Mobile phone connections – 2010
1. India’s mobile phone market added 18.98 million new subscribers to its network in October, taking the total number of connections to 706.69 million.
2. According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the wireless phone user base grew 2.76 percent to 706.69 million in October from 687.71 million in the previous month.
3. The total telephone subscriber base in the country, both wireless and wireline connections combined, touched 742.12 million. The overall tele-density reached 62.51 percent.
4. The growth in India’s wireless phone category was led by Bharti Airtel, which added three million users to take its subscriber base to 146 million users.
Vodafone Essar was next with 2.49 million new subscribers, that raised its subscriber base to 118 million, while new telecom player Uninor added 2.48 million connections, toting up 13.74 milion subscribers.
5. The broadband subscriber base grew 2.24 percent from 10.29 million in September to 10.52 million in October 2010.
6. Wireline subscriber base declined from 35.57 million in September-2010 to 35.43 million at the end of October 2010.
7. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (MTNL), the two state-run operators, hold 83.31 percent of the wireline market share.
Source: http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/sectorsinfotech/India-has-706-million-mobile-connections-TRAI/Article1-643401.aspx
Report: http://www.trai.gov.in/annualreport/AnnualReport_09_10English.pdf
The total
mobile subscriber base has increased from 56.88 million in March 2005 to 261.08
million in March 2008.The details of mobile phone subscriber base during the
last three years and the current year along with the growth rate, State-wise,
year-wise are given below:
Circle/State-wise details of Mobile phones for the last three years w.e.f. 31.03.2005
|
Sr. No. |
Name of |
Total |
Growth |
|||||
|
31.03.2005 |
31.03.2006 |
31.03.2007 |
31.03.2008 |
2005-06 |
2006-07 |
2007-08 |
||
|
1 |
Andaman & Nicobar |
10740 |
32587 |
44083 |
57846 |
203.42 |
35.28 |
31.22 |
|
2 |
Andhra Pradesh |
4251239 |
7669812 |
13045794 |
20577632 |
80.41 |
70.09 |
57.73 |
|
3 |
Assam |
287002 |
1128597 |
2331898 |
3913099 |
293.24 |
106.62 |
67.81 |
|
4 |
Bihar |
1158534 |
3819442 |
5773370 |
10869459 |
229.68 |
51.16 |
88.27 |
|
5 |
Chhattisgarh |
117951 |
191417 |
467294 |
701032 |
62.29 |
144.12 |
50.02 |
|
6 |
Gujarat |
4239010 |
6775707 |
11163757 |
16968200 |
59.84 |
64.76 |
51.99 |
|
7 |
Haryana |
1252666 |
2240298 |
4470606 |
6401457 |
78.84 |
99.55 |
43.19 |
|
8 |
Himachal |
354255 |
728578 |
1408876 |
2299811 |
105.66 |
93.37 |
63.24 |
|
9 |
Jammu & Kashmir |
274821 |
1114652 |
1491315 |
2201912 |
305.59 |
33.79 |
47.65 |
|
10 |
Jharkhand |
206372 |
403371 |
571217 |
640229 |
95.46 |
41.61 |
12.08 |
|
11 |
Karnataka |
3913203 |
6890546 |
11382511 |
17043556 |
76.08 |
65.19 |
49.73 |
|
12 |
Kerala |
2826014 |
5019928 |
7601981 |
11698216 |
77.63 |
51.44 |
53.88 |
|
13 |
Madhya Pradesh |
1871031 |
3441142 |
6682326 |
12491306 |
83.92 |
94.19 |
86.93 |
|
14 |
Maharashtra (-) |
4657918 |
7417194 |
12788896 |
21079326 |
59.24 |
72.42 |
64.83 |
|
15 |
North East |
146606 |
500935 |
1201518 |
2118532 |
241.69 |
139.86 |
76.32 |
|
16 |
Orissa |
762996 |
2172208 |
2963261 |
5180156 |
184.69 |
36.42 |
74.81 |
|
17 |
Punjab |
3763822 |
5461829 |
8364307 |
11715504 |
45.11 |
53.14 |
40.07 |
|
18 |
Rajasthan |
1852881 |
4147323 |
8011334 |
13586738 |
123.83 |
93.17 |
69.59 |
|
19 |
Tamil Nadu (-) Chennai |
3624160 |
5957147 |
10553554 |
18284050 |
64.37 |
77.16 |
73.25 |
|
20 |
Uttarakhand |
156467 |
321779 |
544882 |
685565 |
105.65 |
69.33 |
25.82 |
|
21 |
Uttar Pradesh |
4442433 |
9907365 |
17561905 |
28366704 |
123.02 |
77.26 |
61.52 |
|
22 |
West Bengal (-) Kolkata |
895338 |
2732985 |
5040111 |
9381095 |
205.25 |
84.42 |
86.13 |
|
23 |
Kolkata |
2019998 |
3502096 |
5030986 |
7844469 |
73.37 |
43.66 |
55.92 |
|
24 |
Chennai |
2228248 |
3246131 |
4637124 |
7061200 |
45.68 |
42.85 |
52.28 |
|
25 |
Delhi |
6073819 |
8869702 |
12083283 |
16282949 |
46.03 |
36.23 |
34.76 |
|
26 |
Mumbai |
5501404 |
8116905 |
9877466 |
13631670 |
47.54 |
21.69 |
38.01 |
|
Total |
56888928 |
101809676 |
165093655 |
261081713 |
78.96 |
62.16 |
58.14 |
|
Note: (1)
Source BSNL
/ MTNL / COAI / AUSPI.
(2)
Figures include WLL (F) also.
(3)
Private operators provide data service area wise
only and not separately for Andaman & Nicobar, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Chhattishgarh and NE-II which are included in West
Bengal, Bihar, Uttar
Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and North East – I respectively. However, Bharti Airtel provides landline
figures separately for Chhattisgarh and Madhya
Pradesh
Telecom
Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) monitors the performance of mobile service
providers against the quality of service benchmarks notified in the Regulations
issued by TRAI, through quarterly Performance Monitoring Reports obtained from
telecom operators. TRAI also monitors the congestion at the point of
interconnection (POI) through monthly congestion report. The telecom service
providers are making efforts to improve the quality by continuously augmenting
their mobile network infrastructure and optimizing the same to meet the
specified standards set by TRAI.
This
information was given by the Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Shri A. Raja in a written reply to starred question in the Lok Sabha today.