Tata Teleservices doubles subscribers in one year to 70 mn

India’s Tata Teleservices doubled its customers over the past 12 months from 35 million subscribers in May 2009 to more than 70 million in May 2010. The nations fifth largest operator recorded 2.33 million new subscriptions in the month of May.

"With the countdown on 3G services having begun, we will continue to walk the innovation path, providing our customers with differentiated products and services which will take telecom to the next level. We are working closely on the creation of such relevant products with our partners, particularly NTT DoCoMo, which is acknowledged as the world leader in telecom technology development; and look forward to the next wave in Indian telecoms," managing director of Tata Teleservices, Anil Sardana stated.

Japan’s DoCoMo holds a 26 per cent shareholding in the operator, with GSM services branded Tata DoCoMo.

According to India’s telecoms regulator, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Tata Teleservices holds a market share of 11.29 per cent as of April 2010. The firm follows Bharti Airtel with 21.73 per cent, Reliance Communications with 17.49 per cent, Vodafone with 17.26 per cent and BSNL with 11.75 per cent.