GSM subscriber base rises to 733.14 million in September: COAI

New Delhi: GSM mobile operators added 7.04 million subscribers in September to take the overall base to 733.14 million, industry body COAI said Friday.

The GSM subscriber base at the end of August stood at 726.10 million, Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said.

Idea Cellular added the maximum number of subscribers during the reported period with 2.63 million additions to take its overall base to 166.56 million.

Bharti Airtel added 2.22 million subscribers and its user base increased to 235.21 million whereas Vodafone added 1.59 million customers to take its overall base to 188.17 million.

Aircel added 2,47,092 customers and Telenor added 2,31,527 users to their network and their respective user bases stood at 83.99 million and 47.78 million.

Videocon added 86,774 subscribers to take its base to 7.90 million while state-run MTNL added 10,591 customers and its base stood at 3.51 million at the end of September.