Vodafone and BSNL lead the growth in wireless subscribers to 670.60 million

For the month of August 2010, the telecom operators added 18.18 million subscribers with a growth rate of 2.79% taking the total number of wireless subscriber base to 670.60 million. As per the telecom regulator TRAI, the wireless subscriber base increased from 652.42 million in July, 2010, to 670.60 million by the end of August, 2010. The growth is primarily attributed to the players like Vodafone and BSNL, who added a whopping 2.30 million and 2.25 million subscribers respectively for the month of August, 2010. TRAI also disclosed the total number of telephone subscribers (both mobile and landline) that increased to 706.37 million by August-end from 688.38 million in July. With this, the overall teledensity (telephones per 100 people) in India touched 59.63 per cent. However, the market leaders Airtel added 2.03 million users, to its total subscriber base of 141.25 million, while Idea Cellular and Aircel added 1.98 million and 1.61 million subscribers, respectively. Tata Teleservices added 2.09 million users in August, while Reliance Communications added two million new subscribers during the month. The total broadband subscriber base in India increased by 3.17 per cent from 9.77 million in July to 10.08 million in August 2010, the data showed.