Information Note to the Press (Press Release No.

72/2012)

TELECOM REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF INDIA

New Delhi, 7th April, 2012
For immediate release

Website: www.trai.gov.in

Highlights on Telecom Subscription Data as on 29th February 2012

Particulars

Wireless

Total Subscribers (Millions)

Wireline

Total
Wireless+Wireline

911.17

32.33

943.49

7.44

-0.07

7.37

0.82%

-0.21%

0.79%

594.11

24.71

618.82

3.01

-0.02

2.99

0.51%

-0.07%

0.49%

317.06

7.62

324.68

4.43

-0.05

4.38

Monthly Growth (%)

1.42%

-0.65%

1.37%

Overall Teledensity*

75.42

2.68

78.10

162.61

6.76

169.37

37.62

0.90

38.53

Share of Urban Subscribers

65.20%

76.43%

65.59%

Share of Rural Subscribers

34.80%

23.57%

34.41%

Total Net Addition (Millions)

Monthly Growth (%)

Urban Subscribers (Millions)

Urban Subscribers Net Addition (Millions)
Monthly Growth (%)

Rural Subscribers (Millions)

Rural Subscribers Net Addition (Millions)

Urban Teledensity*
Rural Teledensity*

Mobile

Number Portability requests increased from 32.79 million

subscribers at the end of January 2012 to 37.11 million at the end of
February 2012. In the month of February 2012 alone, 4.32 million requests
have been made for MNP.

Active wireless subscribers on the date of Peak VLR in February 2012 are

670.65 Million.
Broadband subscription reached to 13.54 Million in February 2012 from

13.42 Million in January 2012.

_______________________________________________________________________________________________
* Based on the population projections from Census data published by the Office of Registrar
General & Census Commissioner of India.

I. Total Telephone Subscribers

The

number

of

telephone

subscribers in India increased to

Total(Wireless+Wireline)SubscribersinMillion

of

1000

February, 2012 from 936.12 Million

900

943.49

Million

at

the

end

943.49

936.12

800

at the end of January 2012, thereby

700

registering a growth rate of 0.79%.

618.82

615.83

600

The share of Urban subscribers has

500

declined to 65.59% from 65.79%

400

whereas share of Rural Subscribers

320.29

324.68

300

has increased to 34.41% in the

200

month of February 2012. With this,

100

the overall Tele-density in India

reaches to 78.10 at the end of

February, 2012 from 77.57 of the

January12

February12

TotalSubscribers

Urban

Rural

previous month.

OverallTeledensity
180

168.84

Subscription in Urban Areas grew

from 615.83 million in January, 2012

169.37

to

618.82

million

at

the

end

of

160

February, 2012. Subscription in Rural

140

Areas increased from 320.29 million

120
100

to 324.68 million during the same

77.57

period. The growth of Urban and

78.10

80

Rural

60

38.53

38.04

Subscription

is

0.49%

and

1.37% respectively. The overall Urban

40

teledensity has increased from 168.84

20

to

0
January12
Overall

and

Rural

teledensity

increased from 38.04 to 38.53.

February12
Urban

169.37

Rural

Overall Teledensity (Circle Wise)

Overall Teledensity
78.10

All India
Assam
Bihar
Madhya Pradesh
J&K
UP*
North East
Orissa
Rajasthan
West Bengal*
Andhra Pradesh
Haryana
Gujarat
Karnataka
Maharashtra*
Kerala
Punjab
Tamil Nadu
Himachal Pradesh
Delhi

45.46
48.25
53.52
54.17
60.16
64.74
65.45
71.80
79.25
80.64
87.82
90.04
96.81
96.50
107.77
113.25
116.57
119.59

50

100

150

236.33

200

250

* Population data/Projections are available state wise only.

Notes:
1. 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.
2. 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).

II. Wireless Segment (GSM, CDMA & FWP)

Total Wireless subscriber base

TotalWirelessSubscribers(inMillions)

increased from 903.73 Million in

1000

January 2012 to 911.17 Million at

900

the

2012,

800

registering a growth of 0.82%. The

700

share

600

end

of

of

February

Urban

Subscriber

has

400

to 65.20% where as share of Rural

300

Subscribers

marginally

200

increased from 34.59% to 34.80%.

