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For immediate release (Press Release No. 92/2013)
Information Note to the Press
TELECOM REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF INDIA
New Delhi, 13th December, 2013
(www.trai.gov.in)
Highlights on Telecom Subscription Data as on 31st October, 2013
Mobile Number Portability requests increased from 102.49 million
subscribers at the end of September, 2013 to 104.79 million at the end of
October 2013. In the month of October 2013 alone 2.30 million requests
have been made for MNP.
Active wireless subscribers on the date of Peak VLR in October, 2013 are
744.28 million, 85.01% of the total subscribers.
Wireline Broadband (> 512 Kbps) subscription reached 14.91 million in
October 2013.
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* Based on the population projections from Census data published by the Office of Registrar
General & Census Commissioner of India.
Particulars Wireless Wireline
Total
Wireless +
Wireline
Total Subscribers (Millions) 875.48 29.08 904.56
Total Net Monthly Addition (Millions) 4.90 -0.20 4.70
Monthly Growth (%) 0.56 -0.68 0.52
Urban Subscribers (Millions) 522.21 22.88 545.09
Urban Subscribers Net Monthly Addition (Millions) 2.00 -0.10 1.90
Monthly Growth (%) 0.38 -0.41 0.35
Rural Subscribers (Millions) 353.27 6.21 359.48
Rural Subscribers Net Monthly Addition (Millions) 2.90 -0.10 2.79
Monthly Growth (%) 0.83 -1.65 0.78
Overall Teledensity* 70.96 2.36 73.32
Urban Teledensity* 138.23 6.06 144.28
Rural Teledensity* 41.27 0.73 42.0
Share of Urban Subscribers 59.65% 78.66% 60.26%
Share of Rural Subscribers 40.35% 21.34% 39.74% 2
I. Total Telephone Subscribers
• The number of telephone
subscribers in India increased from
899.86 million at the end of
September, 2013 to 904.56 million at
the end of October 2013, thereby
showing a monthly growth of 0.52%.
The share of urban subscribers has
declined from 60.36% to 60.26%
whereas share of rural subscribers
has increased from 39.64% to
39.74% in the month of October
2013. With this, the overall
Teledensity in India increased from
73.01 at the end of September, 2013
to 73.32 at the end of October, 2013.
• Subscription in the urban areas
increased from 543.18 million in
September, 2013 to 545.09 million at
the end of October, 2013.
Subscription in rural areas increased
from 356.68 million to 359.48 million
during the same period. The monthly
growth rate of urban and rural
subscription is 0.35% and 0.78%
respectively. The overall urban
Teledensity has increased from
144.02 to 144.28 and Rural
Teledensity increased from 41.70 to
42.00 in this month.
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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
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II. Wireless Segment (GSM, CDMA & FWP)
• Total wireless subscriber base
increased from 870.58 million in
September, 2013 to 875.48 million at
the end of October 2013, registering a
monthly growth of 0.56%. The share
of urban wireless subscribers has
declined from 59.75% to 59.65%
whereas share of rural wireless
subscribers has increased from
40.25% to 40.35%. The overall
wireless Teledensity in India has
reached to 70.96 from 70.63 of
previous month.
• Wireless subscription in urban
areas increased from 520.21 million
in September, 2013 to 522.21 million
at the end of October, 2013. The
wireless subscription in rural areas
increased from 350.37 million to
353.27 million during the same
period. The urban wireless
Teledensity has increased from
137.93 to 138.23 and rural
Teledensity has increased from 40.96
to 41.27. Detailed statistics is
available at Annexure I.
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• Private operators hold 88.41% of the wireless market share (based on
subscriber base) where as BSNL and MTNL, the two PSU operators hold only
11.59% market share. The graphical presentations of market shares and
shares in net additions of all the service providers during the month of
October, 2013 are given below:
A. Service Provider wise Market Share as on 31st October, 2013.
B. Service Provider wise net subscriber addition during October, 2013
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III. VLR Data
Out of the total 875.48 million wireless subscribers, 744.28 million were
active on the date of Peak VLR for the month of October 2013. The proportion
of VLR subscribers is approximately 85.01% of the total wireless subscriber
base reported by the service providers.
Service Provider wise, Idea leads the tally with 97.5% followed by Vodafone
(95.7%) and Bharti (95.3%). Circle-wise, West Bengal has the highest
proportion of VLR subscribers with 90.14% followed by Maharashtra(89.98%)
and M.P.(89.12%). TN (incl. Chennai) has the lowest proportion with 74.37%.
