Indian GSM telecom operators, including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea, lost more than 6 million subscribers in December last year, bringing down the user base to 657.16 million, industry body Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said on Wednesday. Total subscriber base at the end of November 2011 stood at 663.78 million users. The top three operators —Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular—which account for over 67 per cent of the GSM market lost over 5 million users in December, data released by Cellular Operators Association of India said. Except Uninor, which added 9,18,552 users, not even a single operator added any new subscriber during December last year. Bharti Airtel, which is the industry leader with a 27.68 per cent market share, lost 1.70 million users to take its subscriber base to 181.91 million, it said.
Vodafone and Idea Cellular lost 3.29 million users and 1.97 million users, respectively. Aircel lost 1.98 million users in December, which squeezed its user base to 63.35 million.
Vodafone and Idea Cellular lost 3.29 million users and 1.97 million users, respectively. Aircel lost 1.98 million users in December, which squeezed its user base to 63.35 million.