Arun 795 Report post Posted February 16, 2009 It's raining subscribers Business Standard Mumbai February 17, 2009, 0:30 IST The GSM fraternity managed to sign on 9.3 million subscribers in January despite Reliance Communications’ attractive introductory offer for its new service. All GSM players managed to maintain or improve absolute subscriber additions in January compared with December---on a high base, Bharti added 2.3 million subscribers in January over the same number in December. Idea cellular trebled its share in the Mumbai market, albeit on a low base. RCom, for its part added five million (including GSM) subscribers during the month, numbers that have both surprised and confounded the market. According to Citigroup, “Although the Indian wireless has never been a zero sum game, we don’t think the market could have expanded from 10 million net additions to 16 million. This is particularly because RCom’s coverage is not as deep, at least to start with, and it would have competed for subscribers in areas with relatively high penetration. Also the net additions of GSM incumbents were not impacted in the Metro/A/B category circles.” The RCom stock closed 6 per cent lower in Monday’s trading session at Rs 171.15 while the Sensex fell 3 per cent. Even if the number of subscribers has been high, what’s more important is how profitable they are going to be for RCom. The management has said that users have started recharging after using the free minutes of talk time offered as part of the introductory package. However, what kind of average revenue per user (arpu) and the average revenue per minute (rpm), the telco is clocking remains to be seen. RCom’s arpus, for the CDMA network, have trended downwards over the last seven quarters and stood at Rs 251 in the December 2008 quarter versus Rs 324 for Bharti. Thus, RCom’s arpus have tended to be lower than those for the market leader. Idea Cellular, which launched its service in Mumbai a few months back, saw a sequential rise in arpus in the December 2008 quarter. Also, whether users of Reliance’s CDMA network have moved over to its GSM network remains to be seen because industry watchers point out that high-end user may not be averse to switching over to the GSM network even if it means buying a new handset. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kesav 127 Report post Posted April 16, 2010 (edited) Here is the operator-wise list for subscriber numbers as on 28th Feb 2010 Airtel--> 3,040,713(WI)+124,619,205(WL) =127659918 BSNL+MTNL--> 3,482,275(MTNL-WI)+4,998,809(MTNL-WL)+27,900,874(BSNL-WI)+66,757,044(BSNL-WL) =103139002 Reliance--> 1,172,883(WI)+99,413,473(WL) =100586356 Vodafone--> 97,229,874(WL) = 97229874 TATA--> 1,136,704(WI)+63,155,894(WL) = 64292598 Idea--> 62,143,629(WL) = 62143629 Aircel--> 34,860,993(WL) = 34860993 WI--> Wireline WL--> Wireless Reliance has entered the 100 million mark after Airtel and PSU(BSNL+MTNL) After 5-6 months of continuous position at the top, TATA has slipped this time to third position in subscribers addition Vodafone is the top player for the month of Feb. Overall teledensity crosses 50% and stands at 51.05 :clap: source :: http://www.trai.gov.in/WriteReadData/trai/upload/PressReleases/727/pr29mar10n015.pdf Edited February 9, 2011 by Honest << Topic Merged >> Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
srk006 21 Report post Posted April 16, 2010 (edited) Bharti adds 3 mn users in March: IndustryMUMBAI: Bharti Airtel, India's top mobile operator, added 3 million mobile subscribers in March, and took its total subscribers to 127.6 million, data released by an industry body showed on Friday. Third ranked Vodafone Essar, controlled by Vodafone, signed up 3.63 million mobile users in March, to boost its total to 100.9 million, the Cellular Operators Association of India said. Fifth-ranked Idea Cellular gained 1.7 million mobile subscribers, taking its total to 63.8 million. Source Vodafone is on a roll. If this addition is maintained it can topple RCOM from No.2 position pretty soon. Edited April 16, 2010 by srk006 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KanagaDeepan 1,084 Report post Posted April 17, 2010 (edited) DONT worry my friend... Vodafone can't overtake RCom in near future.. Because RCom is also following fake activation technique like Vodafone ... Can you remember RCom saying, it will cross next 10Crore in just 1000 days, which comes to around adding 1Lakh new subscribers daily??? Edited April 17, 2010 by KanagaDeepan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACS 130 Report post Posted April 17, 2010 Points to ponder: 1) So many ppl having duplicate/triplicate connections.. I have 10 any given time. 2) Sometimes 1 phone itself is shared by 4 ppl in the house.. it maybe called penetration, but its got nothing to do with tele-density. 