Rural wireless subscribers and market share (September 2009)

Circle

Total subscribers

Rural subscribers

% of rural

Market share of rural

(million)

(million)

subscribers

subscribers (%)

Bharti Airtel

110.51

38.45

34.79

27.14

Vodafone Essar

82.85

27.29

32.94

19.26

Idea Cellular

51.45

22.15

43.59

15.63

BSNL

58.76

20.92

35.61

14.77

Reliance Communications

86.12

17.52

20.35

12.37

Aircel

25.73

10.74

41.74

7.58

Tata Teleservices

46.8

4.43

9.46

3.12

Sistema Shyam TeleServices

1.96

0.19

9.49

0.13

HFCL

0.38

0.001

0.31

0.001

Loop Mobile

2.5

­–

­–

­–

MTNL

4.68

­–

­–

­–

Total

471.73

141.68

29.48

100

Source: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

Rural versus urban wireline subscribers and share of rural subscribers (September 2009)

Operator

Rural (million)

Urban (million)

Total (million)

Share of rural subscribers (%)

BSNL

10.09

18.36

28.45

35.47

MTNL

­–

3.51

3.51

­–

Bharti Airtel

­–

2.93

2.93

­–

Reliance Communications

0

1.15

1.15

0.08

Tata Teleservices

0.03

0.97

1

3.11

HFCL

­–

0.17

0.17

­–

Sistema Shyam TeleServices

0.01

0.09

0.1

8.77

Total

10.13

27.18

37.31

27.15

Souce: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

Wireline subscriber base and teledensity

Quarter ended

Subscriber base (million)

Teledensity

Rural

Urban

Rural

Urban

Sep-08

10.95

27.40

1.35

8.06

Dec-08

10.68

27.22

1.31

7.96

Mar-09

10.58

27.38

1.29

7.96

Jun-09

10.32

27.21

1.26

7.87

Sep-09

10.13

27.17

1.23

7.82

Source: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

Wireless subscriber base and teledensity

Quarter ended

Subscriber base (million)

Teledensity (%)

Rural

Urban

Rural

Urban

Sep-08

79.61

235.70

9.78

69.29

Dec-08

93.15

253.74

11.41

74.19

Mar-09

111.63

280.13

13.64

81.47

Jun-09

125.95

301.34

15.35

87.18

Sep-09

141.68

330.04

17.22

94.98

Source: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

Trends in mobile ARPU and minutes of usage

Technology

September 2008

September 2009

Growth (%)

ARPU (Rs per month)

GSM

221

164

-25.79

CDMA

122

89

-27.05

MoU (per subscriber per month)

GSM

499

423

-15.23

CDMA

332

308

-7.23

Source: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

Trends in ISPs’ average revenue per user and minutes of use (quarter ended September 2009)

Quarter ended

ARPU (Rs per month)

MoU (per subscriber per month)

Sep-08

213.08

212.34

Dec-08

221.97

214.23

Mar-09

236.47

226.58

Jun-09

243.50

243.57

Sep-09

231.13

237.06

Source: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

Circle-wise mobile ARPU (prepaid and post-paid) (Rs per month)

GSM

Category

Post-paid

 Prepaid

September 2008

September 2009

Growth (%)

September 2008

September 2009

Growth (%)

Circle A

580

512

-11.72

193

146

-24.35

Circle B

534

462

-13.48

181

140

-22.65

Circle C

533

495

-7.13

196

142

-27.55

Metro

627

614

-2.07

193

143

-25.91

All India

584

530

-9.25

189

143

-24.34

Private operators

642

570

-11.21

193

145

-24.87

BSNL/MTNL

403

387

-3.97

174

133

-23.56

CDMA

Category

Post-paid

Prepaid

September 2008

September 2009

Growth (%)

September 2008

September 2009

Growth (%)

Circle A

431

410

-4.87

89

61

-31.46

Circle B

406

347

-14.53

93

61

-34.41

Circle C

474

461

-2.74

119

79

-33.61

Metro

448

460

2.68

101

74

-26.73

All India

432

412

-4.63

95

65

-31.58

Source: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

Circle-wise mobile minutes of usage (prepaid and post-paid) (per subscriber per month)

GSM

Category

Post-paid

Prepaid

September 2008

September 2009

Growth (%)

September 2008

September 2009

Growth (%)

Circle A

1,189

1,078

-9.34

442

361

-18.33

Circle B

1,197

1,074

-10.28

453

394

-13.02

Circle C

1,329

896

-32.58

464

476

2.59

Metro

969

941

-2.89

403

353

-12.41

All India

1,123

1,025

-8.73

444

389

-12.39

CDMA

Category

Post-paid

Prepaid

September 2008

September 2009

Growth (%)

September 2008

September 2009

Growth (%)

