Information Note to the Press (Press Release No. 14/2012) TELECOM REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF INDIA New Delhi, 30 th January, 2012 For immediate release Website: www.trai.gov.in Highlights of Telecom Subscription Data as on 31st December, 2011 Particulars Wireless Wireline Total Wireless + Wireline Total Subscribers (Million) 893.84 32.69 926.53 Total Net Addition (Million) 9.47 -0.28 9.20 % of Monthly Growth 1.07% -0.84% 1.00% Urban Subscribers (Million) 586.26 24.94 611.19 Urban Subscribers Net Addition (Million) 4.93 -0.20 4.73 % of Monthly Growth 0.85% -0.80% 0.78% Rural Subscribers (Million) 307.59 7.75 315.33 Rural Subscribers Net Addition (Million) 4.54 -0.07 4.47 % of Monthly Growth 1.50% -0.94% 1.44% Overall Teledensity 74.15 2.71 76.86 Urban Teledensity 161.01 6.85 167.85 Rural Teledensity 36.56 0.92 37.48 Share of Urban Subscriber 65.59% 76.30% 65.97% Share of Rural Subscriber 34.41% 23.70% 34.03% Mobile Number Portability requests increased from 258.37 lakh subscribers at the end of November 2011 to 292.40 lakh subscribers at the end of December 2011. In the month of December, 2011 alone 34.03 lakh requests have been made for MNP. Active wireless subscribers on the date of peak VLR in December - 2011 are 646.77 Million. Broadband subscription reached 13.30 Million in December-2011 from 13.13 Million in Novomber-2011.
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Information Note to the Press (Press Release No. 14/2012)
TELECOM REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF INDIA
New Delhi, 30th January, 2012
For immediate release Website: www.trai.gov.in
Highlights of Telecom Subscription Data as on 31st December, 2011
Particulars Wireless Wireline Total Wireless + Wireline
Total Subscribers (Million) 893.84 32.69 926.53 Total Net Addition (Million) 9.47 -0.28 9.20
% of Monthly Growth 1.07% -0.84% 1.00%
Urban Subscribers (Million) 586.26 24.94 611.19
Urban Subscribers Net Addition (Million) 4.93 -0.20 4.73
% of Monthly Growth 0.85% -0.80% 0.78%
Rural Subscribers (Million) 307.59 7.75 315.33
Rural Subscribers Net Addition (Million) 4.54 -0.07 4.47
Mobile Number Portability requests increased from 258.37 lakh subscribers at the end of November 2011 to 292.40 lakh subscribers at the end of December 2011. In the month of December, 2011 alone 34.03 lakh requests have been made for MNP.
Active wireless subscribers on the date of peak VLR in December - 2011
are 646.77 Million.
Broadband subscription reached 13.30 Million in December-2011 from 13.13 Million in Novomber-2011.
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Total Telephone Subscribers
• The number of telephone
subscribers in India increased to
926.53 Million at the end of December,
2011 from 917.33 Million at the end of
November 2011, thereby registering a
growth rate of 1.00%. The share of
Urban subscribers has declined to
65.97% from 66.11% whereas share of
Rural Subscribers has increased to
34.03% in the month of December 2011.
With this, the overall Tele-density in
India reaches to 76.86 at the end of
December, 2011 from 76.18 of the
previous month.
917.33
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Total Subscribers Urban Rural
Total Wireless +Wireline Subscribers in Million
76.18
166.84
36.98
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November‐11 December‐11
Overall Urban Rural
Subscription in Urban Areas
grew from 606.47 million in November,
2011 to 611.19 million at the end of
December, 2011. Subscription in Rural
Areas increased from 310.86 million to
315.33 million during the same period.
The growth of Urban and Rural
Subscription is 0.78% and 1.44%
respectively. The overall Urban
teledensity has increased from 166.84 to
167.85 and Rural teledensity increased
from 36.98 to 37.48.
