savramesh 37 Report post Posted April 21, 2009 (edited) TRAI 15.64 mn wireless subscribers added in Mar '09 Business Standard Tuesday, Apr 21, 2009 A record 15.64 million wireless subscribers were added in March and for the first time in two years wireline subscriber-base has increased marginally, indicating an overall growth for the telecom sector. The total wireless subscriber base (GSM, CDMA and WLL (Fixed)) stood at 391.76 million at the end of March 2009 with the addition of 15.64 million users, Telecom Regulatory Authority said in a statement today. The total number of telephone connections reached 429.72 million at the end of March with the tele-density (phones per 100 people) touching 36.98. Wireline subscriber-base increased to 37.96 million in March this year as against 37.73 million in February 2009, registering an increase of 0.23 million. The broadband subscriber-base has touched 6.22 million by the end of March 2009, adding 0.37 million new subscribers from the previous month, it said. Edited January 28, 2010 by savramesh Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
savramesh 37 Report post Posted June 2, 2009 Number of new telecom subscribers dips in April Economic Times 1 Jun 2009, 1613 hrs IST NEW DELHI: The Indian telecom industry saw a dip in the number of new subscribers in April - 11.75 million telephone connections were added, compared to 15.87 million in March, an official statement said here Monday. The number of telephone connections reached 441.47 million in April from 429.72 million a month before, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said in a statement. "We saw a huge rush from Aircel and Reliance in March due to their aggressive marketing and competitive pricing policy, which helped in getting a record number of subscribers," Mahesh Uppal, director of consultancy firm Com First India, told IANS. Explaining the reason behind the dip in April, he said: "Once the people get their connections, the rush will slow down... There is a limit to the number of phones a person can buy." Overall tele-density reached 37.94 from 36.98. The total wireless subscribers (GSM, CDMA and wireless local loop-fixed base) stood at 403.66 million with addition of 11.90 million subscribers in April, the statement said. Additions to the number of wireless subscribers also dipped after reporting a record 15.64 million new connections in March. In the wireline segment, the subscriber base decreased 0.15 million to 37.81 million in April from 37.96 million. However, the number of broadband subscribers grew from 6.22 million to 6.28 million. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
savramesh 37 Report post Posted June 11, 2009 India adds over 8 mn GSM mobile users in May Press Trust of India / New Delhi June 11, 2009, 17:04 IST The GSM-based mobile operators in the country added 8.3 million subscribers in May taking the total subscriber base to 306.4 million. As per the data released by the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), the total number of GSM subscriptions in India reached 306.4 million in May compared to a subscriber base of 298.1 million in April. Bharti Airtel maintained its leadership position in the GSM-space with a market share of 32.48 per cent. Airtel hit the landmark of reaching 100 (99.5) million subscriber mark with the addition of 2.8 million subscribers in May. By adding 2.5 million new GSM subscribers, Vodafone Essar took its subscriber base to a total of 74 million. In April, Vodafone had added 2.7 million subscribers. Idea Cellular with 14.84 per cent market share has added 1.3 million subscribers taking its subscriber base to 45.4 million. Among the public sector players, BSNL's total subscriber base touched 48.1 million subscribers as it added 4.5 lakh users in the month of May. The subscriber addition in May dropped drastically for BSNL as in April the firm had added 1 million new users. BSNL has a market share of 15.72 per cent. MTNL has managed to add 38,036 users taking its subscriber base to 4.2 million. In April, MTNL had added 45,553 subscribers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
savramesh 37 Report post Posted June 20, 2009 Subscriber addition falls, 11.59 mn mobile users added in May Press Trust of India / New Delhi June 19, 2009, 16:35 IST Subscriber addition by the Indian telecom industry has slowed down for the second month in a row, with 11.59 million wireless subscribers being added in May 2009. This is against an addition of 11.90 million wireless users in April, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said in a statement. Total 11.44 million telephone connections (wireless and wireline) were added in May compared to 11.75 million connections added in the previous month. With this, the telecom subscriber base stood at 452.91 million in May against 441.47 million in April. The overall teledensity, calculated on the basis of the number of people using phones for a population of 100, has reached 38.88 at the end of May against 37.94 in April, Trai said. The total wireless subscribers (GSM, CDMA and WLL(F)) base stood at 415.25 million at the end of May 2009 with the addition of 11.59 million wireless subscribers. In the wireline segment, the subscriber base has decreased marginally by 0.15 million to 37.66 million in the month of May 2009 against 37.81 million subscribers in April 2009, registering a slight decrease of, Trai added. Total broadband subscriber base has reached 6.40 million in May, as compared to 6.28 million in the previous month, Trai said. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
