India’s on going mobile sector keeping its constituency in recent years. As GSM mobile phone operators of the country maintained the fast paced network expansion. According to a statement they added 8.12 million new subscribers in December 2008. The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said, the overall base of GSM subscribers has recently crossed the 250 million-mark and stands at 257.85 million as on 31, December, 2008. The statement said in December 2008 the total subscriber base in all the four metros combined stood at 37 million a go up of 2.30% from 36 million in the month before.

There are there circles in the telecom sector. In the telecom circle ‘A’ that covers Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu the GSM mobile subscribers increased 3.12% from 89 million in November to 92 million in December. On the other hand, in category ‘B’ telecom service area comprising of Kerala, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh (West), Uttar Pradesh (East), Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and West Bengal and Andaman and Nicobar islands; a 3.56% raise was noted in the subscriber figure. COAI said the subscriber base stood at 95 million in December as compared to 92 million in the month before. There was a 3.83% rise in the GSM subscriber base in circle ‘C’ from 31 million in November to 32 million in December. Circle ‘C’ cover Himachal Pradesh, Orissa, Assam, Bihar, northeast and Jammu and Kashmir. The investor hopes that the rising of user will be continue in this year.