Telephone Subscribers’   Base in India
for the month of December 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

3317295

10.15

175652816

19.65

178970111

19.32

90.02

Reliance

1265831

3.87

150078928

16.79

151344759

16.33

64.61

Vodafone  

0.00

147746756

16.53

147746756

15.95

84.92

BSNL

23003774

70.38

96761805

10.83

119765579

12.93

52.94

Tata

1398102

4.28

83492826

9.34

84890928

9.16

54.74

Idea  

0.00

106380111

11.90

106380111

11.48

92.98

Aircel/   Dishnet  

0.00

61644411

6.90

61644411

6.65

54.90

Uninor  

0.00

36306865

4.06

36306865

3.92

59.40

Sistema

47699

0.15

15006528

1.68

15054227

1.62

47.91

MTNL

3453766

10.57

5681165

0.64

9134931

0.99

35.24

Videocon  

0.00

5442883

0.61

5442883

0.59

44.89

Loop   Telecom  

0.00

3236381

0.36

3236381

0.35

40.04

S-Tel  

0.00

3549381

0.40

3549381

0.38

29.97

HFCL Infotel

198744

0.61

1192592

0.13

1391336

0.15

45.56

Etisalat/   Allianz  

0.00

1670086

0.19

1670086

0.18

25.45

Total

32685211

100

893843534

100

926528745

100

72.36

TELE DENSITY

             
Urban

6.85

161.01

167.86

 

Rural

0.92

36.56

37.48

 

Overall

2.71

74.15

76.86

Broadband = 13.30 million      
Source:  

 

TRAI Press   Release

 

dated 30th   January, 2012

 

HIGHLIGHTS

 

In Wireless (GSM+CDMA) segment, monthly growth improved to 94.7 lac in December’11 compared to November’11. Top two performers in net Wireless Subscribers addition in Dec.’11 are: Idea (23.9 lac) & Uninor (21.2 lac). Videocon & S-Tel registered negative growth. BSNL added 7.5 lac.

 

Amongst BSNL Circles, Bihar has given a pleasant surprise by recording highest Wireless Subscribers’ growth of 4.5 lac in Dec.’11 followed by Kerala (1 lac), Karnataka (84K), Maharashtra (73K) & Orissa (72K). Five Circles posted negative growth in Dec.’11 viz. AP (2 lac), WB (45K), Haryana (5K), Gujarat (2K) & HP (1K). In VLR position of Dec.’11,Andhra Pradesh   Circle tops with 70.43%, followed by Maharashtra – 67.23%, J&K- 66.75%, Kerala- 65.83% &NE- 60.38%. Kolkata TD continues to occupy the last position with 34.05%.

 

VLR – Visitor Location Register shows the actual number of active Wireless telephones. In December 2011, VLR report indicated that only 72.36% (64.68 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 brief respite in Nov’11, the gap i.e. Urban TD minus Rural TD, has again widened in Dec’11. Figures for consecutive nine months are: April’11= 125.2, May’11= 126.2, June’11= 127.5, July= 127.8%, Aug’11= 128.7%, Sep’11=129.6%, Oct’11=130.2%, Nov’11=129.9% & Dec’11=130.4%.

 

 

Analyst: Mihir Dasgupta, Kolkata, 31.01.2012

Growth of Telephone Connections in India during 1 month from   November to December 2011

Company

W   I     R   E   L     I   N   E

W   I     R   E   L     E   S   S

T   O     T   A   L      ( C o m b i n e d )

Nov’11

Dec’11

Growth   in 1 month

Rate   of Growth
%

Nov’11

Dec’11

Growth   in 1 month

Rate   of Growth
%

Nov’11

Dec’11

Growth   in 1 month

Rate   of Growth
%

%-ge   w.r.t. Total Growth

Bharti

3314165

3317295

3130

0.09

174692673

175652816

960143

0.55

178006838

178970111

963273

0.54

10.47

Reliance

1262297

1265831

3534

0.28

149130185

150078928

948743

0.64

150392482

151344759

952277

0.63

10.35

Vodafone    

0

 

146841278

147746756

905478

0.62

146841278

147746756

905478

0.62

9.85

BSNL

23308483

23003774

-304709

-1.31

96011338

96761805

750467

0.78

119319821

119765579

445758

0.37

4.85

Tata

1382592

1398102

15510

1.12

83390360

83492826

102466

0.12

84772952

84890928

117976

0.14

1.28

Idea    

0

 

103992365

106380111

2387746

2.30

103992365

106380111

2387746

2.30

25.96

Aircel    

0

 

60958611

61644411

685800

1.13

60958611

61644411

685800

1.13

7.46

Uninor    

0

 

34181955

36306865

2124910

6.22

34181955

36306865

2124910

6.22

23.11

Sistema

46762

47699

937

2.00

14494591

15006528

511937

3.53

14541353

15054227

512874

3.53

5.58

MTNL

3449038

3453766

4728

0.14

5647022

5681165

34143

0.60

9096060

9134931

38871

0.43

0.42

Videocon    

0

 

5480217

5442883

-37334

-0.68

5480217

5442883

-37334

-0.68

-0.41

Loop    

0

 

3223924

3236381

12457

0.39

3223924

3236381

12457

0.39

0.14

S-Tel    

0

 

3563152

3549381

-13771

-0.39

3563152

3549381

-13771

-0.39

-0.15

HFCL

197419

198744

1325

 

1152801

1192592

39791

3.45

1350220

1391336

41116

3.05

0.45

Etisalat    

0

 

1610824

1670086

59262

3.68

1610824

1670086

59262

3.68

0.64

Total

32960756

32685211

-275545

-0.84

884371296

893843534

9472238

1.07

917332052

926528745

9196693

1.00

100.00

Tele

Density:

2.74

2.71

-0.03

-1.09

73.44

74.15

0.71

0.97

76.18

76.86

0.68

0.89

 
                           
Source: TRAI
Analyst: Mihir Dasgupta, Kolkata, 31.01.2012