100

The overall wireless Tele density in

0
February12

TotalSubscribers

Wireless

Rural

subscription

in

Urban

in January 2012 to 594.11 million at

162.61

162.06

Urban

Areas increased from 591.10 million

WirelessTeledensity

160

the

140

subscription

end

of

February
in

2012.

Rural

The
Areas

increased from 312.62 million to

120

317.06

100
74.89

37.13

million

during

the

same

period. This shows higher growth in

75.42

80
60

317.06

312.62

January12

India reaches 75.42.

180

594.11

591.10

500

marginally decreased from 65.41 %

has

911.17

903.73

37.62

40

Rural

Subscription

Urban

Subscription

Urban

20

wireless

(1.42%)
(0.51%).

teledensity

than
The
has

increased from 162.06 to 162.61 and

0
January12
Overall

Rural teledensity has increased from

February12
Urban

37.13 to 37.62. Detailed statistics is

Rural

at Annexure I.

Private operators hold 88.64% of the wireless market share where as BSNL

and MTNL, two PSU operators hold only 11.36% market share. The graphical
presentations of market shares and shares in net additions of all the service
providers during the month of February 2012 are given below:
A. Service Provider wise Market Share as on 29th February 2012.

Uninor
4.52%

Videocon
Sistema 0.68%
1.69%

MTNL
0.63%

Loop
0.38%

Stel
0.36%

HFCL
0.15%
Etisalat
0.09%
Bharti
19.62%

Aircel
6.94%
Tata
8.99%

BSNL
10.73%
Reliance
16.68%
Idea
12.15%

Vodafone
16.40%

Pvt:88.64%

PSU:11.36%

0.15%

0.00%

Loop

Stel

24.61%

0.47%

MTNL

Tata

1.17%

HFCL

12.22%

1.54%

BSNL

Sistema

3.12%

4.69%

10.67%

Aircel

Videocon

11.26%

Vodafone

13.08%

Reliance

Bharti

Uninor

Idea

Etisalat

ShareinNetAddition
(NetAdd.=7,440,985)

24.50%

31.48%

34.70%

B. Service Providers share in net additions during February 2012

Note: The subscriber figures of S Tel are taken as on January 2012, due to non-submission of
information for February 2012.

III. VLR Data

Out of the total 911.17 Million wireless subscribers, 670.65 Million were
active on the date of Peak VLR for the month of February 2012. 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 4.10
million. The proportion of VLR subscribers is approximately 73.60% of the total
wireless subscriber base reported by the service providers.
Circle-wise, J&K has the highest proportion of VLR subscribers with
82.81% followed by Assam (82.13%) and MP (80.55%); Mumbai has the lowest
proportion with 63.74%. Service Provider wise, Idea leads the tally with 92.90%
followed by Bharti (91.88%); STel is at the bottom with 28.53%. The detailed
statistics of proportionate VLR is at Annexure II & methodology used for
reporting subscriber base/active subscribers is at Annexure IV.
Proportion of VLR subscribers (Circle wise)

Total Subs

VLR Subs

VLR %

90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0

VLR %

63.74

67.41

64.39

68.23

67.62

71.13

69.37

72.52

71.31

72.97

72.59

74.33

73.63

75.68

74.85

77.51

76.48

79.00

77.71

82.13

80.55

82.81

90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0

J&K
Assam
Madhya
Maharashtra
Rajasthan
Gujarat
Andhra
U.P.(E)
Delhi
Karnataka
Punjab
West
U.P.(W)
Bihar
Kerala
Haryana
HP
North East
Orissa
Kolkata
Tamil Nadu
Mumbai

Subscribers (in millions)

Proportion of VLR

Proportion of VLR subscribers (Service Provider wise)

VLR %

28.53

41.55

Loop

100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0

S Tel

42.47

Videocon

36.29

43.79

HFCL

VLR Subs

MTNL

45.86

53.11

BSNL

Etisalat

55.79

Aircel

48.66

57.06

Uninor

Total Subs

Sistema

57.31

Tata

Reliance

Vodafone

65.39

91.88

Bharti

87.68

92.90

200
180
160
140
120
100
80
60
40
20
0

Idea

Subscribers (in Millions)

Proportion of VLR

VLR %

* The subscriber figures of S Tel are taken as on January 2012, due to non-submission of
information for Feb-2012.

