additions of 1.9 million whereas BSNL could add just 0.6 million new subscribers. Aircel also added 2 million subscribe against 1.3 million added in September. The October figures for Reliance telecom, the newest entrant in the GSM space were not disclosed but it certainly looks that despite waging a price war with ‘50 Paisa scheme’ it couldn’t have outperform its peers.
The telecom growth rate will continue to soar but does signal a change in dynamics of ‘big’ Telecom operators’ growth rates. Biggies like Bharti are finding it tough to maintain their growth rate at a time when new entrants are cropping up with better tariff pricing.
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