savramesh 37 Report post Posted July 13, 2009 India adds 8.9 mln GSM mobile users in June Source Reuters - Indian GSM mobile operators added 8.89 million users in June, taking the total user base to 315.8 million, data from the Cellular Operators' Association of India showed on Monday. The pace of monthly additions on the dominant mobile platform picked up from 8.3 million added in May, but was still slower than April's 8.97 million and March's 10.8 million. Top mobile operator Bharti Airtel's June additions at 2.82 million were little changed from the previous month, but third-ranked Vodafone Essar saw a dip in June user adds to 2.37 million from 2.54 million in May. No.5 Idea Cellular accelerated additions to 1.61 million in June from 1.3 million in May. The data for June does not include Reliance Communications Ltd, India's second-largest mobile operator, which reports figures separately. But total GSM subscribers include Reliance's GSM users at the end of May. Reliance Communications, which had 77.22 million subscribers at end-May, expanded its GSM mobile services to all the service areas of the country in January, but the majority of its customers are still on rival CDMA technology. Tata Teleservices, in which Japan's NTT DoCoMo owns a 26 percent stake, also operates on CDMA and its monthly additions are reported separately. The company has recently launched GSM services. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
savramesh 37 Report post Posted July 14, 2009 Telecom user base touches 429.7 million Source NEW DELHI: India's total telecom subscriber base touched 429.72 million for the quarter ending March taking the teledensity up to 36.98 the Trai said on Monday. This is against 384.79 million for the quarter ending December 2008, a 11.68% increase. Wireless subscribers increased to 391.76 million (346.89 million) while wireline subscribers increased to 37.96 million (37.90 million). Rural wireline subscribers decreased by 0.93% to 10.58 million (10.68 million) while in contrast, rural wireless subscribers grew 17.77% to 109.71 million (93.15 million). The number of Public Call Offices (PCOs) also increased by 3.68% to 6.20 million (5.98 million). In the GSM segment, the all India blended ARPU per month decreased 6.82% from Rs 220 in December 2008 to Rs 205 in March 2009. ARPU for postpaid services declined 2.8% to Rs 543 (Rs 559) and 6% for prepaid services to Rs 181 (Rs 192). For CDMA, the all India monthly blended ARPU dropped to Rs 99 (Rs 111). The huge difference between postpaid and prepaid ARPU noticed in the last quarter remains valid for the current quarter as well in the CDMA market. Postpaid ARPU was 5 times that of prepaid ARPU, which could be attributed to declining importance of processing fee on recharge coupon/voucher purchased by prepaid subscribers. Internet wireline subscribers grew 5.30% to 13.54 million (12.85 million) while broadband subscribers (with a download speed of 256 Kbps or more) grew 12.68% to 6.22 million. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
savramesh 37 Report post Posted July 14, 2009 India's Rural Mobile Subscribers Rise Techtree News Staff, Jul 14, 2009 1613 hrs IST Increase 18 percent over last year With the urban mobile market nearly saturated, India is looking towards its villages and towns to propel the growth of this sector and it indeed is growing. According to the latest numbers from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the number of rural mobile subscribers has surged past the 100 million mark and now stands at a staggering 109.7 million. This data is for the end of the first quarter of 2009. This also translates into a growth of 18 percent over the last quarter of 2008. While the overall subscriber base in the country stands at 391.76 million, the rural growth was in the earlier stages slow as compared with the urban centres. In fact, even now, with 282 million subscribers, urban centres command a 72 percent of all mobile users in the country. What we are gradually seeing now is a change that is bringing wireless mobility to the interiors of the country. Mobile companies, both manufactures and operators, seem to have noticed the growing power of India s rural centers and are now concentrating on this hitherto overlooked segment, which presents these companies with an untapped, pristine market at their disposal. Nokia, for example, recently launched its Life Tools directed at the rural population in the country with value added services tailor made for the rural consumer. Other companies too have come up with value added services to boost revenue and tap this huge market. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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me_saket 73 Report post Posted July 17, 2009 CAn you provide me RIM Number of Orissa Circle visit www.auspi.in Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