3) Operators themselves keep millions of connections active to jack up their 'number of consumers'. This helps in negotiations during future mergers/acquisitions etc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greatest 55 Report post Posted April 18, 2010 ^^^ very true.. all three points... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Honest 836 Report post Posted February 9, 2011 India had 529.22 million active subscribers on last day of 2010 The Economic Times l 9 Feb l New Delhi The number of mobile subscribers in India increased by 22.62 million for the month of December 2010, taking the total number to 752.19 Million in December 2010 from 729.57 Million in November 2010, said a TRAI report. However, the number active mobile subscribers on the last day of December was only in the range of 529.22 million. The overall teledensity (telephones per 100 people) in India touched 66.16 per cent. According to data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India , the wireless subscriber base registered a growth of 2.95 per cent. The growth in the wireless category was led by Reliance Communications , which added 3.2 million users taking its subscriber base to 125.65 million in December. It was followed by Bharti Airtel, which added 3.1 million subscribers, taking its user base to 152.49 million. Vodafone added 3.09 million new subscribers in this month. BSNL and Idea Cellular stayed very close in garnering new subscribers with net addition of 2.97 million and 2.95 million respectively. The total mobile subcriber base of BSNL crossed 86.7 million and Idea Cellular had 81.7 million subscriber in December 2010. This month Uninor continued its lead over Tata Teleservices in addition of new subscribers. Uninor added 2.3 million new subscribers compared to 1.63 million new subscribers added by Tata Teleservices, the report said. In the month of November 2010, new addition in Uninor subcriber base was over 2.4 million while TTSL had added over 1.78 million new wireless subscribers. The active subscriber number also known as VLR showed, Bharti Airtel had highest ratio of active subscribers compared to its total subscriber base at 91.79 per cent. This was followed by Idea Cellular that reported ratio of 90.04 per cent between its total subscriber base and VLR subscribers. MTNL had least ratio of VLR subscribers at 35.10 per cent. VLR number indicates active customers at any given point of time and excludes switched-off and out-of-coverage area customers. "We have taken VLR subscriber base available on last working day of December as per telecom operators record," explained a TRAI official. The last working day of December was coincidently the last day of the month. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Karthik R 246 Report post Posted February 10, 2011 Good to see the underdog - BSNL doing well in garnering new subscribers. Their competitive pricing, especially with 3G seems to have paid off. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
confused_follower 12 Report post Posted February 10, 2011 RCOM showing a decent VLR % next only to Airtel, Idea & Voda. Even Tata & Uninor lagging behind. Not bad considering the amount of bad publicity they are gathering for network and other issues when compared to Doco & other newer operators Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kesav 127 Report post Posted February 10, 2011 (edited) Reliance Communications is No.1 Performer For The Month Of December Many operators cross different milestones Subscriber Additions And Statistics For The Month Of December Subscriber base data as on 31st December 2010. Bharti(Airtel) --> 3257342(WI) + 152,495,219(WL) = 155752561 Reliance --> 