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India Wireless Telecom Market: November 2012

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Source: TRAI

Indias active mobile subscriber base increased 707.28 million in November 2012from 703.92 million in October 2012

Indian wireless telecom market ends November 2012 with subscriber base of 890.60 million,

decline of 13.63 million, monthly growth rate of -1.51%

Overall mobile teledensity stands at 73.02% (Urban: 149.32%, Rural: 39.67%)

Urban to rural subscriber ratio is 62.19% to 37.81%

Rural market contracted by 0.72 million mobile subscribers at a monthly growth rate of

-0.21% while urban subscriber base declined by 12.91 million, growth of -2.28%

According to VLR data, India had 707.28 million active mobile subscribers. Hence, actual

wireless teledensity in India is 57.99% by November 2012

In November 2012, about 1.99 million subscribers submitted Mobile Number Portability (MNP)

requests which is about 0.22% of total mobile subscriber base in India

Bharti Airtel leads with 24.2% share while players focus on active subscriber

base .

Bharti Airtel maintains its leadership position with 24.2% market share in India

Idea has largest proportion of active mobile users at 98.06% followed by Vodafone (93.39%)

and Bharti Airtel (93.32%)
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Top 5 players in Indian wireless telecom industry accounts for 82.6% market share in terms of

active subscriber base

All major telecom players except Reliance witnessed large scale disconnections driven by

increasing focus on active subscribers

U.P. (East) maintains No.1 position

U.P. (East) with 58.91 million active mobile subscribers is leading followed by Maharashtra with

57.63 million active mobile users Andhra Pradesh (53.73 million) is third followed by Tamil Nadu (53.51 million) at fourth. Bihar

with 49.18 million active mobile subscribers is the 5th

largest market wireless telecom market in

India

Except Bihar and J&K, all telecom circles experienced negative subscriber growth. While Tamil

Nadu (1.99 million), Karnataka (1.48 million) and Andhra Pradesh (1.27 million) witnessed

highest amount of disconnections
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Indias top most telecom service providers with highest market shares

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As per the records of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India,private wireless service providers hold approx 88.50% of the market shares while BSNL and

MTNL (the two PSU operators) hold just 11.51% wireless market share. Here is the list of top

most telecom service providers with market shares:

1. Airtel: Bharti Airtel is one of the most prominent service providers which have 20.58%

market shares approximately. Apart from providing GSM mobile services, Airtel also provideshigh-speed broadband services to the customers.

2. Vodafone: Followed by Airtel, Vodafone comes second with the market shares of 16.88%offers its services on digital GSM technology. Vodafone also operates 3G services on most states

and guarantees their customers to stay connected with flexibility in network no matter whereverthey are.

3. Reliance: The well-known telecom company Reliance Communications stands third rank with

the market share of 14.82%. This is one of the most prominent segments include the wirelessoperations in the market.

4. Idea: Idea Cellular, so-called idea, has a market share of 12.77%. This is the first ever telecomcompany to offer flexible tariff plans for prepaid customers. The network operators are based in

Mumbai.

5. BSNL: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited or so-called BSNL has market share of 10.93%. They

provide mobile telephony and high-speed broadband connections apart from other wireless

services.
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6. TATA: This telecom company is operating wireless connections under its brand name

DoCoMo. This is a well-known broadband and telecommunications service provider which

has market shares of 8.66%. Apart from Docomo, the company offers services under the brandnames Virgin Mobile and T24.

7. Aircel: This is one of the most popular Indias wireless service provider holds the marketshares of 7.26%. The company also provides wireless voice, messaging and data services across

the nation.

8. Uninor: This telecom company provides major services in mobile telephony and wireless

internet which is a joint venture of Telenor Group and Unitech Group. The Gurgaon based

mobile operator has market share of 4.64%.

9. MTS: This mobile company is a subsidiary of Russian corporation Sistema which operates

across India with a market share of 1.85%. The company provides wireless voice, hi-speedinternet, messaging and data services.

10. MTNL: Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) has market share of 0.58%. This is astate-owned telecom service provider based on Mumbai, New Delhi and in the island country of

Mauritius of Africa.

These were Indias most popular and well-known telecom companies you may have heard about

them.


