-7.00 (-0.35%) Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 19 countries across Asia and Africa, has added 18.20 lakh mobile subscribers in February. Following the said addition, the company’s total subscriber count stood at 17.87 crore with a market share of 27.22%.
Besides, Idea Cellular, India's fourth-biggest cellular carrier has added 25.80 lakh mobile subscribers in February. Following the said addition, the company’s total subscriber count stood at 11.07 crore with a market share of 16.85%.
Bharti Airtel posted a fall of 23.37% in its net profit to Rs 1416.00 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2011 as compared to Rs 1847.80 crore for the same quarter in the previous year. However, total income increased by 9.86% to Rs 10523.00 crore for quarter under review as compared to Rs 9578.60 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2010.