savramesh 37 Report post Posted July 30, 2009 India adds 11.9 mn telecom subscribers in June Source NEW DELHI: India's telecom industry continued its robust growth story in June by adding 11.91 million new subscribers to take the total subcription base to 464.82 million, a government statement said on Thursday. The number of total subscribers in the country as on June 30, 2008 was 325.78 million. The wireless (GSM and CDMA) segment added 12 million new subscribers, while the wireline segment witnessed a dip of 134,000 connections, the statement said. The overall tele-density reached 39.86 per cent in June 2009 as compared to 28.33 per cent in the like period last year. Broadband connections reached 6.4 million at the end of May and the total number of licences issued for Internet service providers (ISPs) is 375, the statement added. Under the Bharat Nirman programme, public telephones were provided to 264 villages in May. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
me_saket 73 Report post Posted July 30, 2009 India adds 8.9 mln GSM mobile users in June Telecom user base touches 429.7 million India adds 11.9 mn telecom subscribers in June telecom-users-added-in-June/articleshow/4838311.cms"]Source[/url] NEW DELHI: India's telecom industry continued its robust growth story in June by adding 11.91 million new subscribers to take the total subcription base to 464.82 million, a government statement said on Thursday. why teir is difference in figure? total is 429.7 or 464mn?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KumaarShah 143 Report post Posted July 31, 2009 The 464 mn figure must be inclusive of landlines and CDMA also. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
savramesh 37 Report post Posted July 31, 2009 India adds 8.9 mln GSM mobile users in June this count is only for GSM Telecom user base touches 429.7 million this count is at the end of 'march' 464 is march+april+may+june Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
situ1962 21 Report post Posted August 1, 2009 I think all service providers are declaring inflated subscriber base.perhaps they count all the connections sold,rather than the number of active connections. I am telling this because 2 years back I stopped using my prepaid number and it's still vacant and hasn't been allotted to anybody.that means the nnumber is still associated with my name can anybody clarify my doubt in this matter? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
srk006 21 Report post Posted August 1, 2009 ^ No . They do recycle old numbers. I am sure of this because my deactivated prepaid number is allocated to some one else. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
savramesh 37 Report post Posted August 1, 2009 yup, 3 of my disconnected numbers are active now in diff name.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
me_saket 73 Report post Posted August 6, 2009 (edited) India adds 11.9 mn telecom subscribers in June Source NEW DELHI: India's telecom industry continued its robust growth story in June by adding 11.91 million new subscribers to take the total subcription base to 464.82 million, a government statement said on Thursday. The number of total subscribers in the country as on June 30, 2008 was 325.78 million. The wireless (GSM and CDMA) segment added 12 million new subscribers, while the wireline segment witnessed a dip of 134,000 connections, the statement said. The overall tele-density reached 39.86 per cent in June 2009 as compared to 28.33 per cent in the like period last year. Broadband connections reached 6.4 million at the end of May and the total number of licences issued for Internet service providers (ISPs) is 375, the statement added. Under the Bharat Nirman programme, public telephones were provided to 264 villages in May. source Telecom operators in the country added around 1.2 crore subscribers in the wireless segment in June taking the total user base to 46.48 crore, sectoral regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said today. The total number of telecom subscribers was 45.29 crore in May this year. "The wireless (GSM and CDMA) segment added 12.03 million new subscribers in June, while the wireline segment witnessed a dip of 120,000 connections," the statement said. The wireless subscriber base increased from 41.52 crore in May to 42.72 crore at the end of June, registering a monthly growth rate of 2.9 per cent, it added. The wireline subscriber base declined from 3.76 crore in May to 3.75 crore at the end of June. BSNL and MTNL, which have about 86.2 per cent market share in the wireline segment, lost 190,000 users in June. While BSNL lost 1,81,277 subscribers, MTNL lost 8,998 subscribers. BSNL subscriber base stood at 2.87 crore at the June-end, while MTNL had 35 lakh subscribers by June. Among the private operators, Airtel added about 28 lakh subscribers taking the total user base to 10.2 crore from 9.96 crore at the end of May. Edited August 6, 2009 by saket_kewate Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