IV. Mobile Number Portability

As per the data reported by the service providers, by the end of February 2012
about 37.11 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 Gujarat
(3.42 million) followed by Rajasthan (3.26 million) whereas in MNP Zone-II
(Southern & Eastern) maximum number of requests have been received in
Karnataka (3.94 million) followed by Andhra Pradesh Service area (3.46
million).

In the month of February 2012, total number of subscribers who

have submitted their request for MNP is 4.32 million.

The status of MNP

requests in various service areas is given below:

Service Area Wise MNP Status at the end of February, 2012

Zone -1
Service Area

Zone - 2
Number of
Service Area
Porting
Requests

Number of
Porting
Requests

Delhi

1641506

Andhra Pradesh

Gujarat

3426450

Assam

Himachal Pradesh
Haryana
Jammu & Kashmir

141593
1642668
6055

Bihar

3460753
85400
778624

Karnataka

3940238

Kerala

1860763

Maharashtra

2909573

Kolkata

Mumbai

1299078

Madhya Pradesh

Punjab

1436221

North East

Rajasthan

3256438

Orissa

Uttar Pradesh - East

2031205

Tamil Nadu

2232754

Uttar Pradesh - West

2038921

West Bengal

1064683

Total

Total

19829708

Total

777454
2264486
27959
788425

17281539
37111247

(Zone-1 + Zone-2)

Net Addition

4322509

(in February 2012)

V. Wireline Segment
Wireline subscriber base declined from 32.39 Million at the end of January
2012 to 32.33 Million at the end of February 2012.

The share of Urban

Subscribers has increased from 76.32% to 76.43% where as share of Rural

Subscribers has declined from 23.68% to 23.57%. The overall wireline teledensity in India has remained, more or less, stable at 2.68 with urban and
rural teledensity being 6.76 and 0.90 respectively. BSNL and MTNL, two PSU
operators hold 80.76% of the Wireline market share. Detailed statistics is at
Annexure-III. The graphical presentation of market share of all service
providers as on 29th February 2012 is given below:
A. Service Provider wise Market Share as on 29th Feb. 2012
Reliance
3.93%

HFCL
0.62%

Sistema
0.15%

Tata
4.40%

Vodafone
0.05%

Bharti
10.08%

MTNL
10.69%

BSNL
70.07%

Pvt:19.24%

PSUs:80.76%

Note: Fixed line subscriber base corresponding to Vodafone is for corporate customers, which
they have started reporting to TRAI from February 2012.

B. Service providers share in Net Addition during February 2012.

Share in Net addition (Net addition= -66562)
23.23% 26.41%
1.36% -1.30% 1.50%

0.73%

Vodafone

Tata

10

1.01%

Sistema

-152.95%

Reliance

MTNL

HFCL

BSNL

Bharti

40%
20%
0%
-20%
-40%
-60%
-80%
-100%
-120%
-140%
-160%
-180%

VI. Category wise Growth

From the below tables, Circle A shows the highest net addition and
highest rate of monthly growth in the wireless sector from January
2012 to February 2012.
Category wise Net Additions and subscriber base

Category

Net Additions during the

month of February, 2012
Wireline

Wireless

Subscriber Base as on 29th

February, 2012
Wireline

Wireless

Circle A

-14356.7

3789806

12769715

322010067

Circle B

-57196

3320601

10471157

360624143

Circle C

-5998

1251812

2075705

125336344

10988.43

-921234

7075461

103197639

-66562

7440985

32392038

911168193

Metro
All India

Category-wise Growth Rate in Access Service

Category

Monthly Rate of Growth

(Feb-2011 to Feb-2012)
Wireline

Wireless

Yearly rate of growth

(Feb-2011 to Feb-2012)
Wireline

Wireless

Circle A

-0.11%

1.19%

-4.97%

14.03%

Circle B

-0.55%

0.93%

-8.24%

16.56%

Circle C

-0.29%

1.01%

-27.95%

19.63%

0.16%

-0.88%

-1.86%

8.83%

-0.21%

0.82%

-7.28%

15.14%

Metro
All India

Metros indicate data for Delhi, Mumbai & Kolkata. Data for Chennai service area has
been included in Circle A, as part of TN

