According to data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), operators added 7.9 million new subscribers in September 2011, taking the total number of wireless users in the country to 873.61 million.
The total telecom subscriber base of the country stood at 906.9 million at the end of September, taking the overall teledensity to 75.48 per cent.
The number of wireline subscribers declined to 33.3 million in September from 34.07 million in August. There was a marginal increase in the broadband subscriber base to 12.84 million in September from 12.69 million in the previous month.
The number of active mobile subscribers during September, 2011 according to the visitor location register (VLR) data, was 617.76 million.
The growth in the wireless category was led by Idea Cellular which added 1.73 million users, taking its subscriber base to 100.18 million at the end of September.
Bharti Airtel added 0.93 million subscribers in the reported month, taking its user base to 172.78 million.
Reliance Communications added 1.02 million new users to take its total customer base to over 147.08 million.
Vodafone added 0.84 million new customers during the month, taking its user base to 144.99 million, while Aircel added over 0.60 million users during the period.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) added 0.38 million new users, taking its total subscriber base to 95.79 million.