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Wireless Segment (GSM, CDMA & FWP)
• Total Wireless subscriber base
increased from 884.37 Million in
November 2011 to 893.84 Million at the
end of December 2011, registering a
growth of 1.07%. The share of Urban
Subscriber has marginally decreased
from 65.73% to 65.59% where as share
of Rural Subscribers has marginally
increased from 34.27% to 34.41%. The
overall wireless Tele density in India
reaches 74.15.
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Total Subscribers Urban Rural
Total Wireless Subscribers (in Millions)
73.44
159.92
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Wireless Teledensity
Overall Urban Rural
• Wireless subscription in Urban
Areas increased from 581.33 million in
November 2011 to 586.26 million at the
end of December 2011. The subscription
in Rural Areas increased from 303.04
million to 307.59 million during the
same period. This shows higher growth
in Rural Subscription (1.50%) than
Urban Subscription (0.85%). The Urban
wireless teledensity has increased from
159.92 to 161.01 and Rural teledensity
has increased from 36.05 to 36.56.
Detailed statistics at Annexure I.
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• Private operators hold 88.54% of the wireless market share where as
BSNL and MTNL, two PSU operators hold only 11.46% market share. The
graphical presentations of market shares and shares in net additions of all
the service providers during the month of December 2011 are given below:
A. Service Provider wise Market Share as on 31.12.2011
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Service Providers’ share in net additions during the month of December 2011
Share in Net Addition (Total Net Add.= 9472238)
22.4%
10.1%
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9.6%
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VLR Data
Out of the total 893.84 Million
subscribers, 646.77 Million were
active on the date of Peak VLR for
the month of December 2011. The
total active VLR number excludes the
CDMA VLR figure of BSNL, as the
service provider has not provided the
VLR figures of their total CDMA
subscriber base of 4.33 million. The
proportion of VLR subscribers is
approximately 72.36% of the total
wireless subscribers base reported by
the service providers.
Circle-wise, J&K has the highest
proportion of VLR subscribers with
83.11% followed by MP (78.45%) and
Maharashtra (78.06%); Mumbai has
the lowest proportion with 60.79%.
Service Provider wise, Idea leads the
tally with 92.98% followed by Bharti
(90.02%); Etisalat is at the bottom with
25.45%. The detailed statistics of
proportionate VLR is at Annexure II &
methodology used for reporting
subscriber base/active subscribers is
at Annexure IV.
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Mobile Number Portability
• As per the data reported by the service providers, by the end of December
2011 about 292.40 lakh 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 Gujarat (27.69 lakh) followed by Maharashtra (23.13 lakh)
whereas in MNP Zone-II (Southern & Eastern) maximum number of
requests have been received in Karnataka (28.33 Lakh) followed by Andhra
Pradesh Service area (26.87 lakh). In the month of December-2011, total
number of subscribers who have submitted their request for MNP is 34.03
lakh. The status of MNP requests in various service areas is given below:
Service Area Wise MNP Status at the end of December, 2011
Zone -1 Zone - 2
Service Area Number of Porting Requests
Service Area Number of Porting Requests
Delhi 1456191 Andhra Pradesh 2687469 Gujarat 2768659 Assam 66677 Himachal Pradesh 106409 Bihar 633256 Haryana 1345696 Karnataka 2833390 Jammu & Kashmir 4793 Kerala 1545755 Maharashtra 2312800 Kolkata 636766 Mumbai 1022820 Madhya Pradesh 1786385 Punjab 1159816 North East 18271 Rajasthan 2381606 Orissa 679597 Uttar Pradesh - East 1394727 Tamil Nadu 1831578 Uttar Pradesh - West 1640868 West Bengal 927326
Total 15594358 Total 13646473 Total (Zone-1 + Zone-2) 29240858
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Wireline Segment • Wireline subscriber base declined from 32.96 Million at the end of
November 2011 to 32.69 Million at the end of December 2011. The share
of Urban Subscriber has marginally increased from 76.27% to 76.30%
where as share of Rural Subscribers has marginally declined from 23.73%
to 23.70%. The overall wireline Tele-density in India marginally declined to
2.71 with urban and rural teledensity being 6.85 and 0.92 respectively.
