GSM operators added record 4.7 million subscribers in October. All India GSM subscriber base has touched 96 million at the end of October.

• Category B witnessed the highest rate of growth at 6.3%
  Within Category B, MP and Haryana recorded the highest growth at 9.2% and 8.8%, respectively.
• Category C witnessed a growth rate of 6.2%
  Within Category C, the highest growth was recorded by North East (9.4%) followed by Jammu & Kashmir (8.7%).
• Category A witnessed a healthy growth of 5.4%
  Within Category A, Andhra Pradesh recorded the highest growth of 6.9% followed by Maharashtra at 6.2%.

October also saw Delhi joining the elite club of 12 other cities, including London, Tokyo, Beijing, Seoul, New York and Mexico City, which have more than 10m mobile users.

Delhi has 7m GSM subscribers and another 3m CDMA subscribers. In the GSM space, Bharti Airtel, with 2.6m subscribers, is the market leader, followed by Hutch with 2.1m subscribers

Source: ET