The Telephone Statistics for August 2011 as per TRAI is given below: This is compiled by Com. Mihir Dasgupta, former AGS, BSNLEU

Telephone Subscribers’ Base in India
for the month of August 2011
SERVICE
PROVIDER
COMPANY W I R E L I N E W I R E L E S S T O T A L Wireless
VLR
Proportion
%
Number Market Share
% Number Market Share
% Number Market Share
%
Bharti Airtel 3327797 9.77 171846824 19.85 175174621 19.47 88.86
Reliance 1255289 3.68 146066926 16.87 147322215 16.37 62.67
Vodafone 0.00 144144031 16.65 144144031 16.02 81.01
BSNL 24453818 71.78 95411079 11.02 119864897 13.32 52.79
Tata 1345601 3.95 88555271 10.23 89900872 9.99 50.40
Idea 0.00 98441714 11.37 98441714 10.94 91.55
Aircel/ Dishnet 0.00 59191661 6.84 59191661 6.58 52.43
Uninor 0.00 27738154 3.20 27738154 3.08 61.08
Sistema 43479 0.13 12835938 1.48 12879417 1.43 48.77
MTNL 3446216 10.12 5555087 0.64 9001303 1.00 37.42
Videocon 0.00 6382493 0.74 6382493 0.71 37.26
Loop Telecom 0.00 3181967 0.37 3181967 0.35 42.62
S-Tel 0.00 3433988 0.40 3433988 0.38 42.21
HFCL Infotel 195137 0.57 1445751 0.17 1640888 0.18 36.67
Etisalat/ Allianz 0.00 1477495 0.17 1477495 0.16 31.86
Total 34067337 100 865708379 100 899775716 100 70.30
TELE DENSITY
Urban 7.11 157.76 164.87
Rural 0.99 35.20 36.19
Overall 2.84 72.12 74.96
Broadband = 12.69 million
Source:
TRAI Press Release
dated 20th October, 2011
HIGHLIGHTS

 In Wireless (GSM+CDMA) segment, monthly growth marginally improved to 73.4 lac in August’11, compared to July’11. Top four performers in net Wireless Subscribers addition in Aug’11 are: Idea (23.3 lac), Reliance (12.8 lac), Bharti (11.5 lac) & Vodafone (11.3 lac). BSNL added only 2.6 lac. Worst loser is Videocon (- 6.5 lac). S-Tel lost 0.7 lac.

 Amongst BSNL Circles, Andhra Pradesh again recorded highest Wireless Subscribers’ growth of 3 lac in August’11 followed by Tamil Nadu (including Chennai) 1.9 lac, Kerala 1.3 lac &. Karnataka 1 lac. Eight Circles posted negative growth in August’11 viz. Rajasthan (2.4 lac), UP(E) (1.2 lac), Kolkata (92 K), west Bengal (41 K), Bihar (28 K), Haryana (20 K), Gujarat (3 K) & HP (2 K). In VLR position of August’11, Kerala Circle tops with 64.99%, followed by Andhra Pradesh 64.77%, J&K 62.59%, Maharashtra 61.16% & Bihar 60.09%. Kolkata TD occupies the last position with 34.66%, though improved marginally from last month’s 32.14%.

 VLR – Visitor Location Register shows the actual number of active Wireless telephones. In August 2011, VLR report indicated that only 70.30% (60.86 crore) of all wireless subscribers were active. Company-wise detailed status is shown in the table.

 Urban – Rural Divide on the Basis of Tele- Density: The gap i.e. Urban TD minus Rural TD is widening month by month as visualized from the consecutive 5 months’ figures : April’11= 125.2, May’11= 126.2, June’11= 127.5, July= 127.8% & Aug’11= 128.7%.