Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) says the group served 368 million mobile customers in 25 countries as at 30 September 2010, an increase of 35% or 94.4 million from a year ago.

SingTel added 54,000 mobile customers in the quarter as a result of strong customer demand for smartphones. Total customer base increased 2 per cent from a year ago to 3.2 million, with a leading market share of 44.1 per cent as at 30 September 2010.

Optus added 189,000 new mobile customers, through a combination of offerings, continued focus on customer experience, and enhanced network performance.

Bharti’s total mobile customer base across 19 countries covering India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and across Africa reached 188 million, an increase of 10.7 million from a quarter ago.

In India, its mobile customer base increased 30%, or 32.8 million from a year ago, to 143 million as at 30 September 2010. Bharti’s mobile customer base in Africa grew 3.7 million or 10% from a quarter ago to 40.1 million.

Telkomsel’s mobile customer base rose to 93.1 million, an increase of 17% or 13.4 million from a year ago. AIS’ mobile customer base grew 2.2 million or 8% from a year ago to 30.5 million.

Globe had 25.4 million mobile customers, an increase of 10% or 2.3 million from a year ago.

Warid had a mobile customer base of 17.2 million, a decline of 1.3 million or 7% from a year ago.

PBTL's total mobile customer base was 1.9 million, 71,000 or 4% lower than a year ago resulting from a change in regulatory definition of active customer base.