Again BSNL is almost reaching the bottom in providing mobile connections. See the number of mobile connections provided by the major telecom companies in April 2011:
Reliance 29.39 lakhs In BSNL, AP and Karnataka Circle provided the maximum with 2.4 lakhs
Idea 24.50 and 0.95 lakh respectively. But in many other circles it is negative
Bharti 24.11 only.
Vodafone 24.09
BSNL 1.73
The Telecom Statistics April 2011 (in crores)
Company Landline % Wireless % Total %
Airtel 0.33 9.57% 16.46 19.91% 16.79 19.49%
Reliance 0.12 3.58 13.86 16.77 13.98 16.34
Vodafone 13.69 16.56 13.69 15.90
BSNL 2.50 72.43 9.20 11.13 11.70 13.59
Tata 0.13 3.74 9.03 10.93 09.16 10.64
MTNL 0.34 10.01 0.54 0.66 0.89 1.04
(Courtsey: TRAI and Com.Mihir Das Gupta)
VAN Namboodiri's Blog 
dear commared .last 3 months in trivandrum all franchises slow down purchase…the market potinsal keep low .me and my crus attending survey. all shop owners tell bsnl direct to sell and protect me ,we are conducting a mela in rural area of tvm.rural shopsowner”s happy .but the officers said the mela conclude this month .we are collecting 40 to 50 lakh monthly(with out claim) suddenly stope the mela the retailer stop the purchase from franchase(commission is very low 3% to 3.5%) fanchise pressing the officer’s stop the mela.stop the mela.my profit is lossing.what can we do sir,we are troubling to face the retailer.your attension is urgent.staff conducting mela is not stopped mela is continue. thankyou. suresh babu trivandrum.
Dear Mr. Suresh Babu,
I have gone through your mail. Please discuss the issue with Comrade R.Muralidharan Nair, Asst. General secretary BSNLEU Mobile No.94470 06262. Thank You
VAN Namboodiri