11 m new GSM users added in April

GSM operators added over 11 million new subscribers in April taking the total to 580 million. Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Essar and Idea Cellular added 2.4 million new users each. State-owned BSNL had a poor month with just 6.9 lakh new subscribers. Among the new players, only Uninor had more than a million new subscribers. Overall, Bharti now has 164 million subscribers followed by Vodafone with 136 million.