Bharti Airtel adds 2.45 mn mobile users in May

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Bharti Airtel, India's top mobile carrier, signed up 2.45 million mobile subscribers in May, taking its total to 167.1 million, data from an industry body showed on Monday.

Reliance Communications, second-biggest mobile carrier, signed up 2.5 million cellular users in May. The company had a total of 138.7 million mobile subscribers at end-April.

Vodafone's Indian unit, which is the country's third-biggest mobile carrier, also added 2.45 million subscribers in May to have a total of 139.4 million, the Cellular Operators Association of India said in a statement.

Fifth-ranked Idea Cellular gained 1.8 million mobile users in May to a total of 93.8 million.

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Telenor's India unit added 1.14 million mobile subscribers to reach a total of 25.4 million.