savramesh 37 Report post Posted August 10, 2009 (edited) TN has 4 crore mobile subscribers, second among states after Maharashtra Source CHENNAI: In obvious signs of growing teledensity in Tamil Nadu and the involvement of technology in everyday life, every second person in the state now owns a mobile phone connection and about 65% of the population has a telephone connection. As per data available with the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Tamil Nadu had more than four crore mobile subscribers by June this year. As of June 2009, the Tamil Nadu circle (which excludes Chennai) had 3.03 crore mobile subscribers while Chennai circle had 96.51 lakh subscribers. The number of landline phones in Tamil Nadu circle stood at 22.24 lakh, falling from 22.36 lakh in May 2009, while for the Chennai circle, the number was 14.10 lakh in June 2009. This takes the total number of phone connections in the state to about 4.36 crore, while the state's projected population at the end of 2009 is 6.65 crore. What is interesting is the fact that the two new entrants, MTS and Idea Cellular, have managed to add 1,21,985 subscribers within a single month between May 2009 and June 2009 in both the circles. Already, Chennai has the highest teledensity in the country at 131% (131 connections for every 100 persons). While MTS added 63,525 customers during the one-month period, Idea which launched operations in May added 58,460 customers. Tamil Nadu, including Chennai circle, stands at the number two position among states in terms of number of mobile phone subscribers at four crore. Maharashtra (including Mumbai circle) has 5.3 crore subscribers, while Andhra Pradesh has 3.3 crore subscribers. What could explain this high number of subscribers in the state is that many people have multiple phone connections. "In a city like Chennai, people use two numbers. They have dual SIM cards for official and personal use. So that could explain such large numbers vis-a-vis the population," M Srinivas, senior vice president- Tamil Nadu and Chennai, Idea Cellular, told The Times of India. Srinivasa Rao Saripalli, CEO- TN and Kerala, MTS also agrees with the view. "If you count absolute teledensity, there could be multiple connections in a household. But then, people here are more receptive to new products. They are looking at better network coverage, tariffs and quality of service." What's more, industry experts see the upward trend continuing for a while. "There are still towns and areas that have not yet been penetrated. There is still so much potential for mobile services to reach in Tamil Nadu," Srinivas of Idea said. Interestingly, of the eight operators in the stateBSNL, Aircel, Reliance, Airtel, Vodafone, Tata Teleservices, MTS and Idea Cellular, only Tata Teleservices lost subscribers between May and June. While it lost 5,454 subscribers in the Chennai circle, 11,753 customers went out of its network in the Tamil Nadu circle. Edited August 10, 2009 by savramesh Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
me_saket 73 Report post Posted August 10, 2009 Maharashtra will be always number 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
me_saket 73 Report post Posted August 11, 2009 JULY ADDS 9.47 MILLION GSM SUBSCRIBERS Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) has released the GSM subscriber base for July and its not surprising to see the additions but at a slower rate. A total of 9.47mn subscribers were added to the wireless segment taking the total base to 325.7mn (excluding RCOM). The subscriber addition in July is higher than June’s 8.89 million, but still lower than 10.8 million recorded in March, COAI said in a statement. Among the GSM Mobile Service Operators, Vodafone Essar added 2.2mn new users in July, taking its total base to 78.68mn while market leader and largest GSM operator Bharti Airtel saw its total base rise by 2.8mn to 105.18mn. Idea Cellular added 1.42mn new customers, boosting its subscriber base to 48.51mn, while Aircel increased its base by over 1.3mn to 23.1mn. BSNL added 1.62mn new customers, taking its reach to 5mn. Loop Mobile added 44,897 new subscribers, taking its total to 2.35mn. MTNL added 35,413 new customers, boosting its total base to 4.33mn. Bharti Airtel continues to be the top GSM operator in the country, with a market share of 32.29% followed by Vodafone Essar at 24.16%, BSNL at 15.57% and Idea at 14.9%. source Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
