India added 13.01 million new GSM connections in February, down by about 890,000 as compared to 13.90 in January. The total number of GSM connections in the country has risen from 394.90 million in January to 407.91 million in February. Readers should note that these are numbers shared by telecom operators with the Cellular Operators Association of India, and subsequently with the Indian telecom regulator TRAI. Auditing appears to be an issue: we've noticed that the data sheets for January and February have different figures for the total number of additions for the month of January. The last month, it was reported that GSM operators have added 13.90 million connections in January, while this month, it has been reported the number for that month at 14.46 million. Operator-wise Additions New entrants Uninor and S Tel have added 1.30 million and 210,920 new connections. The are proving to be tough competitors for the already established telcos. S Tel which operates in the C Circle states of Himachal Pradesh, Orissa and Bihar has 717,099 connections. Uninor which has presence in all A, B and C circles in 8 states has 3.56 million connection in total at the end of February. Vodafone has added the highest number of GSM connections among the telcos in February. With 3.09 million in February it has a total of 97.23 million GSM connections. Airtel follows with addition of 2.90 million connections taking its total number of GSM connection in India to 124.62 million. PSUs BSNL has added 1.55 million…
