Comments on: Who adds more phones a month in South Asia? http://lirneasia.net/2006/11/who-adds-more-phones-a-month-in-south-asia/ LIRNEasia Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:59:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Abu Saeed Khan http://lirneasia.net/2006/11/who-adds-more-phones-a-month-in-south-asia/#comment-7752 Abu Saeed Khan Mon, 06 Nov 2006 09:32:59 +0000 http://www.lirneasia.net/2006/11/who-adds-more-phones-a-month-in-south-asia/#comment-7752 India and Pkistan maintained leadership in adding new customers during the 2Q . GrameenPhone’s largest ever quarterly intake has sequentially elevated Bangladesh from eighth position to fifth position in the mobile market of Asia Pacific region during this year’s second quarter, according to London-based research farm Informa. In the first quarter, from January to March, GrameenPhone contributed 885,000 customers to the total of 1.265 million mobile users. It made Bangladesh eighth in terms of quarterly net addition in the Asia Pacific region. China (17.9 million), India (14.5 million), Pakistan (5.6 million), Indonesia (3.2 million), Vietnam (2.04 million), Japan (1.7 million) and Malaysia (1.4 million) were ahead of Bangladesh at that time. In the second quarter, from April to June, GrameenPhone alone bagged two million customers while its competitors added 1.70 million, making gross national total of 3.70 million mobile subscribers. GrameenPhone's 250 percent sequential growth has lifted Bangladesh to fifth position beating Vietnam (3.54 million), Malaysia (1.25 million) and Japan (1.06 million) during Q2 of 2006. I, however, don't have the 3Q data as yet. India and Pkistan maintained leadership in adding new customers during the 2Q .
GrameenPhone’s largest ever quarterly intake has sequentially elevated Bangladesh from eighth position to fifth position in the mobile market of Asia Pacific region during this year’s second quarter, according to London-based research farm Informa.

In the first quarter, from January to March, GrameenPhone contributed 885,000 customers to the total of 1.265 million mobile users. It made Bangladesh eighth in terms of quarterly net addition in the Asia Pacific region.

China (17.9 million), India (14.5 million), Pakistan (5.6 million), Indonesia (3.2 million), Vietnam (2.04 million), Japan (1.7 million) and Malaysia (1.4 million) were ahead of Bangladesh at that time.

In the second quarter, from April to June, GrameenPhone alone bagged two million customers while its competitors added 1.70 million, making gross national total of 3.70 million mobile subscribers.

GrameenPhone’s 250 percent sequential growth has lifted Bangladesh to fifth position beating Vietnam (3.54 million), Malaysia (1.25 million) and Japan (1.06 million) during Q2 of 2006. I, however, don’t have the 3Q data as yet.

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