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) – October, 2013
97.5%
95.7%
95.3%
93.5%
71.9%
67.6%
64.6%
57.9%
56.8%
56.5%
54.5%
52.5%
47.8%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
0
50
100
150
200
250
Idea
Vodafone
Bharti
Reliance
Uninor
Tata
Aircel
Sistema
MTNL
BSNL
Quadrant
Videocon
Loop
VLR %
Subscribers (in Millions)
Proportion of VLR
Total Subs VLR Subs VLR %
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C. Proportion of VLR subscribers (Service Area wise)- October, 2013
D. Service Provider wise monthly growth in total wireless subscribers
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E. Service Area wise monthly growth in total wireless subscribers
IV. Mobile Number Portability
As per the data reported by the service providers, by the end of October 2013
about 104.79 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
(about 10.44 million) followed by Gujarat (about 9.09 million) whereas in MNP
Zone-II (Southern & Eastern) maximum number of requests have been
received in Karnataka (about 12.06 million) followed by Andhra Pradesh
Service area (about 9.52 million). In the month of October 2013, total number
of subscribers who have submitted their request for MNP is 2.30 million. The
status of MNP requests in various service areas is given below:
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Service Area Wise MNP Status at the end of October 2013
Zone -1 Zone - 2
Service Area
Number of
Porting
Requests
Service Area
Number of
Porting
Requests
Delhi 3820027 Andhra Pradesh 9522712
Gujarat 9088985 Assam 385539
Himachal Pradesh 372407 Bihar 2376258
Haryana 3893337 Karnataka 12060168
Jammu & Kashmir 18652 Kerala 4175072
Maharashtra 8447272 Kolkata 2292549
Mumbai 4166967 Madhya Pradesh 5986640
Punjab 3550982 North East 178426
Rajasthan 10436347 Orissa 2211738
Uttar Pradesh - East 5995511 Tamil Nadu 6168714
Uttar Pradesh - West 5840547 West Bengal 3800105
Total 55,631,034 Total 49,157,921
Total (Zone-1 + Zone-2) 104,788,955
Net Addition
22,99,069
(in October 2013)
V. Wireline Segment
Wireline subscriber base declined from 29.28 million at the end of September,
2013 to 29.08 Million at the end of October, 2013. Net reduction in wireline
subscriber base was 0.20 million at the decline rate of 0.68%. The share of
urban subscribers has increased from 78.44% to 78.66% whereas share of
rural subscribers has decreased from 21.56% to 21.34%. The overall wireline
Teledensity has decreased from 2.38 in September, 2013 to 2.36 in October
2013, with urban and rural Teledensity being 6.06 and 0.73 respectively.
BSNL and MTNL, the two PSU operators hold 78.01% of the Wireline market
share. Detailed statistics are at Annexure-III. The graphical presentation of
market share of all service providers as on 31st October, 2013 is given below:
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F. Service Provider wise Market Share as on 31st October, 2013
G. Wireline Service Provider wise Net addition/decline during
October, 2013
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VI. Category wise Growth
• As can be seen from the following tables, the Circles in Category B show
the highest net addition and highest rate of monthly growth in
subscriber base in wireless segment. In wireline segment, only Metro
Cities show the positive net addition and positive rate of monthly
growth in subscriber base from September, 2013 to October, 2013.
Category wise Net Additions and subscriber base
Category
Net Additions during the
month of October, 2013
Subscriber Base as on
31st October, 2013
Wireline Wireless Wireline Wireless
Circle A -113459 1555257 11485477 313833239
Circle B -73765 2405540 8845302 346921784
Circle C -22668 618133 1515246 122558338
Metro 10399 319442 7236880 92167017
All India -199,493 4,898,372 29,082,905 875,480,378
Category-wise Growth Rate in Access Service
Category
Monthly Rate of Growth
(Sep-2013 to Oct-2013)
Yearly rate of growth
(Oct-2012 to Oct-2013)
Wireline Wireless Wireline Wireless
Circle A -0.98% 0.50% -6.12% -2.84%
Circle B -0.83% 0.70% -9.39% -3.04%
Circle C -1.47% 0.51% -18.86% -1.74%
Metro 0.14% 0.35% 2.16% -6.61%
All India -0.68% 0.56% -6.03% -3.18%
• 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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VII. Wireline Broadband (≥ 512 Kbps download)
• The Department of Telecommunications issued a Notification on 18th July,
2013 revising the definition of Broadband as ‘Broadband is a data
connection that is able to support interactive services including Internet
access and has the capability of the minimum download speed of 512 Kbps
to an individual subscriber from the point of presence (PoP) of the service
provider intending to provide broadband service’. Accordingly, the
minimum download speed has been increased from 256 Kbps to 512 Kbps.
• From this month, the service providers have started reporting number of
wireline broadband subscribers in accordance with the revised definition
i.e. >= 512 Kbps.
• As on 31st October, 2013, there are 153 Service Providers (ISPs) which are
providing wireline broadband services in the country. Out of these, 105
SPs (which constitute 98.71% of the market share) have submitted
broadband subscription data for the month of October 2013 as per revised
definition of broadband. For the rest of the ISPs, data from previous month
(with pre-revised definition) has been retained.
• At the end of October 2013, there were 14.91 Million Wireline Broadband
subscribers in the country. However, it may be seent that increase in the
minimum download speed from 256 Kbps to 512 Kbps has not hugely
impacted the overall number of wireline broadband subscribers.
• Top five ISPs in terms of market share (based on subscriber base) are:
BSNL (9.96 million), Bharti Airtel (1.32 million), MTNL (1.11 million),
Hathway Cable (0.37 million) and Beam Telecom (0.34 million).
