Andre Yoskowitz
27 May 2012 20:45
Bharti Airtel, the top mobile carrier in India, says it added 2.01 million new mobile subscribers in April, strong growth for the company and the nation.
Airtel has 183.3 million total subscribers.
Reliance Communications, the second largest carrier, does not disclose its figures through Industry body Cellular Operators Association of India. Vodafone, number three in the nation, added 820,000 new subscribers to bring its total to 151.3 million.
In fourth, Idea Cellular added 1.49 million mobile customers during the month and fifth-placed Telenor India jumped 1.12 million to 43.6 million.
For comparison's sake, the largest carrier in the U.S., Verizon Wireless, has 110 million subscribers. And second place carrier AT&T has 104 million.