GSM operators added a modest 0.4 million customers in January 2013, managing to arrest a precipitous slide triggered by 16.6 million customer losses in November-December 2012, as India’s leading mobile phone companies managed to notch up net-adds amidst fewer deactivations and reduced churn.
The pan-India GSM subscriber base last month stood at 657.56 million, a tiny 0.06% rise over the December ’12 level. The country’s top three GSM operators — Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Idea Cellular, who collectively account for nearly 67% of the sector’s revenues — jointly added a shade over 4.96 million subscribers last month, according to latest customer numbers released by the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), the industry lobby representing GSM operators.
Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular and Vodafone added 2.28 million, 2.45 million and 0.22 million customers, respectively, last month, which resulted in all three companies marginally increasing market share from December 2012 levels. But Aircel, Uninor and Videocon jointly lost 4.55 million customers in January, which saw all three telcos lose market share compared to last December levels.
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