TOTAL TELEDENSITY IN INDIA
WIRELINE WIRELESS TOTAL
Total Subscribers (Millions) 873.36 29.73 903.09
Total Net Monthly Addition (Millions) 3.16 -0.12 3.04
Monthly Growth (%)
0.36% -0.42% 0.34%
Urban Subscribers (Millions) 522.27 23.22 545.48
Urban Subscribers Net Monthly Addition (Millions )0.26 -0.07 0.18
Monthly Growth (%) 0.05% -0.32% 0.03%
Rural Subscribers (Millions) 351.10 6.51 357.61
Rural Subscribers Net Monthly Addition (Millions) 2.91 -0.05 2.86
Monthly Growth (%) 0.83% -0.77% 0.81%
Overall Teledensity* 71.08 2.42 73.50
Urban Teledensity*
139.16 6.19 145.35
Rural Teledensity*
41.14 0.76 41.90
Share of Urban Subscribers 59.80% 78.11% 60.40%
Share of Rural Subscribers
40.20% 21.89% 39.60
Mobile Number Portability requests
increased from 93.56 million subscribers at the end of May 2013 to 95.59
million at the end of June 2013. In the month of June 2013 alone 2.03 million
requests have been made for MNP.
Active wireless subscribers on the
date of Peak VLR in June 2013 are 731.47 million, 83.75% of the total
subscribers.
Broadband subscription reached
15.19 million in June 2013 from 15.13 million in May 2013.
I. Total Telephone
Subscribers
The number of telephone subscribers
in India increased to 903.09 million at the end of June, 2013 from 900.05
million at the end of May 2013, thereby showing a monthly growth rate of 0.34%.
The share of urban subscribers has decreased to 60.40% from 60.59% whereas
share of rural subscribers has increased from 39.41% to 39.60% in the month of
June 2013. With this, the overall Teledensity in India increased to 73.50 at
the end of June, 2013 from 73.33 of the previous month.
Subscription in the urban areas
increased from 545.30 million in May, 2013 to 545.48 million at the end of
June, 2013. Subscription in rural areas increased from 354.75 million to 357.61
million during the same period. The monthly growth rate of urban and rural
subscription is 0.03% and 0.81% respectively. The overall urban Teledensity has
decreased from 145.54 to 145.35 and Rural Teledensity increased from 41.60 to
41.90.
Overall Teledensity (Circle Wise)
Notes:
1. Population data/Projections are available state wise
only.
2. Teledensity figures are derived from the subscriber
data provided by the operators and the population projections published by the
Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.
3. Delhi Service area, apart from the State of Delhi,
includes wireless subscribers of the areas served by the local exchanges of
Ghaziabad & Noida (in UP) and Gurgaon & Faridabad (in Haryana). West
Bengal service area includes Kolkata, Maharashtra includes Mumbai and Tamil
Nadu includes Chennai
II. Wireless Segment (GSM, CDMA
& FWP)
Total wireless subscriber base
increased from 870.20 million in May 2013 to 873.36 million at the end of June
2013, registering a monthly growth of 0.36%. The share of urban wireless
subscribers has decreased from 59.99% to 59.80% where as share of rural
wireless subscribers has increased from 40.01% to 40.20%. The overall wireless
Teledensity in India has reached 71.08 from 70.90 of previous month.
• Wireless subscription in urban areas increased from
522.01 million in May 2013 to 522.27 million at the end of June 2013. The
wireless subscription in rural areas increased from 348.19 million to 351.10
million during the same period. The urban wireless Teledensity has decreased
from 139.32 to 139.16 and rural Teledensity has increased from 40.83 to 41.14.
Detailed statistics is at Annexure I.
• Private operators hold 88.26% of the wireless market
share (based on subscriber base) where as BSNL and MTNL, the two PSU operators
hold only 11.74% market share. The graphical presentations of market shares and
shares in net additions of all the service providers during the month of June,
2013 are given below:
A. Service Provider wise Market
Share as on 30th June, 2013.
B. Service Provider wise net
subscriber addition during June 2013
III. VLR Data
Out of the total 873.36 million wireless subscribers,
731.47 million were active on the date of Peak VLR for the month of June 2013.
The proportion of VLR subscribers is approximately 83.75% of the total wireless
subscriber base reported by the service providers.
Service Provider wise, Idea leads the tally with 97.90%
followed by Vodafone (95.45%). Circle-wise, Maharashtra has the highest
proportion of VLR subscribers with 88.84% followed by Assam (88.28%) and Madhya
Pradesh (88.09%). TN (incl. Chennai) has the lowest proportion with 72.96%. The
detailed statistics of proportionate VLR is at Annexure II & methodology
used for reporting subscriber base/active subscribers is at Annexure IV.
A. Proportion of VLR subscribers
(Service Provider wise)
B. Service Provider wise growth in
total subscribers (May-June 2013)
C. Proportion of VLR subscribers
(Service Area wise)
D. Service Area wise growth in total
subscribers (May-June 2013)
IV. Mobile Number Portability
As per the data reported by the service providers, by the end of June 2013
about 95.59 million subscribers have submitted their requests to different
service providers for porting their mobile number. In MNP Zone-I (Northern
& Western India) maximum number of requests have been received in Rajasthan
(9.32 million) followed by Gujarat (8.14 million) whereas in MNP Zone-II
(Southern & Eastern) maximum number of requests have been received in
Karnataka (11.23 million) followed by Andhra Pradesh Service area (8.67
million). In the month of June 2013, total number of subscribers who have
submitted their request for MNP is 2.03 million.
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