Wednesday 8 May 2013
India's telephones subscribers base slips to 895.51 million: TRAI
Posted on 02:00 by Maria Scott
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
has released its latest report on the performance of the telecom
service providers during the quarter ending December 2012. The report
covers parameters and growth trends for the Telecom Services as well as
Cable TV, DTH & Radio Broadcasting services in the country.
Unsurprisingly, the number of telephone
subscribers in India slumped from 937.70 million at the end of Sep-12 to
895.51 million at the end of Dec-12, registering a negative growth of
4.50% over the previous quarter Sep-12.
This reflects year-on-year (Y-O-Y)
negative growth of 3.35% over the same quarter of last year. The overall
Tele-density in India has declined from 77.04 as on 30th September,
2012 to 73.34 as on 31st December, 2012, reports the note.
According to the report, Internet
subscribers increased from 24.01 million at the end of Sep-12 to 25.33
million at the end of Dec-12, registering a quarterly growth rate of
5.49%. Top 10 ISPs together hold 95.42% of the total Internet subscriber
base.
Number of Broadband subscribers
increased from 14.68 million at the end of Sep-12 to 14.98 million at
the end of Dec-12, registering a quarterly growth of 2.02% and Y-O-Y
growth of 12.23%. Share of Broadband subscription in total Internet
subscription decreased from 61.16% at the end of Sep-12 to 59.15% at the
end of Dec-12. 84.82% of the Broadband subscribers are using Digital
Subscriber Line (DSL) technology.
Source: http://www.thinkdigit.com/Mobiles-PDAs/Indias-telephones-subscribers-base-slips-to-89551_14562.html
Source: http://www.thinkdigit.com/Mobiles-PDAs/Indias-telephones-subscribers-base-slips-to-89551_14562.html
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