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H. Wireline Broadband Market Share
Contact details in case of any clarification:
Manish Sinha, Advisor (F&EA), TRAI
Mahanagar Doorsanchar Bhawan
Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg, Authorised to issue:
New Delhi – 110002,
Ph: 011-23221509
Fax: 011-23236650 (Manish Sinha)
E-mail: manishsinha@trai.gov.in Advisor (F&EA)
Note: Information in this Press Release is based on the data provided by the Service Providers. 14
Annexure-I
Sep-13 Oct-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Sep
-13 Oct-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Sep-13 Oct-13
Andhra Pradesh 18902208 19115573 5838085 5852580 5863892
5912108 6422349 6450442 11981302 12095058 1858428 1886892
9436663 9501007
Assam 4196065 4251030 2596140 2597978 2556126 2577140 0 0 47
6682 497292 3588972 3624514 1249026 1253565
Bihar 20518049 20770611 8818475 8852878 6747640 6803842 32
72417 3196125 6164066 6283709 4677210 4520428 3724996 3708
092
Delhi 9725980 9763888 7786352 7817210 8845576 8907290 2869
124 2849936 5251411 5263586 3133898 3158515 0
Gujarat 7117258 7162891 6697392 6757186 16518850 16698123
2628198 2669215 8690983 8770740 35773 35773 4327505 4343242
Haryana 2337348 2327703 2132062 2139625 4681275 4717992 26
41822 2651913 3882250 3951599 11092 11092 3084055 3131488
Himachal Pradesh 2090603 2097720 1465806 1491489 534203 5
30706 149456 143882 513452 513097 742881 760827 1535145 153
2615
J & K 2532977 2559401 672626 679719 687681 702697 0 0 267487
277245 2014339 2035827 1232401 1238330
Karnataka 16564821 16682484 6280514 6237140 6920902 69686
35 5847645 5909189 6586224 6606648 2201043 2255143 7101531
7098302
Kerala 3599838 3606386 2331344 2219425 6489482 6530984 165
4458 1669408 8466741 8546006 4883 4883 8016967 8062880
Kolkata 3751235 3776951 3962970 3827972 4365823 4403050 28
74101 2842011 1316958 1304196 2179944 2275412 2281729 2271
275
Madhya Pradesh 10209163 10262064 12477822 12546528 42565
79 4337020 3929565 3957766 16295647 16429076 22694 22694 51
49579 5218831
Maharashtra 10226355 10255952 7189914 7204064 14076683 14
177690 6074114 6085361 17421267 17625254 1312246 1327860 6
612452 6607228
Mumbai 4107494 4156114 5925983 6046347 6831544 6890504 342
0790 3437517 3237854 3277902 1704239 1720873 0
North East 2852276 2903739 992057 1009333 1045692 1050717
0 0 328482 328159 2352414 2348938 1808999 1737590
Orissa 7289389 7337009 4134554 4161687 3168882 3183424 204
3209 2023659 1063004 1059298 2908410 2968631 4529030 45129
97
Punjab 7107014 7144990 3070724 2983580 4503245 4513443 244
9104 2446167 5845234 5858165 1002025 1015633 4496007 44881
81
Rajasthan 14836741 14974122 5897406 5942076 9270335 93502
51 2423876 2344515 5660460 5677941 3566660 3627418 5891417
5927691
Tamil Nadu
(incl. Chennai)
13929539 13961929 6264558 6202318 12665721 12688516 53037
25 5340360 2486098 2484276 21968800 22120688 9605448 95699
39
U.P.(E) 15433113 15530744 8536047 8623968 14400071 144680
44 4272276 4242016 7594778 7681362 4767195 4779958 1020491
2 10222937
U.P.(W) 6484305 6507159 5927904 6030529 9261589 9275287 37
48747 3757992 11014960 11125771 109150 109150 4605390 4519
594
West Bengal 9575630 9727326 7263266 7488377 11851390 1200
7030 1521962 1432904 2682852 2721273 3082883 3131142 29649
29 2951690
Total 193387401 194875786 116262001 116712009 155543181 1
56694493 63546938 63450378 127228192 128377653 63245179 6
3742291 97858181 97897474
Net Addition 1488385 450008 1151312 -96560 1149461 497112
39293
Circle
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Bharti Reliance Vodafone Tata Idea
Group
Aircel BSNL
Wireless Subscriber Base
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Sep-13 Oct-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Sep
-13 Oct-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Net Add.
Andhra Pradesh 0 0 4414731 4128248 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64717658 64941
908 224250
Assam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14663011 14801519 138508
Bihar 0 0 4398886 4432398 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58321739 58568083 246344
Delhi 2556692 2554535 0 0 882224 891402 0 0 0 0 0 0 41051257 4120
6362 155105
Gujarat 0 0 4960851 5057184 175572 174171 0 0 988327 1065873 0
0 52140709 52734398 593689
Haryana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1131142 1197934 0 0 19901046 20129346 228300
Himachal Pradesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7031546 7070336 38790
J & K 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7407511 7493219 85708
Karnataka 0 0 0 1924172 1916535 0 0 0 0 0 0 53426852 53674076 247
224
Kerala 0 0 0 436353 438123 0 0 0 0 0 0 31000066 31078095 78029
Kolkata 0 0 0 764521 760141 0 0 0 0 0 0 21497281 21461008 -36273
Madhya Pradesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1125094 1220740 0 0 53466143 539947
19 528576
Maharashtra 0 0 5770597 5745699 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68683628 69029108
345480
Mumbai 1184414 1020969 0 0 0 2886719 2949421 0 0 0 0 29299037 29
499647 200610
North East 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9379920 9378476 -1444
Orissa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25136478 25246705 110227