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GSM Subscriber Base In India Reached To 657.56 Million In January

2013 [Report]

ByAbhishek Singhon March 4, 2013 9:11 AM inJust In,Telecom/1 Comments

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In India, after TRAIsdecisionto chop off bogusmobile subscriber basein June last year, the

number of GSM connections had continuously been declining till the end of December 2012. But

it would be great news for every Indian to cheer up that the declining trend of subscriber basecame to end by December 2012. In January 2013, GSM subscriber base in India grew up from

657.2 million to 657.56 million, up 0.06% month-over-month. Idea was big gainer during the

first month of this year, recorded highest 2.4 million additions, followed by Airtel with 2.29

million additions.

Airtel was at the top with 184.19 million subscriber base in January 2013, followed by Vodafone

with 147.70 million and Idea with 116.40 million. On the other side, Videocon and Loop were

struggling with 2.26 million and 3.03 million subscribers during the same period.

More importantly, subscriber base of other telcos such as Aircel, Uninor and Videocon declined

significantly during January this year. However, the Cellular Operator Association in India(COAI) hasnt yet informed anything about other vendors like BSNL, MTNL and Loop whether

their subscriber base rise or fall during January.
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In terms of market share, Airtel once again led other vendors in the country. Airtel alone

succeeded to hold 28.01% market share in terms of GSM subscriber base, followed by Vodafoneand Idea with 22.46% and 17.70% respectively. In the context, Loop and Videocon were

struggling with 0.46% and 0.34% respectively in January 2013.
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India recorded 657.2 million subscriber base in December 2012, down from 673.6 million figure

in August last year. In 2012, Indian regulator decided to cut off bogus subscribers, those were

having multiple SIMs and used to opt the services those suited most to them. Indeed, it wasreally not a good sort of stuffs for carriers, as their average revenue per user had continuously

been declining quarter-over-quarter till the mid of the last year. However, telcos are still stuck

with the same issue as the competition in Indian telecom sector has reached to an extreme level.

The Cellular Operator Association of India has also reported GSM subscriber base stats state-

wise. In January this year, Orissa recorded highest addition in terms of subscriber base, followedby Rajasthan and Gujarat. Among metros circles, Delhi added highest 75.03 thousands, followed

by Chennai with 25 thousands. Meanwhile, other metros such as Kolkata and Mumbai had seen a

decline in their mobile subscriber base; Mumbai recorded a 231.24 thousands decline in GSM

subscriber base, while Kolkata had seen a decline in 88.92 thousands.
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Mobile Number portability in India -- Biggest Gainers and Losers as of 7 July

2011

Mobile Number Portability (the ability to change one's operator without changing the number)

has started transforming the look of the Indian Indian mobile market.

The major change, which is becoming clearly visible now (after the advent of MNP), is that

CDMA technology is on the verge of getting ousted from the Indian mobile market. In the pastsix months of the launch of MNP in the country, about 10 lakh or 1 million CDMA subscribers

have ditched the technology.

One of the major reasons for subscribers leaving CDMA technolgy for GSM are: theconnectivity problems, and overall poor service.

The Mobile Number portability in India is launched across the country on 20 January 2011. By 7

July 2011 9.89 Lakh CDMA subscribers have ported their number to GSM. The biggest loss of

this loyalty change is suffered by Anil Ambani's Reliance Communications. Courtesy, theopportunity provided by the MNP, about 5.42 lah or 542000 CDMA subscribers of Reliance

Communications have opted for GSM. Reliance Communications has to see even highersubscriber loss in GSM arena as well. Fed up by its GSM service, about 6.36 lakh Relaince

GSM subscribers ported to other operators. Another operator offering CDMa technoloy based

mobile services, the Tata Teleservices (CDMA service is called Tata Indicom), also has to suffersubscriber loss. Its 4.47 lakh or 4,47,000 subscribers changed loyalties.

One player which was expected to suffer major subscriber loss after the advent of MNP in the

country is the state run BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited). With more than 6 lakh or600,000 subscribers ditching its GSM based mobile service; BSNL is a clear case of Government

apathy or indifference. During the past one decade BSNL is constantly allowing private playersto encroach on its market share. May be this indifference is a conscious movefrom Government to restrict itself to sensitive sectors like defence and space.

The top gainer post MNP is the Kumar Mangalam Birla Group's Idea Cellular.Since the launch

of MNP, It has gained more than 8.59 lakh or 8,59,000 subscribers.

Portability Effect:

Top Gainers (Number of subscribers pulled from rivals):

Idea 8,59,798Vodafone 7,59,910Airtel 6,69,937

Aircel 79,187

Tata GSM 25,494

Top Losers (Number of subscribers lost to rivals):
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Reliance GSM 6,36,439

BSNL 6,05,570Reliance CDMA 5,42,262

Tata Indicom 4,47,592

Datacom 79,616

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