11

VII. Broadband ( 256 Kbps download)

Total Broadband subscriber base has increased from 13.42 million at the
end of January 2012 to 13.54 million at the end of February 2012, there by
showing a monthly growth of 0.87%. Yearly growth in broadband subscribers is
18.02% during the last one year (Feb. 2011 to Feb. 2012).
As on 29th Feb. 2012, there are 155 Internet Service Providers (ISPs) which
are providing broadband services in the country. Top three ISPs in terms of
market share are: BSNL with 8.78 million subscribers, Bharti Airtel with 1.36
million and MTNL with 1.03 million subscribers.
Broadband Market Share

Others, 17.5%
BSNL, 64.8%
MTNL, 7.6%

Bharti, 10.0%

BSNL

Bharti

MTNL

Others

***

Contact details in case of any clarification:

Raj Pal, Advisor (ER), TRAI

Mahanagar Doorsanchar Bhawan
Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg,
New Delhi 110002
Ph: 011-23230752
Fax: 011-23236650
E-mail: adveco@trai.gov.in

Authorised to issue:

(Raj Pal)
Advisor (ER)

Note: Information in the Press Release is based on the data provided by the Service Providers.

12

Wireless Subscriber Base

Page 1 of 3

Circle
Andhra Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Delhi
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
J&K
Karnataka
Kerala
Kolkata
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Mumbai
North East
Odisha
Punjab
Rajasthan
Tamil Nadu
U.P.(E)
U.P.(W)
West Bengal

Total
Net Addition

Annexure-I

Bharti
Jan-12
Feb-12

Reliance
Jan-12
Feb-12

Group
Vodafone
Tata
Jan-12
Feb-12
Jan-12
Feb-12

Jan-12

Feb-12

Aircel/Dishnet
Jan-12
Feb-12

17900408
3565349
16816652
8589731
6814699
2275808
1777668
2026209
15278989
3501206
3801989
9602627
9449972
3714217
2194615
6003168
6926186
13768431
13266658
14019449
6625502
9034631

9349500
2686136
9462237
8686907
8170553
4260263
1872074
520531
8045188
4253749
5342181
12286268
10844584
8761138
906254
4700014
4914581
7673753
8653682
12499488
9705091
7434027

6784329
1951967
5799023
8340459
15761617
4343430
422962
685929
6614514
5825894
4445740
3790520
12659140
6002506
916493
2514974
4454905
9409930
12235508
14559374
9464037
11618854

9623900
287682
5476438
4585267
7713978
3431364
429235
162560
5528696
7402840
1210597
13315056
14972162
2818843
191918
976758
5194458
3762139
2018098
7054244
9995876
1975171

9874869
298823
5598131
4736999
7944883
3559508
442471
170863
5599658
7398445
1283469
13532307
15139241
2866050
195971
1028637
5365154
3950149
2084095
7310273
10214038
2115580

1957801
3704649
5082942
2364118
591428
583521
693185
1575250
1731093
2415121
1776039
834563
1205671
1202151
2371230
2759507
873883
1405751
21868334
2365414
2038307
3062163

18005577
3604326
17075806
8666307
6867664
2349201
1806122
2052589
15353628
3507520
3830230
9635114
9646997
3719123
2228206
6175241
6944261
14011209
13292922
14295939
6631344
9077805

9443471
2771995
9491206
8653048
8309872
4265016
1837334
537378
8069504
4266119
5403634
12288542
10901353
8714220
955146
4699435
4953072
7694048
8742594
12586458
9797371
7620750

6624192
2000504
5887902
8415704
15947610
4368831
433969
700996
6684965
5838915
4419352
4005622
12853290
5902412
928000
2552046
4504979
9257085
12248080
14689390
9504231
11672101