Punjab 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1725835 1815022 30199188 30265181 65993
Rajasthan 0 0 0 2178127 2207729 0 0 0 0 0 0 49725022 50051743 326
721
Tamil Nadu
(incl. Chennai)
0 0 0 1085246 1085723 0 0 0 0 0 0 73309135 73453749 144614
U.P.(E) 0 0 7541316 7689609 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 72749708 73238638 488930
U.P.(W) 0 0 5269519 5280827 318743 307313 0 0 0 0 0 0 46740307 46
913622 173315
West Bengal 0 0 0 1791852 1790698 0 0 0 0 0 0 40734764 41250440 5
15676
Total 3741106 3575504 32355900 32333965 9556810 9571835 28
86719 2949421 3244563 3484547 1725835 1815022 870582006 87
5480378 4898372
Net Addition -165602 -21935 15025 62702 239984 89187 48983
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Annexure-I
MTNL Unitech Sistema Loop
Videocon
Quadrant (HFCL)
Total
Group
Wireless Subscriber Base
Circle
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Circle Aircel Bharti BSNL
Quadrant
(HFCL)
Idea Loop MTNL Reliance Sistema Tata Unitech Videocon Vodaf
one Total
Andhra Pradesh
53.50 97.15 68.53 96.18 96.13 72.08 66.70 90.41
86.38
Assam
85.41 97.59 70.79 88.37 82.06
95.70
88.98
Bihar
68.16 95.83 52.32 98.01 96.58 46.70 76.52 97.04
87.28
Delhi
66.20 82.94 98.50 46.37 96.08 47.07 66.00 96.88
84.93
Gujarat
51.58 94.49 61.48 97.43 96.72 46.14 65.98 65.71 46.84 92.91
86.69
Haryana
8.00 98.62 51.52 96.06 96.58 66.08 54.17 96.06
82.99
Himachal Pradesh
53.27 95.54 73.29 101.98 89.06 62.15 100.27
84.95
J & K
84.29 96.05 69.57 84.51 55.52
87.63
83.59
Karnataka
55.31 98.40 55.07 96.50 94.33 58.62 77.67 91.93
85.61
Kerala
31.60 96.56 65.44 97.90 94.36 58.02 75.23 92.06
86.06
Kolkata
76.27 95.22 33.89 95.55 96.85 57.46 80.47 97.60
84.23
Madhya Pradesh
8.68 98.13 55.98 102.47 86.94 71.07 55.90 89.63
89.12
Maharashtra
56.53 95.53 71.22 98.62 96.78 77.66 69.36 97.31
89.98
Mumbai
59.98 92.78 89.00 47.83 82.96 96.15 69.55 92.49
83.53
North East
73.58 97.73 55.07 84.29 74.67
89.74
79.93
Orissa
67.68 95.15 59.70 84.81 81.50 72.83 88.25
80.24
Punjab
42.49 94.16 53.79 54.47 95.87 96.72 64.10 97.64
82.73
Rajasthan
74.48 94.60 46.40 100.11 96.83 51.74 69.28 97.34
85.76
Tamil Nadu
(incl.
Chennai)
57.27 96.85 48.23 80.57 92.48 63.16 61.95 95.27
74.37
U.P. (E)
66.32 94.32 44.75 99.25 95.05 57.87 74.08 99.29
82.92
U.P. (W)
26.79 90.23 51.89 96.93 96.31 46.74 58.04 77.41 97.62
85.91
West Bengal
71.34 97.22 59.42 97.47 94.63 70.30 40.37 101.28
90.14
Total
64.57 95.28 56.48 54.47 97.50 47.83 56.82 93.49 57.93 67.58 7
1.87 52.53 95.69 85.01
Proportion of VLR on the date of Peak VLR in the mo
nth of Oct, 2013 (%) Annexure-II
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Annexure-III
.
Sep-13 Oct-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Sep
-13 Oct-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Sep-13
Oct-13 Net Add.
Andhra Pradesh 1751010 1697562 125802 126417 88593 88369 1
65416 166921
5,940
5,970 2136761 2085239
-51522
Assam 191564 186361
0 0
840
870 192404 187231
-5173
Bihar 372808 364000
5592 5685 10692 10650
270
270 389362 380605
-8757
Delhi
1598794 1600634 1162863 1186987 183570 183743 93159 93471
14,490
15,000 3052876 3079835
26959
Gujarat 1496328 1489213 55994 56283 96795 96426 72875 72679
630
660 1722622 1715261
-7361
Haryana 470,023 468,335 20742 16139 5440 5527 26489 26836
522694 516837
-5857
Himachal Pradesh 256,824 255,182
4733 4733 2446 2477
264003 262392
-1611
J & K 189,774 189,627
0 0 0 0
189774 189627
-147
Karnataka 1613635 1585179 487776 491754 115937 116588 1494
72 151013
4,260
4,380 2371080 2348914
-22166
Kerala 2871487 2842910 49218 49617 52885 52584 11420 11530
2985010 2956641
-28369
Kolkata 886504 865363 106901 107414 81377 81475 37917 38086
1320
1320 1114019 1093658
-20361
Madhya Pradesh 830208 827509 231995 225987 25563 25334 171
00 17234
120
150 1104986 1096214
-8772
Maharashtra 1942678 1932974 68774 69411 99408 99015 247964
249007
3,210
3,270 2362034 2353677
-8357
Mumbai
1944053 1942759 350592 356008 233286 233713 523465 522477
8,190
8,430 3059586 3063387
3801
North East
143,447 142,588
0 0
60 143447 142648
-799
Orissa 348150 341842
3676 3715 6738 6826
360
360 358924 352743
-6181
Punjab 935140 932937 97111 92978 24577 24269 17087 16990 202
402 204884 270
360 1276587 1272418
-4169
Rajasthan 852978 850196 36466 36786 24193 24000 7935 8194
54351 54404
510
510 976433 974090
-2343
Tamil Nadu
(incl. Chennai)
2310589 2292771 471287 463714 147040 147198 74523 75553
3000
3150 3006439 2982386
-24053
U.P.(E) 766715 754600 51230 51750 40525 40637 14000 14010
540
540 873010 861537
-11473
U.P.(W) 616600 608606 21128 21187 5998 6008 8464 8437
270
270 652460 644508
-7952
West Bengal 521979 517097
2153 2168 3755 3792
527887 523057
-4830
Total 19368441 19144852 3542847 3543393 3337879 3352432 12
41341 1241187 1490917 1496183 202402 204884 54351 54404
44220
45570 29282398 29082905 -199493
Net Addition -223589 546 14553 -154 5266 2482 53 1350 -199493
Wireline Subscriber Base
Circle
Reliance Tata Quadrant (HFCL) Vodafone
Total
Group
BSNL MTNL Bharti
Sistema
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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)
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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.
