me_saket 73 Report post Posted May 22, 2009 Did u remember month of january when rcom came with CEP scheme giving 900TT with Rs25. Did u remember when in mid of februay news was flashed that indian telecom adds 15million subsciber in one month, highest being rcom 5million addition. Now can u guess what is rcom subsciber additon in month of april??? Just 1.7million, and that to GSM+CDMA ,compare to bharti 2.81, vodafone 2.7 idea1.1 bsnl 1.0, see the growth of subsbiber http://auspi.in/show-subscribber.asp it worst, because last year average addition of rcom was 1.25million with just cdma service. now rates are become lower, other operator are growing very fast. world is agree that indian telecom is having highest growth. With so many this to increase subsbiber, rcom gsm is adding such few number with service in CDMA+GSM+FWP. what a shame Guys lets see what will happen after MNP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
@mitJ@in 256 Report post Posted May 22, 2009 Delhi had crossed 1 Million just 2-3 days back. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
savramesh 37 Report post Posted May 22, 2009 RCDMA is outdated with poor support and service, its own launch of gsm and launch of mts cdma... RGSM is not up to the mark so far.. a long run is required for graduation... so overall Rcom is in a mess now.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kshah 452 Report post Posted May 23, 2009 new operators may get new subscribers only. For existing users, most users will not be willing to change operators unless they have some incentive like lower tariff or better coverage or free on net calls or better VAS. For free on net calls BSNL is clear winner in Gujarat with their LO KAR LO BAAT where just in Rs 171 PM all calls on BSNL network is free. May be the same for other circles. I have seen people buying BSNL sims to get advantage of free on net calls. Most new operators start their operations where there is very very stiff competition. If they introduce their services from semi urban and taluka places, I am sure they will get better subscriber base. New operators also need to set their priority right by giving good, floating and changing incentives to post paid subscribers. In India trend is just opposite, here prepaid subscribers are more pempered that post paid subscribers. Post paid give them more revenue and loyalty than prepaid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KumaarShah 143 Report post Posted May 23, 2009 Their own nincompoopical CC and lately even CMO has ****ed up their own numbers and with mindless application of mind with regard to data and sms tariffs, all they will be left with, in a year or two will be the most miniscule numbers... Gsm is the worst of the lot.... They are only bent on providing cheap tariffs and still think that a mobile is only for talking and nothing else... Come MNP and there will be a mass exodus from rcom- this is inevitable and definite.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kshah 452 Report post Posted May 23, 2009 ^^^ True, even for most operators VAS means ringtones, caller tunes and stupid applications like astrology and cricket. THey never think of providing net / email at better or lucrative price. They never bothered to educate customers about benefits of data and email over conventional way like SMS for communicating. It seems all are in competition about mindlessness. When Reliance CDMA was launched - i thought it was most thoughful launch of service, they offered free or very cheap data service, free or next to free SMS, way cheaper call charges. Good quality handset (LG 2030 and Sam 191 user with vouch for their quality for sure) Even reliance that time offered buy back of GSM handset and offered phone book transfer to handsets from GSM SIM free of cost. I have got it done at WEB WORLD twice. But then I dont know what went wrong and Reliance became arrogant, least bothered about customer and denied accepting limitation of CDMA technology - in terms of handset - otherwise superior technology. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
me_saket 73 Report post Posted June 3, 2009 Economic Times 1 jun 09 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
me_saket 73 Report post Posted June 3, 2009 NEW DELHI: Leading GSM operators Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Essar have added 2.8 million and 2.7 million subscribers in April, continuing their respective growth momentum. The second-largest mobile operator Reliance Communications added just over 2-million subscribers last month, according to data released by telecom regulator Trai on Monday. GSM operator Aircel added about 1.1 million new subscribers in April taking its total subscriber base to 19.5 million. Tata Teleservices, a CDMA operator, added about 0.6 million new users in the given month taking its subscriber base to 35.7 million. Idea Cellular and Spice Communications together added a notch over 1-million subscribers in April. State-owned telco MTNL added 47,045 new subscribers in April. RCOM, the country’s largest telecom operator on CDMA technology platform, had launched GSM-based services in January with schemes providing free talk time up to Rs 900 and this resulted in its subscriber numbers surging between January-March. The free scheme was taken away by March-end, which resulted in subscriber additions falling in April. RCOM had outperformed the industry in these three months, it added 5-million new users in January and over 3-million new subscribers in February and March. In comparison, the largest mobile operator, Bharti, added 2.7 million new users each in January and February 2009 and 2.8 million in March. RCOM now has a mobile subscriber base of 74.8 million and Vodafone Essar's total subscriber base stands at 71.5 million, while Bharti Airtel leads with 96.7 million total subscribers. Vodafone Essar also saw a drop of about 0.07 million users in its monthly additions in April and the telco added just over 2.7-million subscribers as against 2.84 million in March. With this, Bharti Airtel regained the number one position in terms of subscriber additions by a few thousand users as it increased its customer base by 2.8-million users in April. In March 2009, Vodafone Essar had beaten Bharti Airtel in monthly subscriber additions for the first time. Trai also said that India's mobile base had crossed the 400-million mark in April, inching close to the target of 500-million users by 2010, set by the Department of Telecom (DoT). The total wireless subscriber base now stands at 403.66 million, while the total telecom base, which includes that of landline is 441.47 million, Trai added. But, the number of new mobile connections added in April saw a 23% drop compared with 15.64 million new additions in the previous month. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
me_saket 73 Report post Posted June 27, 2009 (edited) Soon ur rcom GSm is going to expire, which u have purchased during CEP. with initial Validity of 6month. So from next month onward we will see declined of rcom's subsciber base? How many of still using? or converted into lifetime? and how many didn't Edited June 27, 2009 by saket_kewate Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
