Teledensity reduced

Teledensity in India reduced from 79.6% in June 2012 to 72.9% in February 2013. The reasons seem to be the cancellation of licences of certain operators involved in 2G scam as per Supreme Court directions. Further many non-use connections have been cut. The increase in the tariff by the private operators also resulted in reduction.

ARPU and Talk-time also reduced

The Average Revenue per User (ARPU) also reduced from Rs. 366 to Rs. 98 for GSM subscribers and from Rs. Rs. 256 to Rs. 80 for CDMA users.

Talk-time also reduced from 505 minutes in June 12 to 359 minutes to February 2013 for GSM subscribers and 550 minutes reduced to 330 minutes for CDMA.