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For immediate release (Press Release No. 92/2013)
Information Note to the Press
TELECOM REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF INDIA
New Delhi, 13th December, 2013
(www.trai.gov.in)
Highlights on Telecom Subscription Data as on 31st October, 2013
Mobile Number Portability requests increased from 102.49 million
subscribers at the end of September, 2013 to 104.79 million at the end of
October 2013. In the month of October 2013 alone 2.30 million requests
have been made for MNP.
Active wireless subscribers on the date of Peak VLR in October, 2013 are
744.28 million, 85.01% of the total subscribers.
Wireline Broadband (> 512 Kbps) subscription reached 14.91 million in
October 2013.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
* Based on the population projections from Census data published by the Office of Registrar
General & Census Commissioner of India.
Particulars Wireless Wireline
Total
Wireless +
Wireline
Total Subscribers (Millions) 875.48 29.08 904.56
Total Net Monthly Addition (Millions) 4.90 -0.20 4.70
Monthly Growth (%) 0.56 -0.68 0.52
Urban Subscribers (Millions) 522.21 22.88 545.09
Urban Subscribers Net Monthly Addition (Millions) 2.00 -0.10 1.90
Monthly Growth (%) 0.38 -0.41 0.35
Rural Subscribers (Millions) 353.27 6.21 359.48
Rural Subscribers Net Monthly Addition (Millions) 2.90 -0.10 2.79
Monthly Growth (%) 0.83 -1.65 0.78
Overall Teledensity* 70.96 2.36 73.32
Urban Teledensity* 138.23 6.06 144.28
Rural Teledensity* 41.27 0.73 42.0
Share of Urban Subscribers 59.65% 78.66% 60.26%
Share of Rural Subscribers 40.35% 21.34% 39.74% 2
I. Total Telephone Subscribers
• The number of telephone
subscribers in India increased from
899.86 million at the end of
September, 2013 to 904.56 million at
the end of October 2013, thereby
showing a monthly growth of 0.52%.
The share of urban subscribers has
declined from 60.36% to 60.26%
whereas share of rural subscribers
has increased from 39.64% to
39.74% in the month of October
2013. With this, the overall
Teledensity in India increased from
73.01 at the end of September, 2013
to 73.32 at the end of October, 2013.
• Subscription in the urban areas
increased from 543.18 million in
September, 2013 to 545.09 million at
the end of October, 2013.
Subscription in rural areas increased
from 356.68 million to 359.48 million
during the same period. The monthly
growth rate of urban and rural
subscription is 0.35% and 0.78%
respectively. The overall urban
Teledensity has increased from
144.02 to 144.28 and Rural
Teledensity increased from 41.70 to
42.00 in this month.
3
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
4
II. Wireless Segment (GSM, CDMA & FWP)
• Total wireless subscriber base
increased from 870.58 million in
September, 2013 to 875.48 million at
the end of October 2013, registering a
monthly growth of 0.56%. The share
of urban wireless subscribers has
declined from 59.75% to 59.65%
whereas share of rural wireless
subscribers has increased from
40.25% to 40.35%. The overall
wireless Teledensity in India has
reached to 70.96 from 70.63 of
previous month.
• Wireless subscription in urban
areas increased from 520.21 million
in September, 2013 to 522.21 million
at the end of October, 2013. The
wireless subscription in rural areas
increased from 350.37 million to
353.27 million during the same
period. The urban wireless
Teledensity has increased from
137.93 to 138.23 and rural
Teledensity has increased from 40.96
to 41.27. Detailed statistics is
available at Annexure I.
5
• Private operators hold 88.41% of the wireless market share (based on
subscriber base) where as BSNL and MTNL, the two PSU operators hold only
11.59% market share. The graphical presentations of market shares and
shares in net additions of all the service providers during the month of
October, 2013 are given below:
A. Service Provider wise Market Share as on 31st October, 2013.
B. Service Provider wise net subscriber addition during October, 2013
6
III. VLR Data
Out of the total 875.48 million wireless subscribers, 744.28 million were
active on the date of Peak VLR for the month of October 2013. The proportion
of VLR subscribers is approximately 85.01% of the total wireless subscriber
base reported by the service providers.
Service Provider wise, Idea leads the tally with 97.5% followed by Vodafone
(95.7%) and Bharti (95.3%). Circle-wise, West Bengal has the highest
proportion of VLR subscribers with 90.14% followed by Maharashtra(89.98%)
and M.P.(89.12%). TN (incl. Chennai) has the lowest proportion with 74.37%.
