NEW DELHI, July 10 (Reuters) - India added 6.32 million mobile users in June to its GSM-based telecom networks, an industry body said on Thursday, maintaining the robust pace in the world's fastest-growing mobile market.
India had 212.14 million GSM users at the end of June, data from the Cellular Operators' Association of India showed. In May, 6.28 million users had signed up.
The data does not include users on Reliance Communications' GSM network. The No. 2 telecoms firm, whose subscribers are mostly on its CDMA network, had added a total of 1.63 million mobile users in May.
Handsets costing as low as $15 and call rates as cheap as 1 U.S. cent have helped India to become the world's largest market for wireless services after China.
Top operator Bharti Airtel added 2.56 million users in June, taking its total to 69.38 million, the data showed.
Vodafone controlled Vodafone Essar, the third largest operator, had 49.2 million users at the end of June, having added 1.73 million users in the month.
State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd, the fourth-largest, added 365,479 users in the month to end with 37.36 million users.
No. 5 Idea Cellular 1.05 million new users in June, taking its total subscribers to 27.2 million.
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