Table: India's mobile phone users rise 4.97 mln to 1.17 bln in Dec

Videocon Industries (India)

16/02/2018 09:49

Feb 16 (Reuters) - India's mobile phone customer base rose 
0.43 percent, or a net 4.97 million, to 1.17 billion in 
December, data released by the country's telecoms regulator 
showed on Friday. 
    Following is a table of mobile phone subscriptions in India, 
the world's second-biggest wireless market by number of users, 
as of December 31. 
     
 COMPANY                     CHANGE (MLN)   TOTAL USERS (MLN) 
 Bharti Airtel                    0.6             290.1 
 Vodafone India                   1.5             212.5 
 Idea Cellular                    2.4             196.5 
 Reliance Jio                      8              160.1 
 Bharat Sanchar Nigam             0.4             107.9 
 Aircel                          -2.7             84.9 
 Reliance Communications         -2.3             33.2 
 Telenor                         -1.7             41.9 
 Tata Teleservices               -1.3             36.7 
 MTNL                           -0.007             3.6 
  
 NOTE: 
    * Active mobile subscribers in December were 1.02 billion 
    * Mobile connections per 100 people, or the tele-density of 
wireless subscribers, were 91.90 as of Dec 31. Mobile 
tele-density in urban areas was 168.29 compared with 56.66 in 
rural areas. 
    * In December, 7.43 million mobile subscribers opted to 
change their service providers through mobile number 
portability. India is divided into 22 telecommunications service 
zones. 
    * Total broadband connections were 362.87 million, as of 
end-December. There were 344.57 million broadband users through 
mobile phones and dongles, while 17.86 million were using 
broadband through wirelines. Internet connections with a minimum 
download speed of 512 Kbps are considered as broadband in India. 
    * The number of fixed-phone line subscribers dropped to 
23.23 million by end-December from 23.41 million at the end of 
November. 
    * Including fixed-phone lines, India had 1.19 billion phone 
users as of Dec. 31, or a total tele-density of 91.90. 
     
   Source text: http://bit.ly/2EvW72R 
 
 (Compiled by Jessica Kuruthukulangara in Bengaluru; Editing by 
Gopakumar Warrier) 
 ((Jessica.Kuruthukulangara@thomsonreuters.com; 
+91-80-6749-7142; Reuters Messaging: 
Jessica.Kuruthukulangara.reuters.com@reuters.net)) 
 
Keywords: INDIA TELECOMS/USERS