savramesh 37 Report post Posted August 22, 2009 479 Million Telecom Subscribers in India Source According to the latest Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) figures (Warning: PDF link), India has increased its telecom subscriber base from 464.82 million in June to 479.07 million by the end of July. Posting unprecedented growth, the teledensity in the country has also reached 41.08 percent. Out of the 479 million-subscriber base, wireless subscribers consisted of 441.66 million users. This was a growth of 3.36 percent over the figure of 427.28 million a month ago. The teledensity too was below the 40 percent mark back then, standing at 37.87 percent. As expected, the figures for the wired sector were not at all with the subscriber base seeing a decline from 37.54 million users in June to 37.41 million in July. The saving grace is that fact that only the State Run operators were losing customers. Private players in the fixed line telephony sector have managed to increase their base. The figures also had data for the broadband subscriber base. This sector has seen an increase in the subscriber base from 6.62 million in June, to 6.8 million in July, registering a growth of 2.7 percent. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
savramesh 37 Report post Posted September 16, 2009 (edited) TABLE-India adds 9.3 mln GSM mobile users in Aug Source Sept 10 (Reuters) - Indian GSM mobile operators added 9.31 million users in August, taking their total subscribers to 335.5 million, data from the Cellular Operators' Association of India showed on Thursday. The monthly data does not include GSM subscribers of Reliance Communications Ltd (RLCM.BO: Quote, Profile, Research) and Tata Teleservices [TATASL.UL], who report figures separately. The majority of customers of the two companies use the rival CDMA platform. Following are the additions by GSM mobile operators in August and their total subscriber base. LEADING COMPANIES: COMPANY ADDITIONS (MLN) TOTAL USERS (MLN) --------------------------------------------------------------- Bharti Airtel - 2.82 - 108.00 Vodafone Essar - 2.19 - 80.87 BSNL - 1.36 - 52.06 Idea Cellular - 1.54 - 50.06 Aircel - 1.31 - 24.42 SMALLER PLAYERS: COMPANY ADDITIONS TOTAL USERS(MLN) -------------------------------------------------------------- MTNL - 20,150 - 4.35 Loop Mobile - 66,909 - 2.42 -------------------------------------------------------------- Note: Eleven operators provide mobile services in India, the world's fastest-growing market for such services. Reliance Communications, which had 82 million subscribers at end-July, is India's second-ranked mobile operator. The company expanded its GSM mobile services across the country this year. No.6 operator Tata Teleservices, in which Japan's NTT DoCoMo owns a 26 percent stake, also recently launched GSM services in some telecoms zones. Edited September 16, 2009 by savramesh Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vvinayakpai 26 Report post Posted September 21, 2009 (edited) Tata Teleservices price pitch does the trick, operator notches up over 3.4 mn new additions in August TT Correspondent | New Delhi | 21 Sep 2009 Indian consumers inclination towards pricing mix comes out in the open again as Tata DoCoMo is seen to have registered the maximum number of new mobile subscriber additions in the month of August 2009. The service provider has managed to clock more than 3.4 million new mobile subscribers as of August 31, 2009. Its total wireless subscriber base now stands at 42.79 million. Tata Teleservices additions clearly outnumber market leader Bharti Airtels figure of 2.8 million new additions for August. In fact the figure of more than 3 million is itself very high since normally the highest subscriber addition figures hover around the 2.5-2.8 million mark. Tata Teleservices had managed to record 2.2 million new additions in July month. This is fantastic news for us and a validation of all the efforts that have been put into making our network and services the best in the industry, Mr Anil Sardana, Managing Director of Tata Teleservices Limited, said. We thank each one of our new and existing subscribers for showering so much love, affection and trust in us. This has far exceeded our expectations and enthuses us to provide the best telecom experience to our customersin keeping with our larger objective of achieving customer affection and delight, he added. The company is playing aggressively on the price front. It has launched its GSM services under the Tata DoCoMo brand on a per second pricing pulse model as opposed to competing offers which are generally priced on per minute basis. On the CDMA front, the company has launched a flat rate of Re.1 irrespective of the duration of the call. Vodafone witnessed 2.19 million additions while Reliance Communications is seen lagging with only 1.6 million additions. The figures available with TelecomTiger will be released soon by the relevant trade associations. Please click on the Source link to view the table. I am unable to upload the table on this post. SOURCE: http://www.telecomtiger.com/Wireless_fullstory.aspx?storyid=7212&flag=1&passfrom=topstory§ion=S216 Edited September 21, 2009 by vvinayakpai Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
savramesh 37 Report post Posted September 24, 2009 August 2009: India Adds 15.08M Wireless, 0.18M Broadband Connections Source – Teledensity has increased to 42.27% from 41.08% – Wireless teledensity is up to 39.08 from 37.87% – Wireline connections registered a decline of 85890 to 37.33 million connections. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SUDYEcaZ 67 Report post Posted October 22, 2009 September figures?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