BSNL and MTNL, two PSU operators hold 80.95% of the Wireline market
share. Detailed statistics is at Annexure-III. The graphical presentation of
market share of all service provider as on 31st December 2011 is given
below:
Service Provider wise Market Share as on 31.12.2011
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Category wise Growth
• From the below tables, Circle A shows the highest net addition and Circle
C shows the highest rate of monthly growth in the wireless sector from November 2011 to December 2011.
Category wise Net Additions and subscriber base
Category
Net Additions during the month of December, 2011
Subscriber Base as on 31st December, 2011
Wireline Wireless Wireline Wireless
Circle A -39802 3341927 12950987 314820251
Circle B -48555 3339056 10586252 353309522
Circle C -26379 1556113 2084357 122508629
Metro -160809 1235142 7063615 103205132
All India -275545 9472238 32685211 893843534
Category-wise Growth Rate in Access Service
Category Monthly Rate of Growth (Nov-2011 to Dec-2011)
Yearly rate of growth (Dec-2010 to Dec-2011)
Wireline Wireless Wireline Wireless
Circle A -0.31% 1.07% -4.01% 16.61%
Circle B -0.46% 0.95% -7.68% 20.68%
Circle C -1.25% 1.29% -28.67% 23.41%
Metro -2.23% 1.21% -2.02% 14.46%
All India -0.84% 1.07% -6.85% 18.83%
• Metros indicate data for Delhi, Mumbai & Kolkata. Data for Chennai service area has been included in Circle A, as part of TN
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Broadband (≥ 256 Kbps download)
Total Broadband subscriber base has increased from 13.13 million at
the end of November 2011 to 13.30 million at the end of December 2011,
there by showing a monthly growth of 1.30%. Yearly growth in broadband
subscribers is 21.88% during the last one year (Dec. 2010 to Dec. 2011).
Note: Information in the Press Release is based on the data provided by the Service Providers.
Net Additions during Dec-2011 -304709 4728 3130 3534 15510 1325 937 -275545
Annexure-IIIPage 1 of 1
TataGROUP
Circle-wise TotalBSNL MTNL HFCL Sistema Bharti Reliance
Annexure IV
VLR Subscribers in the Wireless Segment
Home Location Register (HLR) is a central database that contains details of each mobile phone subscriber that is authorized to use the GSM core network. The HLRs store details of every SIM card issued by the mobile phone operator. Each SIM has a unique identifier called an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI), which is the primary key to each HLR record. The HLR data is stored for as long as a subscriber remains with the mobile phone operator. HLR also manages the mobility of subscribers by means of updating their position in administrative areas. It sends the subscriber data to a Visitor Location Register (VLR).
Subscriber numbers reported by the service providers is the difference between the numbers of IMSI registered in service provider’s Home Location Register(HLR) and sum of other figures as given below:-
1 Total IMSI's in HLR (A)
2 Less: (B=a + b + c + d + e)
a. Test/Service Cards
b. Employees
c.
Stock in hand/in Distributional Cannels (Active Card)
d. Subscriber Retention period expired
e. Service suspended pending disconnection
3 Subscribers Base (A-B)
Visitor Location Register (VLR) is a temporary database of the subscribers who have roamed into the particular area, which it serves. Each base station in the network is served by exactly one VLR; hence a subscriber cannot be present in more than one VLR at a time.
If subscriber is in active stage i.e. he is able to send/receive calls/SMSs he is available both in HLR and VLR. However, it may be possible that the subscriber is registered in HLR but not in VLR due to the reason that he is either switched-off or moved out of coverage area, not reachable etc. In such circumstances he will be available in HLR but not in VLR. This causes difference between subscriber number reported by the service providers and numbers available in VLR.
The VLR data calculated here is on the basis of active subscribers in VLR on the date of Peak VLR of the particular month for which the data is being collected. This data is to be taken from the switches having the purge time of not more than 72 hours.