7707188
127535
5002835
4856373
3857732
2867646
400506
116735
7014596
2376342
3156152
4950199
9198909
5177457
75687
2513609
3097240
3927410
4511465
4640824
4933645
3208778

7697402
127528
4966124
4640386
3754102
2848288
399813
118169
7101538
2391961
3029610
4957233
8676060
4673113
75407
2515623
3168079
3802547
4549243
4659549
4736206
2999751

Idea

1877284
3700224
5135743
2444970
625241
594308
725663
1606563
1700038
2351517
1792172
862474
1222626
1252429
2377169
2873435
889984
1523698
22074747
2460822
2103031
3061930

176954164 178777131 151028199 152001566 148602105 149440176 83718863 81887732 108127280 110709614 62462121 63256068
1822967
973367
838071
-1831131
2582334
793947

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Wireless Subscriber Base

Annexure-I

Page 2 of 3
Group
Circle
Andhra Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Delhi
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
J&K
Karnataka
Kerala
Kolkata
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Mumbai
North East
Odisha
Punjab
Rajasthan
Tamil Nadu
U.P.(E)
U.P.(W)
West Bengal

Total
Net Addition

BSNL
Jan-12
Feb-12
8940056
1604587
6033464
0
4135930
2994325
1716774
1014332
6665782
6955611
2401422
4854454
6018121
0
1558450
4308907
4742674
5662270
9546801
10189190
4729667
3563744

MTNL
Jan-12
Feb-12

8949035
1250394
6110271
0
4187494
2986988
1709085
1036358
6759761
7046043
2413871
4725504
6121687
0
1587344
4371415
4727579
5656771
9597504
10157472
4773450
3583168

0
0
0
2826624
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2912105
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

97636561 97751194
114633

5738729

0
0
0
2851834
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2921883
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

Uninor
Jan-12
Feb-12
3142932
127
4571564
0
3052199
205
61
40
1823105
722923
1698321
883
4080333
1424832
51
1347034
319
383
1677247
7054485
4560885
3640447

3468012
172
4655224
0
3463080
273
94
75
1986471
713853
1761685
845
4507648
1481997
62
1379335
399
645
1998367
6973229
4848913
3900324

Sistema
Jan-12
Feb-12

Videocon
Jan-12
Feb-12

621737
1229
1580729
1127867
142587
206924
544
297
2127990
630758
841383
2071
731410
503662
205
519
808
2355410
1752738
487100
492396
1773784

0
325
364
0
73
93
0
0
618
0
2348
270
357
3240766
41
966
147
400
0
0
8
0

0
325
364
0
73
88
0
0
653
0
2369
307
413
3252030
41
965
145
421
0
0
8
0

10934
0
20299
0
1234333
852165
79015
0
11987
238083
2966
1158819
13681
980278
0
10670
0
10570
1179228
16722
8827
20152

10933
0
20095
0
1318783
923538
78709
0
11900
240595
4152
1234316
13830
1024215
0
10673
0
10849
1248902
16719
8825
20575

5773717 38798376 41140703 15150266 15382148

34988
2342327
231882

3246776

3258202
11426

5848729

6197609
348880

14

618866
1134
1572850
1074913
128836
213261
313
516
2074851
622228
816077
1888
712265
677237
188
434
691
2351655
1657076
456560
452964
1715463

Loop
Jan-12
Feb-12

Wireless Subscriber Base

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Circle
Andhra Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Delhi
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
J&K
Karnataka
Kerala
Kolkata
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Mumbai
North East
Odisha
Punjab
Rajasthan
Tamil Nadu
U.P.(E)
U.P.(W)
West Bengal

Total
Net Addition

S-Tel*
Jan-12
Feb-12

Group
HFCL
Jan-12
Feb-12

0
79992
2029624
0
0
0
454924
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
32083
833665
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
79992
2029624
0
0
0
454924
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
32083
833665
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1292888
0
0
0
0
0

