Subscriber figures - 17/9/05

Australia: current mobile customer base of 17.8m, of which 8.2m for Telstra, 6m for Optus , 2.7m for Vodafone and 0.9m for Hutchison.

Bharti Televentures (India) added more than 600,000 new GSM mobile users in August, reaching a total of 13.4m.

Brazil: Anatel reports that Brazil has reached 79m (+38%) in August.Vivo is the market leader with about 37%, followed by Telecom Italia with 23% and Claro (America Movil) with 22%.