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Wireless subscription crosses 750 Million, only 70% in active state

New Delhi, 09 February, 2011

• Total Telephone subscriber base reaches to 787.28 Million in Dec-2010 from 764.76 Million in Nov-2010
  
  
• Wireless subscription reaches to 752.19 Million in Dec-2010 from 729.57 Million in Nov-2010
  
  
• Wireline subscription declines to 35.09 Million in Dec-2010 from 35.19 Million in Nov-2010
  
  
• 22.62 Million new additions in wireless
  
  
• Active wireless subscribers in VLR in Dec-2010 is 529.22 Million
  
  
• Overall Tele-density reaches to 66.16 in Dec-2010 from 64.34 in Nov-2010 with overall urban and rural tele-densities being 147.88 & 31.18 respectively
  
  
• Wireless Tele-density reaches to 63.22 with urban and rural tele-densities being 140.53 & 30.11 respectively
  
  
• Wireline Tele-density declines to 2.95 with urban and rural tele-densities being 7.35 & 1.07 respectively
  
  
• Broadband subscription reaches to 10.92 Million in Dec-2010 from 10.71 Million in Nov-2010

The number of telephone subscribers in India increased to 787.28 Million at the end of December 2010 from 764.76 Million in November-2010, thereby registering a growth rate of 2.95%. With this, the overall Tele-density in India reaches 66.16.

Wireless Segment (GSM, CDMA & FWP)

Wireless subscriber base increased from 729.57 Million in November-2010 to 752.19 Million at the end of December-2010 registering a growth of 3.10%. Wireless Tele-density stands at 63.22.

Wireless Service: Service Providers’ share in net additions during the month of December 2010

Service Provider wise Market Share as on 31-12-2010

VLR Data

Out of the total 752.19 Million subscribers, 529.22 Million subscribers were active subscribers in VLR on the last working day of the month i.e, 31st December 2010. The total active VLR number excludes the CDMA VLR figure of BSNL, as the service provider has not provided the VLR figures corresponding to their total CDMA subscriber base of 5.47 million. The proportion of VLR subscribers is approximately 70.36 % of the total wireless subscriber base reported by the service providers. Circle-wise, Jammu & Kashmir has the highest proportion of VLR subscribers with 81.84 % followed by Assam (79.16 %) and Maharashtra (77.73%); Mumbai has the lowest proportion with 57.97%. Service Provider wise, Bharti leads the tally with 91.79% closely followed by Idea with 90.04%; MTNL is at the bottom with 35.10%.

Circle wise subscribers in VLR on last working day of December 2010 :

Wireline Segment

Wireline subscriber base declined from 35.19 Million in November-2010 to 35.09 Million at the end of December-2010. BSNL/MTNL, two PSU operators hold 82.98 % of the Wireline market share.

Service Provider wise Market Share as on 31-12-2010

Category wise Net Additions during the Month of September - 2010

         
Category-wise Growth Rate in Access Service

Broadband (≥ 256 Kbps download)

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