According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the gross revenue of telecom service providers increased by 9.54 per cent from Rs 583.55 billion for the quarter ended December 2013 to Rs 639.55 billion for the quarter ended December 2014.

Meanwhile, the adjusted gross revenue (AGR), on the basis of which telecom operators pay revenue share as licence fee and spectrum charges to government, increased by 10.15 per cent from Rs 395.75 billion to Rs 435.91 billion, during the same period. The monthly average revenue per user (ARPU) of GSM operators increased by 5.8 per cent year-on-year to Rs 118 in December 2014, while the ARPU for CDMA operators increased by 4.8 per cent year-on-year to Rs 109.

The total number of telephone subscribers in the country increased by 6.09 per cent year-on-year to 970.97 million in the quarter ended December 2014. Meanwhile, the wireless subscriber base increased by 6.51 per cent year-on-year and stood at 943.97 million subscribers as of December 2014. The total number of Internet subscribers in the country stood at 267.39 million at the end of December 2014. This included 18.86 million wired internet subscribers and 248.53 million wireless internet subscribers.