R Comm adds 50 lakh new subscribers

Agencies

Mumbai: Reliance Communications Ltd, India's No. 2 mobile telecoms firm on Friday said it added a record 50 lakh new subscribers in January, boosted by the launch of services on the GSM platform.

Reliance, which has most of its users using rival CDMA technology, launched nationwide GSM-based services in January.

India's top telecoms firm Bharti Airtel added 2.73 million users in January, while No 3 Vodafone Essar, controlled by Vodafone Plc added 2.4 million users.