According to the data released by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on 26-04-2016, number of telecom subscribers increased to1051.88 million as on February 29, 2016 from 1043.29 million in January, 2016.
Tele density in the country registered a growth of 0.82%; increased from 1530.2 to 1539.3 million. In the wireless segment increased to 1026.66 from 1017.97 million in January, 2016. Market share of various companies are as follows;
Bharti Airtel-24.22%, Vodafone- 19.16%, Idea- 17.01%, Reliance- 9.93%, Aircel- 8.44%, BSNL-8.26%, Tata– 5.87%, Telenor- 5.03%, Sistema- 0.75%, Videocon- 0.66%, MTNL- 0.35%.
Growth in wireless subscribers in February, 2016
BSNL- 1.67, Bharti- 1.18, Vodafone- 1.04, Quadrant- 0.94, Idea- 0.85, Aircel- 0.71, Reliance- 0.69, Telenor- 0.49 and MTNL- 0.30
Videocon, Tata and Sistema however registered a reduction during the period.
Circle wise it is Assam with 2.03% growth topped the list while Karnataka and Delhi showed a decline.
In MNP, there were 5.10 million requests in February, 2016 and the total stands to be 204.73 million.
Wireline declined by 0.10 million from 25.32 million in January to 25.22 million in February, 2016. The market share of the two PSUs is 72.54% (BSNL- 58.63 + MTNL- 13.91). Among the private companies Bharti Airtel topped with 14.43%. BSNL lost 1,34,160 connections in February while MTNL lost 4,423 connections.
The broadband segment registerd a growth of 3.40%; to reach 144.87 million from 140.10 million. The market share is as follows;
Bharti-25.49%, Vodafone- 18.25%, Idea- 15.32%, BSNL- 13.74%, Reliance- 10.8% and others- 16.40%.
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now in this sort of situation where landline connection base is declining, BSNL losing its valuable customers, what should we suppose to do to stop this negative growth, except finding the reason behind why they aren’t interested to use wired lines?? is it any lack of service/scheme related issues/billing problems/frequent cable cuts and service interruption/or most importantly while other service providers are offering lucrative packages and schemes on land service why we aren’t doing so? initiatives like SWAS, SAVE BSNL are all going in vain? #voice_against_management and their flattering to govt attitude
Mobiles are preferred by people mainly because it is portable and you can take it with you wherever you go. This is a universal rend. From reports every where, despite no support from the government, SWAS, SAVE BSNL etc. improved both the services and revenues of BSNL. The last few months are examples for the same.
BSNL still behind…
BSNL was far behind when the mobile licence was granted to it after 5-6 years granted to private companies. But within 3-4 years, it reached to second position in mobiles. It was only after the procurement process was cancelled at the directive of the then Minister Communications that BSNL started coming down. Now BSNL is again trying improve its position at the initiative of the employees and unions. Even a small improvement is to be appreciated.
do appreciate that but small town landline subscriber count is declining fast and now workers working at these telephone exchanges fearing to shut down and lose their mild waged work. thanks for replying by the way sir
Changes are inevitable. Telecom services have changed many times. One has to change and adjust with these changes to suit their future.
yes agree with your view that changes are inevitable but should not be unexpected which is very harmful in nature and kind of threat to bsnl and its grass root wired line business! 🙂 have a good day
Wired lines will continue, but at lower numbers. There are still many who prefer land lines to mobile or want both services. But increasing landlines is not easy, despite its many benefits like broadband etc.
With this disconnection rate, within next 5-8 yrs we can see bsnl landline only in history. BSNL management has to sense this N come out of copper age and concentrate on fibre. Else we loose our broadband business to local isps and jio ftth. Immediately investment on copper has to be stopped N diverted to 4G N ftth.more 4G spectrum in premium band has to be procured from GOI at free of cost like 2G
Such good suggestions have to be considered favourably.
Suggestions are welcome