Subscriber figures - 24/09/06

Canada mobile subscriber base rose 12% to 16.8m in 1Q06.

India added 6M new mobile subscribers in August, bringing the total to 164m.

China Mobile added 4.4m mobile users durin August, bringing its total to 283m, while mobile users in China account for 410m.

China PAS users (using fixed wireless PHS systems) account for about 90m, adding some 3m new subscriptions per quarter, but growth is slowing.

Brazil had almost 95m mobile users at the end of August.

PTML, Pakistan, currently has over 8.5m subscribers nationwide.