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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
Telephone Subscribers' Base in India
for the month of December 2011
W I R E L I N E W I R E L E S S T O T A L
SERVICE
PROVIDER
COMPANY Number
Market
Share
%
Number
Market
Share
%
Number
Market
Share
%
Wireless
VLR
Proportion
%
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