According to the data released by the regulator TRAI on 8 December 2011, mobile subscriber base in India increased to 881.4 million by October 2011 from 873.61 million in September 2011 registering a growth of 0.89%. The overall teledensity (telephones per 100 people) in India reached 76.03%.
Telecom operators added 7.79 million mobile subscribers in October 2011, taking the total number of telephone users in the country to 914.59 million.
The number of active mobile subscribers, according to the visitor location register (VLR) data, during the month of was 626.18 million. VLR numbers provide details on active customers at any given point of time, excluding switched-off and out-of-the-coverage area customers.
Performance by the telecom operators
The growth in the wireless category was led by Uninor, which added 2.66 million new users, taking its subscriber base to 32.31 million by the end of October 2011. Tata Teleservices on the other hand lost 0.93 million and its subscriber base stood at 87.83 million.
The country’s largest private operator Bharti Airtel added 0.94 million subscribers, taking its user base to 173.73 million. Vodafone added 0.92 million new customers to take its user base to 145.91 million.
Idea Cellular and Aircel added 1.63 million and 0.48 million users, respectively, during the period. Idea's subscriber base stood at 101.81 million at the end of October 2011, while that of Aircel stood at 60.28 million.
RCom (Reliance Communications) added 1.03 million new subscribers to take its user base to 148.11 million, while SSTL added 0.74 million new users to take its total userbase to 14.01 million.
State-run telcos BSNL and MTNL added 0.40 million and 31788 new users in October. The subscriber base of BSNL stood at 96.19 million and 5.61 million, respectively.
Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
As per TRAI’s report, about 25.38 lakh subscribers submitted request for MNP in October 2011. Since the introduction of MNP in November 2010, about 231.66 lakh subscribers across India had submitted requests, till October, for changing their service providers while retaining their mobile numbers.
In MNP Zone-I (Northern and Western India), maximum number of requests were received in Gujarat (22.39 lakh), followed by Maharashtra (19.10 lakh).
In MNP Zone-II (Southern and Eastern India), maximum number of requests have been received in Andhra Pradesh (19.46 lakh) followed by Karnataka Service area (19.18 lakh).
Broadband
Wireline category subscriber base declined to 33.19 million in October from 33.31 million in September. Broadband subscription reached 12.98 million in the reported month from 12.84 million in September 2011.
Telecom operators added 7.79 million mobile subscribers in October 2011, taking the total number of telephone users in the country to 914.59 million.
The number of active mobile subscribers, according to the visitor location register (VLR) data, during the month of was 626.18 million. VLR numbers provide details on active customers at any given point of time, excluding switched-off and out-of-the-coverage area customers.
Performance by the telecom operators
The growth in the wireless category was led by Uninor, which added 2.66 million new users, taking its subscriber base to 32.31 million by the end of October 2011. Tata Teleservices on the other hand lost 0.93 million and its subscriber base stood at 87.83 million.
The country’s largest private operator Bharti Airtel added 0.94 million subscribers, taking its user base to 173.73 million. Vodafone added 0.92 million new customers to take its user base to 145.91 million.
Idea Cellular and Aircel added 1.63 million and 0.48 million users, respectively, during the period. Idea's subscriber base stood at 101.81 million at the end of October 2011, while that of Aircel stood at 60.28 million.
RCom (Reliance Communications) added 1.03 million new subscribers to take its user base to 148.11 million, while SSTL added 0.74 million new users to take its total userbase to 14.01 million.
State-run telcos BSNL and MTNL added 0.40 million and 31788 new users in October. The subscriber base of BSNL stood at 96.19 million and 5.61 million, respectively.
Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
As per TRAI’s report, about 25.38 lakh subscribers submitted request for MNP in October 2011. Since the introduction of MNP in November 2010, about 231.66 lakh subscribers across India had submitted requests, till October, for changing their service providers while retaining their mobile numbers.
In MNP Zone-I (Northern and Western India), maximum number of requests were received in Gujarat (22.39 lakh), followed by Maharashtra (19.10 lakh).
In MNP Zone-II (Southern and Eastern India), maximum number of requests have been received in Andhra Pradesh (19.46 lakh) followed by Karnataka Service area (19.18 lakh).
Broadband
Wireline category subscriber base declined to 33.19 million in October from 33.31 million in September. Broadband subscription reached 12.98 million in the reported month from 12.84 million in September 2011.
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