By Jon Bernstein, 19 March 2002 07:23
NEWS China Mobile is hot on the heels of Vodafone to become the world's most popular mobile operator, announcing a massive 54 per cent increase in its subscriber base. The 2001 increase takes the total number of subscribers to 69.9 million, still some way off Vodafone's 93.1 million. There are signs, however, that Vodafone's growth is slowing. The UK operator gained 2.5 million new customers during the three months to September 2001, compared with three million and 4.4 million respectively for the previous two quarters. Vodafone can take comfort in the face of renewed competition by the fact that it owns a £1.7bn stake in China Mobile. For more on the mobile market,
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