3430288

3430288
0

1292888

1379754

1379754
86866

Annexure-I

Etisalat
Jan-12
Feb-12
34868
0
41222
759210
32712
15171
0
0
29712
12097
0
78190
35051
469909
0
0
18440
35987
31915
50246
47133
0

16217
0
16974
423731
16840
7161
0
0
14240
5435
0
35557
15568
143732
0
0
8986
18756
13448
25300
20346
0

1691863

Jan-12

Total
Feb-12

66070782
14009483
61909514
42083602
51494090
21837252
7846717
6102102
54819131
34326094
24653832
50873737
69190246
37381439
8247010
25969706
31516412
48008679
76646012
72905996
52561942
45273430

Net Add.

66588729
13835512
62568193
41960846
52578229
22110124
7888728
6223288
55410346
34391161
24781927
51279892
69830123
36454866
8379634
26440989
31943200
48281588
77602640
73662251
53130159
45825768

517947
-173971
658679
-122756
1084139
272872
42011
121186
591215
65067
128095
406155
639877
-926573
132624
471283
426788
272909
956628
756255
568217
552338

782291 903727208 911168193

-909572
7440985

7440985

* The subscriber figures of S Tel are taken as on January 2012, due to non-submission of information for Feb-2012.

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Proportion of VLR on the date of Peak VLR in the month of February, 2012 (%)
Circle

Aircel

Bharti

BSNL
(Except
CDMA)

Andhra Pradesh

60.95

94.99

70.65

Assam

78.37

95.65

70.72

Bihar

45.90

97.84

35.44

Delhi

53.53

84.00

Gujarat

87.42

87.79

58.43

Haryana

33.76

94.12

Himachal
Pradesh

58.60

95.09

J&K

84.08

Karnataka
Kerala

Etisalat

HFCL

0.06

Idea

Loop

MTNL

92.86
94.52

9.24

94.03

64.97

87.00

1.66

Reliance

S Tel*

58.45
7.69

Annexure-II

Sistema

Tata

59.50

63.57

68.88

52.77

87.88

74.34

72.71

24.58

Uninor

57.94

4.45

66.33

76.48

90.03

82.13

99.47

72.52

93.79

74.85

87.84

77.51

38.02

47.52

27.13

49.45

91.25

64.90

43.01

62.21

51.54

91.32

52.63

61.44

40.80

93.80

71.13

60.18

92.42

61.52

12.7

35.12

14.43

97.74

69.37

96.13

65.67

91.37

68.95

77.21

82.81

39.68

92.62

53.52

1.10

91.13

66.05

62.01

63.80

52.40

0.61

77.60

74.33

40.85

84.85

64.83

3.55

94.42

57.04

49.25

59.46

33.67

24.60

83.17

71.31

49.90

82.11

67.41

43.48

74.58

80.55

59.33

6.85

Total

78.21

40.67

57.14

Videocon Vodafone

47.50

68.51

Kolkata

53.59

87.10

33.92

72.73

2.15

67.40

52.71

68.10

Madhya Pradesh

57.53

90.63

56.73

3.57

100.85

36.48

72.03

50.65

68.00

Maharashtra

42.83

87.98

67.34

0.71

96.42

63.29

49.26

63.61

64.11

2.45

91.51

79.00

Mumbai

52.66

86.10

47.78

56.14

46.84

82.47

63.74

North East

69.83

96.01

22.38

82.91

68.23

Orissa

50.06

95.36

58.64

84.97

67.62

Punjab

55.17

91.48

51.40

0.23

92.32

73.63

Rajasthan

94.17

93.43

50.35

Tamil Nadu

51.24

93.40

45.65

U.P.(E)

68.80

96.45

U.P.(W)

61.40

West Bengal

51.85

Total

55.79

54.99

82.15

41.61

90.95

9.76

32.02

70.02

27.17

57.30

33.24
28.88

75.64

65.37

2.07

60.83

119.27

53.37

91.49

13.10

56.27

41.46

56.38

0.00

107.66

15.20

60.98

45.59

53.40

4.35

87.45

77.71

1.61

65.32

54.68

49.91

56.75

46.01

42.85

88.22

64.39

43.46

0.39

93.62

68.33

46.37

52.55

62.54

12.18

91.00

75.68

79.78

48.61

0.74

92.45

61.20

47.58

51.73

57.42

3.72

92.17

72.59

86.73

48.23

78.54

74.01

62.58

38.12

53.74

2.06

90.79

72.97

91.88

53.11

48.66

57.31

57.06

42.47

87.68

73.60

45.86

43.79

43.79

92.90

41.55

36.29

65.39

28.53

* The subscriber figures of S Tel are taken as on January 2012, due to non-submission of information for Feb-2012.

