Most media reports showing SSTL lost subscribers in FEB!!!! There is no clarification from the company yet.

http://in.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idINSGE62S0FZ20100329

TABLE-India adds 18.8 mln mobile users in February

Mon Mar 29, 2010 6:11pm IST

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March 29 (Reuters) - Mobile firms in India added 18.76
million subscribers in February, taking total users in the
world's fastest-growing, and second-largest, wireless market to
563.73 million, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India said.

In January, the firms had added a record 19.9 million
users. Mobile subscribers grew at a monthly average of nearly
15 million in 2009.

Following are the additions by mobile operators and their
total subscriber base.
 LEADING COMPANIES:
 COMPANY                 ADDITIONS (MLN)     TOTAL USERS (MLN)
-------------------------------------------------------------
 Bharti Airtel (BRTI.BO: Quote, Profile, Research)      2.90              124.62
 Reliance Comm (RLCM.BO: Quote, Profile, Research)      2.81               99.41
 Vodafone Essar (VOD.L: Quote, Profile, Research)       3.09               97.23
 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd     1.65               66.76
 Tata Teleservices            2.84               63.16
 Idea Cellular (IDEA.BO: Quote, Profile, Research)      2.26               62.14
 Aircel                       1.83               34.86
 SMALLER PLAYERS:
 COMPANY                     ADDITIONS         TOTAL USERS
(MLN)
--------------------------------------------------------------
MTNL (MTNL.BO: Quote, Profile, Research) (MTE.N: Quote, Profile, Research)         77,880             5.00
 Unitech Wireless (TEL.OL: Quote, Profile, Research)   1,017,074             3.56
 Sistema Shyam Teleservices     -6,980             3.18
 Loop Telecom                   74,651             2.78
 S Tel BTEL.BH               210,920             0.72
 HFCL Infotel                    3,700             0.33
 --------------------------------------------------------------

Note: Wireless tele-density, or mobile connections per every
100 people, was at 47.91 at the end of February, the regulator
said.

Fixed-line subscriber base declined to 36.96 million in
February from 36.99 million in January, the regulator said.
Including fixed-line phones, India had 600.69 million phones at
the end of February, or a total tele-density of 51.05.
 (Reporting by Devidutta Tripathy in NEW DELHI)