Telephone Subscribers’   Base in India for the month of September 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

3328321

9.99

172782771

19.78

176111092

19.42

88.60

Reliance

1260796

3.78

147087187

16.84

148347983

16.36

63.48

Vodafone

0.00

144992235

16.60

144992235

15.99

81.22

BSNL

23677812

71.08

95794542

10.97

119472354

13.17

54.67

Tata

1359072

4.08

88773733

10.16

90132805

9.94

50.27

Idea

0.00

100180376

11.47

100180376

11.05

91.03

Aircel/   Dishnet

0.00

59794921

6.84

59794921

6.59

54.66

Uninor

0.00

29654304

3.39

29654304

3.27

61.00

Sistema

44835

0.13

13266499

1.52

13311334

1.47

48.71

MTNL

3445241

10.34

5583447

0.64

9028688

1.00

35.92

Videocon

0.00

6269281

0.72

6269281

0.69

39.37

Loop   Telecom

0.00

3196879

0.37

3196879

0.35

42.00

S-Tel

0.00

3496394

0.40

3496394

0.39

37.53

HFCL Infotel

196383

0.59

1224483

0.14

1420866

0.16

44.03

Etisalat/   Allianz

0.00

1515808

0.17

1515808

0.17

29.38

Total

33312460

100

873612860

100

906925320

100

70.71

TELE DENSITY

             
Urban

6.98

159.03

166.01

 

Rural

0.95

35.44

36.40

 

Overall

2.77

72.70

75.48

Broadband = 12.84 million  
Source:

 

TRAI Press   Release

 

dated 5th   December, 2011

 

HIGHLIGHTS

 

In Wireless (GSM+CDMA) segment, monthly growth marginally improved to 79.04 lac in September’11, compared to August’11. Top three performers in net Wireless Subscribers addition in Sep’11 are: Uninor (19.16 lac), Idea (17.39 lac) & Reliance (10.2 lac). BSNL added 3.83 lac. Worst loser is HFCL (2.21 lac), followed by Videocon 1.13 lac.

Amongst BSNL Circles, Andhra Pradesh again recorded highest Wireless Subscribers’ growth of 2.4 lac in Sep.’11 followed by Tamil Nadu (including Chennai) 2 lac, Kerala 1.9 lac &. Karnataka 1 lac. Nine Circles posted negative growth in Sep.’11 viz. Maharashtra (2.6 lac), Haryana (61k), Bihar (51k), Rajasthan (40k), J&K (25k), MP (20k), Punjab (19k), Assam (8k) & UP-W (4k).  In VLR  position of Sep.’11,Andhra Pradesh Circle tops with 95.73%, followed by J&K- 66.59%, Kerala- 63.96% &Maharashtra- 63.52%. Kolkata TD continues to occupy the last position with 34.77%.

VLR – Visitor Location Register shows the actual number of active Wireless telephones. In September 2011, VLR report indicated that only 70.71% (61.78 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 six months’ figures : April’11= 125.2, May’11= 126.2, June’11= 127.5, July= 127.8%, Aug’11= 128.7% & Sep’11=129.6%.