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51.09

1.15

Wireline Subscriber Base

Circle
Andhra Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Delhi
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
J&K
Karnataka
Kerala
Kolkata
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Mumbai
North East
Odisha
Punjab
Rajasthan
Tamil Nadu
U.P.(E)
U.P.(W)
West Bengal

Total
Net Addition

BSNL
Jan-12
Feb-12
1964273
228385
594310
0
1630181
548403
305985
205100
1982030
3078823
977592
850448
2256119
0
252940
453149
1117328
1071837
2509358
1269513
772128
685082

MTNL
Jan-12
Feb-12

1967206
228179
594198

125048

1556643
1619725
545324
304013
204165
1976209
3073401
969509
848544
2247892
0
252383
451438
1100762
1064300
2502289
221650
1796518
683475

22752984 22651180
-101804

Bharti
Jan-12
Feb-12

1899470

3456113

1559242

1896006

3455248
-865

Annexure-III

Group
Reliance
Tata
Jan-12
Feb-12
Jan-12
Feb-12

125070

88499

88795

1074176 1074222.4
54949
55006
23769 23812.688

4827
182449
110702
4876
4462

4859
183027
109943
4956
4462

489640
55487
92335
240379
70088.3
330679

110870
55991
81581
35659
101347
230307

110590
56202
81377
35032
101816
230812

105423
105427
39164
39176
484146
484187
50294 50323.063
24080 24105.25

4130
32348
25389
146962
40346
5689
2263

4143
31682
25703
147727
40588
5690
2290

1268697

1269694
997

489563
55473
92323
240365
70049
330631

3259453

3259938
485

171120
2602
10149
77040
65974
19107
1861
334
121345
12681
30431
10127
225419
542818
249
7222
15540
5545
61761
13125
7518
6113

172718
2582
9730
78189
66760
19689
1903
334
123100
12317
31082
10990
230666
545869
244
7044
15289
5795
62691
13124
7518
5910

1408081

1423544
15463

HFCL
Jan-12
Feb-12

199315

199315

Sistema
Jan-12
Feb-12

200222

200222
907

47395

48070

47395

48070
675

Vodafone
Jan-12
Feb-12
0
750

0
0

7710
30

1590

0
0
0
0

690
30
210
5700

0
0
0
0

30
90
90
660

17580
17580

Total
Jan-12
Feb-12
2348940 2354539
230987
230761
609286
608787
2890308 2902390
1861806 1851464
596155
593782
312308
310378
205434
204499
2703808 2701129
3202968 3197407
1181927 1174993
1136599 1134975
2652934 2650672
3003226 3009066
253189
252627
464501
462655
1469954 1453472
1189330 1183134
3202227 3197554
1373278
325685
809415 1833831
693458
691675
32392038 32325476
-66562

Note: Fixed line subscriber base corresponding to Vodafone is for corporate customers, which they have started reporting to TRAI from February 2012.

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Net Add.
5599
-226
-499
12082.431
-10342
-2373.313
-1930
-935
-2679
-5561
-6934
-1624
-2261.7
5840
-562
-1846
-16482
-6196
-4673
-1047593
1024416.3
-1783

-66562

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 providers Home Location
Register(HLR) and sum of other figures as given below:1

Total IMSI's in HLR (A)

Less: (B=a + b + c + d + e)

a.

Test/Service Cards

b.

Employees
Stock
in
Distributional
(Active Card)

hand/in
Cannels

Subscriber
period expired

Retention

d.
e.

Service suspended pending

disconnection

Subscribers Base (A-B)

c.

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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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