Driven by low tariff plans the telephone subscriber’s base rose from 525.65 million in October, registering a growth rate of 3.34 per cent, to 543.20 million in November. The wireless subscription grew by 3.61 percent to 506.04 million in November from 488.40 million in October. In November, the GSM operators added 11.64 million new users with Bharti Airtel adding 2.8 million subscribers. Tata Teleservices is leading with 3.3 million additional subscriptions and RCom added 2.2 million users in November.
Stiff competition does not deter new entrants into the market as the potential for growth is very high especially in the rural areas. Uninor, one of the latest entrants in the Indian telecom market, launched their services this month simultaneously in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand. Uninor, a joint venture between Unitech Wireless and the Norwegian telecom major Telenor ASA, hopes to break even in three years time. The company has set up 2, 25,000 sale points and appointed close to 1,000 exclusive distributors throughout the country.
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