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) – October, 2013
97.5%
95.7%
95.3%
93.5%
71.9%
67.6%
64.6%
57.9%
56.8%
56.5%
54.5%
52.5%
47.8%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
0
50
100
150
200
250
Idea
Vodafone
Bharti
Reliance
Uninor
Tata
Aircel
Sistema
MTNL
BSNL
Quadrant
Videocon
Loop
VLR %
Subscribers (in Millions)
Proportion of VLR
Total Subs VLR Subs VLR %
7
C. Proportion of VLR subscribers (Service Area wise)- October, 2013
D. Service Provider wise monthly growth in total wireless subscribers
8
E. Service Area wise monthly growth in total wireless subscribers
IV. Mobile Number Portability
As per the data reported by the service providers, by the end of October 2013
about 104.79 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
(about 10.44 million) followed by Gujarat (about 9.09 million) whereas in MNP
Zone-II (Southern & Eastern) maximum number of requests have been
received in Karnataka (about 12.06 million) followed by Andhra Pradesh
Service area (about 9.52 million). In the month of October 2013, total number
of subscribers who have submitted their request for MNP is 2.30 million. The
status of MNP requests in various service areas is given below:
9
Service Area Wise MNP Status at the end of October 2013
Zone -1 Zone - 2
Service Area
Number of
Porting
Requests
Service Area
Number of
Porting
Requests
Delhi 3820027 Andhra Pradesh 9522712
Gujarat 9088985 Assam 385539
Himachal Pradesh 372407 Bihar 2376258
Haryana 3893337 Karnataka 12060168
Jammu & Kashmir 18652 Kerala 4175072
Maharashtra 8447272 Kolkata 2292549
Mumbai 4166967 Madhya Pradesh 5986640
Punjab 3550982 North East 178426
Rajasthan 10436347 Orissa 2211738
Uttar Pradesh - East 5995511 Tamil Nadu 6168714
Uttar Pradesh - West 5840547 West Bengal 3800105
Total 55,631,034 Total 49,157,921
Total (Zone-1 + Zone-2) 104,788,955
Net Addition
22,99,069
(in October 2013)
V. Wireline Segment
Wireline subscriber base declined from 29.28 million at the end of September,
2013 to 29.08 Million at the end of October, 2013. Net reduction in wireline
subscriber base was 0.20 million at the decline rate of 0.68%. The share of
urban subscribers has increased from 78.44% to 78.66% whereas share of
rural subscribers has decreased from 21.56% to 21.34%. The overall wireline
Teledensity has decreased from 2.38 in September, 2013 to 2.36 in October
2013, with urban and rural Teledensity being 6.06 and 0.73 respectively.
BSNL and MTNL, the two PSU operators hold 78.01% of the Wireline market
share. Detailed statistics are at Annexure-III. The graphical presentation of
market share of all service providers as on 31st October, 2013 is given below:
10
F. Service Provider wise Market Share as on 31st October, 2013
G. Wireline Service Provider wise Net addition/decline during
October, 2013
11
VI. Category wise Growth
• As can be seen from the following tables, the Circles in Category B show
the highest net addition and highest rate of monthly growth in
subscriber base in wireless segment. In wireline segment, only Metro
Cities show the positive net addition and positive rate of monthly
growth in subscriber base from September, 2013 to October, 2013.
Category wise Net Additions and subscriber base
Category
Net Additions during the
month of October, 2013
Subscriber Base as on
31st October, 2013
Wireline Wireless Wireline Wireless
Circle A -113459 1555257 11485477 313833239
Circle B -73765 2405540 8845302 346921784
Circle C -22668 618133 1515246 122558338
Metro 10399 319442 7236880 92167017
All India -199,493 4,898,372 29,082,905 875,480,378
Category-wise Growth Rate in Access Service
Category
Monthly Rate of Growth
(Sep-2013 to Oct-2013)
Yearly rate of growth
(Oct-2012 to Oct-2013)
Wireline Wireless Wireline Wireless
Circle A -0.98% 0.50% -6.12% -2.84%
Circle B -0.83% 0.70% -9.39% -3.04%
Circle C -1.47% 0.51% -18.86% -1.74%
Metro 0.14% 0.35% 2.16% -6.61%
All India -0.68% 0.56% -6.03% -3.18%
• Metros indicate data for Delhi, Mumbai & Kolkata. Data for Chennai service area has
been included in Circle A, as part of TN
12
VII. Wireline Broadband (≥ 512 Kbps download)
• The Department of Telecommunications issued a Notification on 18th July,
2013 revising the definition of Broadband as ‘Broadband is a data
connection that is able to support interactive services including Internet
access and has the capability of the minimum download speed of 512 Kbps
to an individual subscriber from the point of presence (PoP) of the service
provider intending to provide broadband service’. Accordingly, the
minimum download speed has been increased from 256 Kbps to 512 Kbps.
• From this month, the service providers have started reporting number of
wireline broadband subscribers in accordance with the revised definition
i.e. >= 512 Kbps.
• As on 31st October, 2013, there are 153 Service Providers (ISPs) which are
providing wireline broadband services in the country. Out of these, 105
SPs (which constitute 98.71% of the market share) have submitted
broadband subscription data for the month of October 2013 as per revised
definition of broadband. For the rest of the ISPs, data from previous month
(with pre-revised definition) has been retained.
• At the end of October 2013, there were 14.91 Million Wireline Broadband
subscribers in the country. However, it may be seent that increase in the
minimum download speed from 256 Kbps to 512 Kbps has not hugely
impacted the overall number of wireline broadband subscribers.
• Top five ISPs in terms of market share (based on subscriber base) are:
BSNL (9.96 million), Bharti Airtel (1.32 million), MTNL (1.11 million),
Hathway Cable (0.37 million) and Beam Telecom (0.34 million).
