TABLE-India adds 15 mln mobile users in Sept

Nov 4 (Reuters) - Indian mobile operators signed up 15
million users in September to have a total of 471.73 million,
data from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India showed.

In 2009, the country's mobile subscriber base has increased
at an average of about 14 million users a month.

Sixth-ranked operator Tata Teleservices [TATASL.UL], 26
percent owned by Japan's NTT DoCoMo (9437.T: Quote, Profile, Research), led the additions
by signing up 4 million users in September.

Following are the additions by mobile operators and their
total subscriber base.
LEADING COMPANIES:
COMPANY ADDITIONS (MLN) TOTAL USERS (MLN)
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Bharti Airtel (BRTI.BO: Quote, Profile, Research) 2.51 110.51
Reliance Comm (RLCM.BO: Quote, Profile, Research) 2.00 86.12
Vodafone Essar (VOD.L: Quote, Profile, Research) 1.97 82.85
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd 1.45 58.76
Idea Cellular (IDEA.BO: Quote, Profile, Research) 1.40 51.45
Tata Teleservices 4.00 46.80
Aircel 1.31 25.73
SMALLER PLAYERS:
COMPANY ADDITIONS TOTAL USERS
(MLN)
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MTNL (MTNL.BO: Quote, Profile, Research) (MTE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) 17,308 4.68
Loop Telecom 77,641 2.50
Sistema Shyam Teleservices 228,407 1.96
HFCL Infotel -634 0.38
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Note: Wireless tele-density, that is mobile connections per
every 100 people, was at 40.31 at the end of September, the
regulator said.

Wireline subscriber base declined to 37.31 million in
September from 37.33 million in August.

Including fixed-line phones, India had 509.03 million
phones at the end of September, or tele-density of 43.50.
(Reporting by Devidutta Tripathy in NEW DELHI)