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Telephone Subscribers’ Base in India |
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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 |
3314165 |
10.05 |
174692673 |
19.75 |
178006838 |
19.40 |
89.46 |
| Reliance |
1262297 |
3.83 |
149130185 |
16.86 |
150392482 |
16.39 |
64.89 |
| Vodafone |
0.00 |
146841278 |
16.60 |
146841278 |
16.01 |
83.30 |
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| BSNL |
23308483 |
70.72 |
96011338 |
10.86 |
119319821 |
13.01 |
52.96 |
| Tata |
1382592 |
4.19 |
83390360 |
9.43 |
84772952 |
9.24 |
54.01 |
| Idea |
0.00 |
103992365 |
11.76 |
103992365 |
11.34 |
92.26 |
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| Aircel/ Dishnet |
0.00 |
60958611 |
6.89 |
60958611 |
6.65 |
54.42 |
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| Uninor |
0.00 |
34181955 |
3.87 |
34181955 |
3.73 |
59.55 |
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| Sistema |
46762 |
0.14 |
14494591 |
1.64 |
14541353 |
1.59 |
48.47 |
| MTNL |
3449038 |
10.46 |
5647022 |
0.64 |
9096060 |
0.99 |
35.14 |
| Videocon |
0.00 |
5480217 |
0.62 |
5480217 |
0.60 |
42.09 |
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| Loop Telecom |
0.00 |
3223924 |
0.36 |
3223924 |
0.35 |
40.02 |
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| S-Tel |
0.00 |
3563152 |
0.40 |
3563152 |
0.39 |
31.37 |
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| HFCL Infotel |
197419 |
0.60 |
1152801 |
0.13 |
1350220 |
0.15 |
44.29 |
| Etisalat/ Allianz |
0.00 |
1610824 |
0.18 |
1610824 |
0.18 |
25.37 |
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| Total |
32960756 |
100 |
884371296 |
100 |
917332052 |
100 |
71.85 |
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TELE DENSITY |
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| Urban |
6.92 |
159.92 |
166.84 |
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| Rural |
0.93 |
36.05 |
36.98 |
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| Overall |
2.74 |
73.44 |
76.18 |
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| Broadband = | 13.13 million | ||||||
| Source: |
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| TRAI Press Release |
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| dated 9th January, 2012 |
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HIGHLIGHTS
v In Wireless (GSM+CDMA) segment, monthly growth substantially declined to 29.7 lac in November’11 compared to October’11. Top three performers in net Wireless Subscribers addition in Nov.’11 are: Idea (21.7 lac), Uninor (18.6 lac) & Reliance (10.1 lac). Tata lost huge 44.5 lac subscribers, followed by Videocon (5.9 lac), BSNL (1.8 lac) & HFCL (61K).
v Amongst BSNL Circles, Tamil Nadu (including Chennai) recorded highest Wireless Subscribers’ growth of 1.2 lac in Nov.’11 followed by Kerala (96K), Rajasthan (85K) & Karnataka (79K). Six Circles posted negative growth in Nov.’11 viz. Bihar (3.4 lac), Maharashtra (3.3 lac), NE (1 lac), Haryana (13K), HP (9K) & Gujarat (2K). In VLR position of Nov.’11,Maharashtra Circle tops with 67.66%, followed by Andhra Pradesh- 66.74%, J&K- 65.49%, Kerala- 64.66% &NE- 60.86%. Kolkata TD continues to occupy the last position with 34.52%.
v VLR – Visitor Location Register shows the actual number of active Wireless telephones. In November 2011, VLR report indicated that only 71.85% (63.54 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: After a long time, the gap i.e. Urban TD minus Rural TD, has marginally narrowed. Figures for consecutive eight months are:
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