13
H. Wireline Broadband Market Share
Contact details in case of any clarification:
Manish Sinha, Advisor (F&EA), TRAI
Mahanagar Doorsanchar Bhawan
Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg, Authorised to issue:
New Delhi – 110002,
Ph: 011-23221509
Fax: 011-23236650 (Manish Sinha)
E-mail: manishsinha@trai.gov.in Advisor (F&EA)
Note: Information in this Press Release is based on the data provided by the Service Providers. 14
Annexure-I
Sep-13 Oct-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Sep
-13 Oct-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Sep-13 Oct-13
Andhra Pradesh 18902208 19115573 5838085 5852580 5863892
5912108 6422349 6450442 11981302 12095058 1858428 1886892
9436663 9501007
Assam 4196065 4251030 2596140 2597978 2556126 2577140 0 0 47
6682 497292 3588972 3624514 1249026 1253565
Bihar 20518049 20770611 8818475 8852878 6747640 6803842 32
72417 3196125 6164066 6283709 4677210 4520428 3724996 3708
092
Delhi 9725980 9763888 7786352 7817210 8845576 8907290 2869
124 2849936 5251411 5263586 3133898 3158515 0
Gujarat 7117258 7162891 6697392 6757186 16518850 16698123
2628198 2669215 8690983 8770740 35773 35773 4327505 4343242
Haryana 2337348 2327703 2132062 2139625 4681275 4717992 26
41822 2651913 3882250 3951599 11092 11092 3084055 3131488
Himachal Pradesh 2090603 2097720 1465806 1491489 534203 5
30706 149456 143882 513452 513097 742881 760827 1535145 153
2615
J & K 2532977 2559401 672626 679719 687681 702697 0 0 267487
277245 2014339 2035827 1232401 1238330
Karnataka 16564821 16682484 6280514 6237140 6920902 69686
35 5847645 5909189 6586224 6606648 2201043 2255143 7101531
7098302
Kerala 3599838 3606386 2331344 2219425 6489482 6530984 165
4458 1669408 8466741 8546006 4883 4883 8016967 8062880
Kolkata 3751235 3776951 3962970 3827972 4365823 4403050 28
74101 2842011 1316958 1304196 2179944 2275412 2281729 2271
275
Madhya Pradesh 10209163 10262064 12477822 12546528 42565
79 4337020 3929565 3957766 16295647 16429076 22694 22694 51
49579 5218831
Maharashtra 10226355 10255952 7189914 7204064 14076683 14
177690 6074114 6085361 17421267 17625254 1312246 1327860 6
612452 6607228
Mumbai 4107494 4156114 5925983 6046347 6831544 6890504 342
0790 3437517 3237854 3277902 1704239 1720873 0
North East 2852276 2903739 992057 1009333 1045692 1050717
0 0 328482 328159 2352414 2348938 1808999 1737590
Orissa 7289389 7337009 4134554 4161687 3168882 3183424 204
3209 2023659 1063004 1059298 2908410 2968631 4529030 45129
97
Punjab 7107014 7144990 3070724 2983580 4503245 4513443 244
9104 2446167 5845234 5858165 1002025 1015633 4496007 44881
81
Rajasthan 14836741 14974122 5897406 5942076 9270335 93502
51 2423876 2344515 5660460 5677941 3566660 3627418 5891417
5927691
Tamil Nadu
(incl. Chennai)
13929539 13961929 6264558 6202318 12665721 12688516 53037
25 5340360 2486098 2484276 21968800 22120688 9605448 95699
39
U.P.(E) 15433113 15530744 8536047 8623968 14400071 144680
44 4272276 4242016 7594778 7681362 4767195 4779958 1020491
2 10222937
U.P.(W) 6484305 6507159 5927904 6030529 9261589 9275287 37
48747 3757992 11014960 11125771 109150 109150 4605390 4519
594
West Bengal 9575630 9727326 7263266 7488377 11851390 1200
7030 1521962 1432904 2682852 2721273 3082883 3131142 29649
29 2951690
Total 193387401 194875786 116262001 116712009 155543181 1
56694493 63546938 63450378 127228192 128377653 63245179 6
3742291 97858181 97897474
Net Addition 1488385 450008 1151312 -96560 1149461 497112
39293
Circle
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Bharti Reliance Vodafone Tata Idea
Group
Aircel BSNL
Wireless Subscriber Base
15
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Sep-13 Oct-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Sep
-13 Oct-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Net Add.
Andhra Pradesh 0 0 4414731 4128248 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 64717658 64941
908 224250
Assam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14663011 14801519 138508
Bihar 0 0 4398886 4432398 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 58321739 58568083 246344
Delhi 2556692 2554535 0 0 882224 891402 0 0 0 0 0 0 41051257 4120
6362 155105
Gujarat 0 0 4960851 5057184 175572 174171 0 0 988327 1065873 0
0 52140709 52734398 593689
Haryana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1131142 1197934 0 0 19901046 20129346 228300
Himachal Pradesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7031546 7070336 38790
J & K 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7407511 7493219 85708
Karnataka 0 0 0 1924172 1916535 0 0 0 0 0 0 53426852 53674076 247
224
Kerala 0 0 0 436353 438123 0 0 0 0 0 0 31000066 31078095 78029
Kolkata 0 0 0 764521 760141 0 0 0 0 0 0 21497281 21461008 -36273
Madhya Pradesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1125094 1220740 0 0 53466143 539947
19 528576
Maharashtra 0 0 5770597 5745699 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68683628 69029108
345480
Mumbai 1184414 1020969 0 0 0 2886719 2949421 0 0 0 0 29299037 29
499647 200610
North East 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9379920 9378476 -1444