Circle A

757

847

11.89

246

217

-11.79

Circle B

779

965

23.88

315

274

-13.02

Circle C

979

1,109

13.28

407

382

-6.14

Metro

759

846

11.46

294

283

-3.74

All India

770

890

15.58

293

266

-9.22

Source: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

Bharti Airtel

Andhra Pradesh

116,611

–

116,611

Delhi – NCR

934,339

­–

934,339

Gujarat

46,268

­–

46,268

Haryana

22,127

­–

22,127

Karnataka

461,704

­–

461,704

Kerala

51,628

­–

51,628

Kolkata

73,912

­–

73,912

Madhya Pradesh

242,650

­–

242,650

Chattisgarh

62,080

­–

62,080

Maharashtra

59,962

­–

59,962

Mumbai

299,512

­–

299,512

Punjab 

41,090

–

41,090

Chandigarh

54,203

­–

54,203

Rajasthan

35,879

­–

35,879

Tamil Nadu

135,025

­–

135,025

Pondicherry

6,554

­–

6,554

Chennai

304,057

­–

304,057

Uttar Pradesh (East)

44,906

­–

44,906

Uttar Pradesh (West)

23,111

–

23,111

Total

3,015,618

–

3,015,618

Reliance Communications

Andhra Pradesh

83,645

6,588,698

6,672,343

Assam

0

1,624,838

1,624,838

Bihar 

2,961

7,000,530

7,003,491

Chennai

98,785

1,408,805

1,507,590

Delhi – NCR

171,754

5,557,403

5,729,157

Gujarat

114,500

5,130,311

5,244,811

Haryana

3,541

2,318,848

2,322,389

Himachal Pradesh

3,375

1,139,374

1,142,749

Jammu & Kashmir

8

448,171

448,179

Karnataka

100,094

5,253,969

5,354,063

Kerala

53,705

3,253,619

3,307,324

Kolkata

93,893

3,452,989

3,546,882

Madhya Pradesh

32,347

8,017,382

8,049,729

Maharashtra

79,299

6,640,679

6,719,978

Mumbai

184,315

5,552,753

5,737,068

Northeast

0

498,235

498,235

Orissa

3,334

2,600,618

2,603,952

Punjab

40,767

2,435,176

2,475,943

Rajasthan

21,639

4,453,063

4,474,702

Tamil Nadu

36,314

5,307,664

5,343,978

Uttar Pradesh (East)

34,135

7,784,294

7,818,429

Uttar Pradesh (West)

7,718

5,834,738

5,842,456

West Bengal

2,742

4,297,099

4,299,841

Total

1,168,871

96,599,256

97,768,127

HFCL Infotel

Punjab

170,122

324,092

494,214

Total

170,122

324,092

494,214

Sistema Shyam TeleServices

Kerala

0

165,964

165,964

Rajasthan

52,258

1,171,309

1,223,567

Chennai

0

109,568

109,568

Tamil Nadu

0

399,836

399,836

Kolkata

0

294,748

294,748

West Bengal

0

483,427

483,427

Bihar

0

242,331

242,331

Karnataka

0

152,353

152,353

Delhi

0

205,755

205,755

Mumbai

0

27,086

27,086

Haryana

0

2,789

2,789

Maharashtra

0

866

866

Total

52,258

3,256,032

3,308,290

Tata Teleservices

Andhra Pradesh

155,774

6,931,222

7,086,996

Assam

252

75,228

75,480

Bihar

6,160

2,870,794

2,876,954

Chennai

44,614

1,258,943

1,303,557

Delhi – NCR

41,843

5,227,997

5,269,840

Gujarat

50,744

1,575,928

1,626,672

Haryana

9,551

2,232,459

2,242,010

Himachal Pradesh

1,130

139,273

140,403

Jammu & Kashmir

49

125,196

125,245

Karnataka

105,702

4,891,732

4,997,434

Kerala

9,383

2,192,805

2,202,188

Kolkata

21,254

2,194,646

2,215,900

Madhya Pradesh

3,243

3,169,616

3,172,859

Orissa

74

57,903

57,977

Punjab

4,664

1,706,492

1,711,156

Rajasthan

11,455

2,043,852

2,055,307

Tamil Nadu

3,600

2,721,428

2,725,028

Uttar Pradesh (East)

5,447

2,720,550

2,725,997

Uttar Pradesh (West)

8,192

2,421,224

2,429,416

Northeast

4,429

2,976,196

2,980,625

West Bengal

1,826

1,297,200

1,299,026

Maharashtra

159,630

7,344,705

7,504,335

Mumbai

471,682

4,135,913

4,607,595

Total

1,120,698

60,311,302

61,432,000

Grand total

5,527,567

160,490,682

166,018,249

Note: RCOM’s and TTSL’s subscriber figures include both GSM and CDMA users