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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 |
3259938 |
10.08 |
178777131 |
19.62 |
182037069 |
19.29 |
91.88 |
| Reliance |
1269694 |
3.93 |
152001566 |
16.68 |
153271260 |
16.25 |
65.39 |
| Vodafone |
17580 |
0.05 |
149440176 |
16.40 |
149457756 |
15.84 |
87.68 |
| BSNL |
22651180 |
70.07 |
97751194 |
10.73 |
120402374 |
12.76 |
53.11 |
| Tata |
1423544 |
4.40 |
81887732 |
8.99 |
83311276 |
8.83 |
57.31 |
| Idea |
0.00 |
110709614 |
12.15 |
110709614 |
11.73 |
92.90 |
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| Aircel/ Dishnet |
0.00 |
63256068 |
6.94 |
63256068 |
6.70 |
55.79 |
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| Uninor |
0.00 |
41140703 |
4.52 |
41140703 |
4.36 |
57.06 |
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| Sistema |
48070 |
0.15 |
15382148 |
1.69 |
15430218 |
1.64 |
48.66 |
| MTNL |
3455248 |
10.69 |
5773717 |
0.63 |
9228965 |
0.98 |
36.29 |
| Videocon |
0.00 |
6197609 |
0.68 |
6197609 |
0.66 |
42.47 |
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| Loop Telecom |
0.00 |
3258202 |
0.36 |
3258202 |
0.35 |
41.55 |
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| S-Tel |
0.00 |
3430288 |
0.38 |
3430288 |
0.36 |
28.53 |
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| HFCL Infotel |
200222 |
0.62 |
1379754 |
0.15 |
1579976 |
0.17 |
43.79 |
| Etisalat/ Allianz |
0.00 |
782291 |
0.09 |
782291 |
0.08 |
45.86 |
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| Total |
32325476 |
100 |
911168193 |
100 |
943493669 |
100 |
73.60 |
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TELE DENSITY |
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| Urban |
6.76 |
162.61 |
169.37 |
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| Rural |
0.91 |
37.62 |
38.53 |
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| Overall |
2.68 |
75.42 |
78.10 |
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| Broadband = | 1.35 crore |
Source: TRAI Press Release, dated 07.04.2012 |
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Analyst: Mihir Dasgupta, Kolkata, 08.04.2012 |
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HIGHLIGHTS
In Wireless (GSM+CDMA) segment, monthly growth declined to 74.4 lac in February’12 compared to January’12. Top three performers in net Wireless Subscribers addition in Feb.’11 are: Idea (25.8 lac), Uninor (23.4 lac) & Bharti (18.2 lac). Tata & Etisalat lost 18.3 lac & 9.1 lac Subscribers respectively. S-Tel did not report. BSNL added 1.1 lac only.
In Broadband segment, amongst 155 service providers, BSNL continue to command the market with 87.8 lac subscribers (64.8% of total 1.35 crore), followed by Bharti 13.6 lac (10.0%) & MTNL 10.3 lac (7.6%). Share of other 152 ISPs is 23.7 lac (17.5%) only.
Amongst BSNL Circles, top 4 performers in Wireless Subscribers’ growth in February’12 are Maharashtra (1.04 lac), Karnataka (94K), Kerala (91K) &Bihar (77K). Seven Circles posted negative growth in Feb.’12 viz.Assam (3.5 lac), MP (1.3 Lac), UP-E (32K),Punjab (15K), HP (8K), Haryana (7K) & Rajasthan (5K).
Mobile Number Portability requests increased from 3.28 crore subscribers at the end of January 2012 to 3.71 crore at the end of February 2012. In the month of February 2012 alone, 43 lac requests have been made for MNP.
VLR – Visitor Location Register shows the actual number of active Wireless telephones. In February 2012, VLR report indicated that only 73.60% (67 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, has been consistently widening over the months, as is seen from these figures: April’11= 125.2, February’12= 130.8.
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