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Telephone Subscribers’ Base in India for the month of September 2011 |
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SERVICE |
W I R E L I N E |
W I R E L E S S |
T O T A L |
Wireless |
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Number |
Market Share |
Number |
Market Share |
Number |
Market Share |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| Aircel/ Dishnet |
0.00 |
59794921 |
6.84 |
59794921 |
6.59 |
54.66 |
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| Uninor |
0.00 |
29654304 |
3.39 |
29654304 |
3.27 |
61.00 |
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| 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 |
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| Loop Telecom |
0.00 |
3196879 |
0.37 |
3196879 |
0.35 |
42.00 |
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| S-Tel |
0.00 |
3496394 |
0.40 |
3496394 |
0.39 |
37.53 |
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| 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 |
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| Total |
33312460 |
100 |
873612860 |
100 |
906925320 |
100 |
70.71 |
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TELE DENSITY |
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| Urban |
6.98 |
159.03 |
166.01 |
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| Rural |
0.95 |
35.44 |
36.40 |
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| Overall |
2.77 |
72.70 |
75.48 |
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| Broadband = | 12.84 million | ||||||
| Source: |
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| TRAI Press Release |
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| dated 5th December, 2011 |
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HIGHLIGHTS
v 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.
v 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%.
v 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.
v 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%.