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Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Communications & Information Technology
07-November-2012 16:02 IST
Particulars | Wireless | Wireline | Total Wireless + Wireline |
Total Subscribers (Millions) | 906.62 | 31.08 | 937.70 |
Total Net Monthly Addition (Millions) | -1.74 | -0.13 | -1.87 |
Monthly Growth (%) | -0.19% | -0.40% | -0.20% |
Urban Subscribers (Millions) | 571.70 | 23.99 | 595.69 |
Urban Subscribers Net Monthly Addition (Millions) | -3.44 | -0.07 | -3.51 |
Monthly Growth (%) | -0.60% | -0.31% | -0.59% |
Rural Subscribers (Millions) | 334.92 | 7.10 | 342.01 |
Rural Subscribers Net Monthly Addition (Millions) | 1.70 | -0.05 | 1.65 |
Monthly Growth (%) | 0.51% | -0.72% | 0.48% |
Overall Teledensity* | 74.49 | 2.55 | 77.04 |
Urban Teledensity* | 154.64 | 6.49 | 161.13 |
Rural Teledensity* | 39.52 | 0.84 | 40.36 |
Share of Urban Subscribers | 63.06% | 77.17% | 63.53% |
Share of Rural Subscribers | 36.94% | 22.83% | 36.47% |
Mobile Number Portability requests increased from 64.92 million subscribers at the end of August 2012 to 69.78 million at the end of September 2012. In the month of September 2012 alone, 4.86 million requests have been made for MNP.
Active wireless subscribers on the date of Peak VLR in September 2012 are 698.96 Million, 77.10% of the total subscribers.
Broadband subscription reached 15.08 million in September 2012 from 14.82 million in August 2012
The number of telephone subscribers in India decreased to 937.70 million at the end of September, 2012 from 939.57 million at the end of August 2012, thereby registering a monthly growth rate of -0.20%. The share of urban subscribers has declined to 63.53% from 63.77% whereas share of rural subscribers has increased to 36.47% in the month of September 2012. With this, the overall Teledensity in India reached 77.04 at the end of September 2012 from 77.28 of the previous month.
Subscription in the urban areas decreased from 599.20 million in August 2012 to 595.69 million at the end of September 2012. Subscription in rural areas increased from 340.37 million to 342.01 million during the same period. The monthly growth rate of urban and rural subscription is -0.59% and 0.48% respectively. The overall urban Teledensity has decreased from 162.35 to 161.13 and Rural Teledensity increased from 40.20 to 40.36.
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Telecom subscription trends show net decline with urban share falling and rural subscriptions and broadband rising. Telecom subscription statistics for September 2012 show an overall decline in total subscribers and negative net monthly growth, with urban subscriptions and urban teledensity decreasing while rural subscriptions and rural teledensity increased. The urban share fell and the rural share rose. Mobile Number Portability requests increased materially during the month, active wireless subscribers at peak VLR represented a large share of total subscribers, and broadband subscriptions experienced a modest month on month rise. of Press 'Enter' after typing page number.
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