1221802(WI)+ 125652127(WL) = 126873929 Vodafone --> 124,255,120(WL) = 124255120 MTNL+BSNL --> 3,467,061(MTNL-WI) + 5,397,767(MTNL-WL) + 25648993(BSNL-WI) + 86,709,537(BSNL-WL) = 121223358 TATA --> 1269685(WI) + 84,233,398(WL) = 85503083 IDEA --> 81,778,655(WL) = 81778655 Aircel --> 50,168,811(WL) = 50168811 WI --> Wireline WL --> Wireless The leaders in the subscriber additions for the month of december are Reliance, Airtel, Vodafone, PSUs(BSNL+MTNL), Idea, Uninor, TATA, Aircel and MTS in that order. The overall teledensity is at 66.16 source :: http://www.trai.gov.in/WriteReadData/trai/upload/PressReleases/798/prerdiv9feb11.pdf Key Changes 1) Reliance performs at No.1 after long time 2) Reliance touches 125 million mark 3) Airtel touches 150 million mark in wireless segment alone 4) Idea touches 80 million mark 5) Aircel touches 50 million mark Reliance recovery towards end of the year is really good forecast for 2011. Kudos to Reliance on reaching 125 million mark. :clap: Kudos to Aircel for reaching 50 million mark. It's really a good lanmark for a very new pan-India operator. :clap: BSNL's performance has been outstanding for last 5 months. Edited March 4, 2011 by kesav << Topic Merged >> Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
digitalnirvana 646 Report post Posted February 10, 2011 This was before MNP which has seen them lose bigtime. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rajanmehta 4,056 Report post Posted February 10, 2011 Service Providers' share in net additions during the month of December-2010 Service Provider wise Market Share as on 31.12.10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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kesav 127 Report post Posted March 4, 2011 (edited) TATA is No.1 Performer For The Month Of January in Landline Subscriber Additions And Statistics For The Month Of January Subscriber base data as on 31st January 2011. Bharti(Airtel) --> 3268636(WI) + 155,796,598(WL) = 159065234 Reliance --> 1226926(WI) + 128871507(WL) = 130098433 Vodafone --> 127,364,342(WL) = 127364342 MTNL+BSNL --> 3,462,888(MTNL-WI) + 5,432,314(MTNL-WL) + 25477320(BSNL-WI) + 88,818,859(BSNL-WL) = 123191381 TATA --> 1282082(WI) + 86,052,323(WL) = 87334405 IDEA --> 84,289,641(WL) = 84289641 Aircel --> 51,831,796(WL) = 51831796 WI --> Wireline WL --> Wireless The leaders in the subscriber additions for the month of January are Airtel, Reliance, Vodafone, Idea, PSUs(BSNL+MTNL), TATA, Uninor, Aircel and MTS in that order. The overall teledensity is at 67.67 source :: http://www.trai.gov.in/WriteReadData/trai/upload/PressReleases/800/PressRelease04Jan2011.pdf Key Changes 1) TATA is the no.1 landline operator in terms of subcriber additions for the month of January 2) Reliance performance is good for the first month of the year 3) HFCL & Videocon has negative growth. Impact of MNP. Kudos to TATA for its best performance in landline segment. It ourperforms Airtel for the first time. :clap: NP(number portability) in landline will certainly help TATA. Edited March 5, 2011 by Honest << Topic Merged >> Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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rajanmehta 4,056 Report post Posted April 16, 2011 Surprise!!! Surprise!!! Reliance is at Number 2 in Net Subscriber Additions During February 2011!!! Just After Vodafone!!! Unbelievable!!! Download Full TRAI Report: Telecom Subscriber Data As On 28th February 2011 Press_release_feb -11 Telecom Subscriber Data.pdf Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kesav 127 Report post Posted April 16, 2011 Vodafone is No.1 Performer for the month Of February Subscriber Additions And Statistics for the month Of February Subscriber base data as on 28th February 2011. Bharti(Airtel) --> 3280658(WI) + 158,998,869(WL) = 162279527 Reliance --> 1232060(WI) + 132176914(WL) = 133408974 Vodafone --> 130,920,732(WL) = 130920732 MTNL+BSNL --> 3,458,399(MTNL-WI) + 5,454,846(MTNL-WL) + 25378036(BSNL-WI) + 90,309,414(BSNL-WL) = 124600695 TATA --> 1289179(WI) + 87,654,472(WL) = 88943651 IDEA --> 86,800,809(WL) = 86800809 Aircel --> 53,500,469(WL) = 53500469 WI --> Wireline WL --> Wireless The leaders in the subscriber additions for the month of February are Vodafone, Reliance, Airtel, Idea, Aircel, TATA, PSUs(BSNL+MTNL), Uninor, Videocon and MTS in that order. The overall teledensity is at 69.29 source :: http://www.trai.gov.in/WriteReadData/trai/upload/PressReleases/816/Press_release_feb%20-11.pdf Key Changes 1) Vodafone comes back to No. 1 position after some time. 2) Reliance performance is good for 3rd consecutive month 3) BSNL loses its steam after performing very good for the previous 6 months...MNP effect.... 