Orissa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25136478 25246705 110227
Punjab 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1725835 1815022 30199188 30265181 65993
Rajasthan 0 0 0 2178127 2207729 0 0 0 0 0 0 49725022 50051743 326
721
Tamil Nadu
(incl. Chennai)
0 0 0 1085246 1085723 0 0 0 0 0 0 73309135 73453749 144614
U.P.(E) 0 0 7541316 7689609 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 72749708 73238638 488930
U.P.(W) 0 0 5269519 5280827 318743 307313 0 0 0 0 0 0 46740307 46
913622 173315
West Bengal 0 0 0 1791852 1790698 0 0 0 0 0 0 40734764 41250440 5
15676
Total 3741106 3575504 32355900 32333965 9556810 9571835 28
86719 2949421 3244563 3484547 1725835 1815022 870582006 87
5480378 4898372
Net Addition -165602 -21935 15025 62702 239984 89187 48983
72
Annexure-I
MTNL Unitech Sistema Loop
Videocon
Quadrant (HFCL)
Total
Group
Wireless Subscriber Base
Circle
16
Circle Aircel Bharti BSNL
Quadrant
(HFCL)
Idea Loop MTNL Reliance Sistema Tata Unitech Videocon Vodaf
one Total
Andhra Pradesh
53.50 97.15 68.53 96.18 96.13 72.08 66.70 90.41
86.38
Assam
85.41 97.59 70.79 88.37 82.06
95.70
88.98
Bihar
68.16 95.83 52.32 98.01 96.58 46.70 76.52 97.04
87.28
Delhi
66.20 82.94 98.50 46.37 96.08 47.07 66.00 96.88
84.93
Gujarat
51.58 94.49 61.48 97.43 96.72 46.14 65.98 65.71 46.84 92.91
86.69
Haryana
8.00 98.62 51.52 96.06 96.58 66.08 54.17 96.06
82.99
Himachal Pradesh
53.27 95.54 73.29 101.98 89.06 62.15 100.27
84.95
J & K
84.29 96.05 69.57 84.51 55.52
87.63
83.59
Karnataka
55.31 98.40 55.07 96.50 94.33 58.62 77.67 91.93
85.61
Kerala
31.60 96.56 65.44 97.90 94.36 58.02 75.23 92.06
86.06
Kolkata
76.27 95.22 33.89 95.55 96.85 57.46 80.47 97.60
84.23
Madhya Pradesh
8.68 98.13 55.98 102.47 86.94 71.07 55.90 89.63
89.12
Maharashtra
56.53 95.53 71.22 98.62 96.78 77.66 69.36 97.31
89.98
Mumbai
59.98 92.78 89.00 47.83 82.96 96.15 69.55 92.49
83.53
North East
73.58 97.73 55.07 84.29 74.67
89.74
79.93
Orissa
67.68 95.15 59.70 84.81 81.50 72.83 88.25
80.24
Punjab
42.49 94.16 53.79 54.47 95.87 96.72 64.10 97.64
82.73
Rajasthan
74.48 94.60 46.40 100.11 96.83 51.74 69.28 97.34
85.76
Tamil Nadu
(incl.
Chennai)
57.27 96.85 48.23 80.57 92.48 63.16 61.95 95.27
74.37
U.P. (E)
66.32 94.32 44.75 99.25 95.05 57.87 74.08 99.29
82.92
U.P. (W)
26.79 90.23 51.89 96.93 96.31 46.74 58.04 77.41 97.62
85.91
West Bengal
71.34 97.22 59.42 97.47 94.63 70.30 40.37 101.28
90.14
Total
64.57 95.28 56.48 54.47 97.50 47.83 56.82 93.49 57.93 67.58 7
1.87 52.53 95.69 85.01
Proportion of VLR on the date of Peak VLR in the mo
nth of Oct, 2013 (%) Annexure-II
17
Annexure-III
.
Sep-13 Oct-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Sep
-13 Oct-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Sep-13 Oct-13 Sep-13
Oct-13 Net Add.
Andhra Pradesh 1751010 1697562 125802 126417 88593 88369 1
65416 166921
5,940
5,970 2136761 2085239
-51522
Assam 191564 186361
0 0
840
870 192404 187231
-5173
Bihar 372808 364000
5592 5685 10692 10650
270
270 389362 380605
-8757
Delhi
1598794 1600634 1162863 1186987 183570 183743 93159 93471
14,490
15,000 3052876 3079835
26959
Gujarat 1496328 1489213 55994 56283 96795 96426 72875 72679
630
660 1722622 1715261
-7361
Haryana 470,023 468,335 20742 16139 5440 5527 26489 26836
522694 516837
-5857
Himachal Pradesh 256,824 255,182
4733 4733 2446 2477
264003 262392
-1611
J & K 189,774 189,627
0 0 0 0
189774 189627
-147
Karnataka 1613635 1585179 487776 491754 115937 116588 1494
72 151013
4,260
4,380 2371080 2348914
-22166
Kerala 2871487 2842910 49218 49617 52885 52584 11420 11530
2985010 2956641
-28369
Kolkata 886504 865363 106901 107414 81377 81475 37917 38086
1320
1320 1114019 1093658
-20361
Madhya Pradesh 830208 827509 231995 225987 25563 25334 171
00 17234
120
150 1104986 1096214
-8772
Maharashtra 1942678 1932974 68774 69411 99408 99015 247964
249007
3,210
3,270 2362034 2353677
-8357
Mumbai
1944053 1942759 350592 356008 233286 233713 523465 522477
8,190
8,430 3059586 3063387
3801
North East
143,447 142,588
0 0
60 143447 142648
-799
Orissa 348150 341842
3676 3715 6738 6826
360
360 358924 352743
-6181
Punjab 935140 932937 97111 92978 24577 24269 17087 16990 202
402 204884 270
360 1276587 1272418
-4169
Rajasthan 852978 850196 36466 36786 24193 24000 7935 8194
54351 54404
510
510 976433 974090
-2343
Tamil Nadu
(incl. Chennai)
2310589 2292771 471287 463714 147040 147198 74523 75553
3000
3150 3006439 2982386
-24053
U.P.(E) 766715 754600 51230 51750 40525 40637 14000 14010
540
540 873010 861537
-11473
U.P.(W) 616600 608606 21128 21187 5998 6008 8464 8437
270
270 652460 644508
-7952
West Bengal 521979 517097
2153 2168 3755 3792
527887 523057
-4830
Total 19368441 19144852 3542847 3543393 3337879 3352432 12
41341 1241187 1490917 1496183 202402 204884 54351 54404
44220
45570 29282398 29082905 -199493
Net Addition -223589 546 14553 -154 5266 2482 53 1350 -199493
Wireline Subscriber Base
Circle
Reliance Tata Quadrant (HFCL) Vodafone
Total
Group
BSNL MTNL Bharti
Sistema
18
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)
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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.
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