4) BSNL hits past 90 million mark in wireless segment Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raccoon 53 Report post Posted April 16, 2011 (edited) Unbelievable is the word! The figures about RCom just do not seem believable. Even amongst all the people in my address book, there must be barely couple of RCom numbers. From where are they conjuring up all these subscribers with their pathetic GSM network? And I seriously doubt CDMA has so many takers. Edited April 16, 2011 by raccoon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KumaarShah 143 Report post Posted April 16, 2011 Very true indeed and with almost all the ex AirHell guys out there, what more can one expect? - other than fake activations by the lakhs if not millions? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Karthik R 246 Report post Posted April 16, 2011 @ Raccoon and Kumaar Shah - these are official figures for the month of february, the exodus of subscribers for Reliance and BSNL were heavy the following month. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
raccoon 53 Report post Posted April 16, 2011 Even then, do they seem believable?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hritik123 4 Report post Posted April 17, 2011 Cant believe reliance is still galloping inspite of everything Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kesav 127 Report post Posted April 30, 2011 (edited) Idea overtakes TATA to become 5th largest wireless operator Subscriber Additions And Statistics for the month Of March Subscriber base data as on 31st March 2011. Bharti(Airtel) --> 3295919(WI) + 162,203,480(WL) = 165499399 Reliance --> 1234191(WI) + 135718541(WL) = 136952732 Vodafone --> 134,569,706(WL) = 134569706 MTNL+BSNL --> 3,463,969(MTNL-WI) + 5,473,081(MTNL-WL) + 25224905(BSNL-WI) + 91,834,126(BSNL-WL) = 125996081 TATA --> 1282437(WI) + 89,138,713(WL) = 90421150 IDEA --> 89,503,318(WL) = 89503318 Aircel --> 54,843,290(WL) = 54843290 WI --> Wireline WL --> Wireless The leaders in the subscriber additions for the month of March are Vodafone, Reliance, Airtel, Idea, PSUs(BSNL+MTNL), TATA, Aircel, Uninor, Videocon and MTS in that order. The overall teledensity is at 70.89 source :: http://www.trai.gov.in/WriteReadData/trai/upload/PressReleases/823/Press_Release_Mar-11.pdf Key Changes 1) Teledensite hits past 70% mark 2) Reliance performance is impressive for 4th consecutive month despite bad media coverage 3) Idea's performance is good for this month 4) Idea overtakes TATA in wireless segment and becomes 5th largest wireless operator behind Airtel, Reliance, Vodafone & BSNL :clap: 5) Airtel hits past 160 million mark in wireless segment 6) TATA hits past 90 million mark in total subscribers 7) TATA is pushed back to 6th position in wireless segment from 4th position few months back. What a fall!!!! 8) MTS hits past 10 million mark with 10,056,934 subscribers Edited April 30, 2011 by kesav Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Karthik R 246 Report post Posted May 24, 2011 Reliance Communications, which offers GSM and CDMA mobile services, said it added 2.94 million new mobile users in April. A company statement said Reliance Communications achieved the “industry’s highest new wireless customer additions in April, 2011”. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nitink 279 Report post Posted May 24, 2011 Reliance Communications, which offers GSM and CDMA mobile services, said it added 2.94 million new mobile users in April. A company statement said Reliance Communications achieved the “industry’s highest new wireless customer additions in April, 2011”. expected, i went to reliance web world to get an OMH sim for my existing number and they offered me 2 new connections for Rs 50 odd. No wonder they amassed the numbers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
