MANU/TRAI/0071/2015

Department/Board : Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

Press Release No. : 54/2015

Date : 30.09.2015

Highlights of Telecom Subscription Data as on 31st July, 2015

Particulars

Wireless

Wireline

Total

(Wireless+ Wireline)

Total Telephone Subscribers (Million)

983.21

26.10

1,009.31

Net Addition in July, 2015 (Million)

2.40

-0.05

2.36

Monthly Growth Rate

0.25%

-0.18%

0.23%

Urban Telephone Subscribers (Million)

567.29

21.24

588.53

Net Addition in July, 2015 (Million)

4.34

-0.01

4.32

Monthly Growth Rate

0.77%

-0.06%

0.74%

Rural Telephone Subscribers (Million)

415.92

4.86

420.78

Net Addition in July, 2015 (Million) Monthly Growth Rate

-1.93-0.46%

-0.04-0.72%

-1.97-0.47%

Overall Tele-density*

78.02

2.07

80.09

Urban Tele-density*

145.13

5.43

150.56

Rural Tele-density*

47.84

0.56

48.40

Share of Urban Subscribers

57.70%

81.37%

58.31%

Share of Rural Subscribers

42.30%

18.63%

41.69%

Broadband Subscribers (Million)

97.48

15.84

113.32

v In the month of July, 2015, 3.98 million subscribers submitted their requests for Mobile Number Portability (MNP). With this, the cumulative MNP requests increased from 163.93 million at the end of June, 2015 to 167.91 million at the end of July, 2015.

v Number of active wireless subscribers (on the date of peak VLR#) in July, 2015 was 885.15 million.

Note:

- Information in this Press Release is based on the data provided by the Service Providers

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

# VLR is acronym of Visitor Location Register. The dates of peak VLR for various TSPs are different in different service areas.

I. Total Telephone Subscribers

Overall Tele-density (Circle/State Wise) As on 31st July, 2015

Notes:

1. Population data/projections are available state wise only.

2. Tele-density figures are derived from the telephone subscriber data provided by the access service providers and the projections of population published by the Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India.

3. Telephone subscriber data for Delhi, includes, apart from the data for the State of Delhi, wireless subscriber data for the areas served by the local exchanges of Ghaziabad & Noida (in Uttar Pradesh) and Gurgaon & Faridabad (in Haryana). West Bengal includes Kolkata, Maharashtra includes Mumbai and Tamil Nadu includes Chennai.

II. Wireless Subscribers

Access Service Provider-wise Market Shares in the Wireless Subscribers as on 31st July, 2015

Net Additions in Wireless Subscriber Bases of Access Service Providers in the Month of July, 2015

III. Active Wireless Subscribers (VLR Data)

Access Service Provider-wise Proportion of VLR Subscribers in the Month of July, 2015

Note-

1. Number of VLR subscribers of Idea Cellular was more than its subscriber base due to a large number of inroamers in its network.

Proportion of VLR Subscribers (Service Area-wise) in the Month of July, 2015

IV. Growth in Wireless Subscribers

Monthly Growth Rate of Wireless Subscribers (Access Service Provider-wise) in the Month of July, 2015

Monthly Growth Rate of Wireless Subscribers (Service Area-wise) in the Month of July, 2015

V. Mobile Number Portability (MNP)

Service Area Wise MNP Status at the end of July, 2015

Zone -1

 

Zone 2*

 

Service Area

Number of Porting Requests

Service Area

Number of Porting Requests

 

Delhi

6651523

Andhra Pradesh

16066234

Gujarat

13401860

Assam

530168

Haryana

6127150

Bihar

3984025

Himachal Pradesh

574829

Karnataka

19629374

Jammu & Kashmir

40931

Kerala

5639018

Maharashtra

12727504

Kolkata

3918395

Mumbai

9291826

Madhya Pradesh

10527970

Punjab

5849815

North East

297884

Rajasthan

15660699

Orissa

3295819

Uttar Pradesh-East

8236023

Tamil Nadu

10443071

Uttar Pradesh-West

8227988

West Bengal

6790983

Total

86,790,148

Total

81,122,941

Total (Zone-1 + Zone-2)

167,913,089

Net Addition (in July, 2015)

 

 

3,980,883#

*Provisional data

#The figure is inclusive of 0.21 Million MNP requests for Inter-Service Area MNP

VI. Wireline Subscribers

Access Service Provider-wise Market Shares in the Wireline Subscribers as on 31st July, 2015

Net Additions/declines in Wireline Subscriber Bases of Access Service Providers in the Month of July, 2015

VII. Category-wise Growth

Circle Category-wise Net Additions in Telephone Subscribers

Circle Category

Net additions in the month of July, 2015

Telephone Subscriber base as on 31st July, 2015

Wireline segment

Wireless segment

Wireline segment

Wireless segment

Circle A

-8872

999374

10386494

346451527

Circle B

-27087

285558

7258223

388927582

Circle C

-603

651722

1288315

147524729

Metro

-10856

466772

7171301

100304830

All India

-47,418

2,403,426

26,104,333

983,208,668

Circle Category-wise Growth Rates in Telephone Subscribers

Circle Category

Monthly growth rate (%) (Jun-15 to Jul-15)

Yearly growth rate (%) (Jul-14 to Jul-15)

Wireline Segment

Wireless Segment

Wireline Segment

Wireless Segment

Circle A

-0.09

0.29

-5.41

5.24

Circle B

-0.37

0.07

-9.79

6.97

Circle C

-0.05

0.44

-11.35

13.25

Metro

-0.15

0.47

-0.40

4.86

All India

-0.18

0.25

-5.69

7.02

Note: Circle Category-Metro includes Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. Data for Chennai has been included in Circle Category-A, as part of Tamil Nadu.

VIII. Broadband (≥ 512 Kbps download)

Segmentwise Broadband Subscribers and Monthly Growth Rates

Segment

Broadband subscribers (in million)

Monthly growth rate (%)

As on 30th June, 2015

As on 31st July, 2015

Wired subscribers

15.70

15.84

0.90

Mobile devices users (Phones and dongles)

92.70

97.04

4.68

Fixed Wireless subscribers (Wi-Fi, Wi-Max, Point-to-Point Radio & VSAT)

0.45

0.44

-2.84

Total

108.85

113.32

4.10

Note : Some wireless service providers exclude incidental data users from their subscriber base, based on minimum usage decided by them.

Service Provider-wise Market Share of Broadband (wired+wireless) Services as on 31.07.2015

Contact details in case of any clarification:

Ms. Vinod Kotwal, Advisor (F & EA), Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Mahanagar Doorsanchar Bhawan Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg,

New Delhi 110002,

Ph: 011-23230752

Fax: 011-23236650

E-mail: advfea1@trai.gov.in

Authorized to issue:

(S. K. Mishra)
Pr. Advisor (F & EA)

 

 

 

 

 

Wireless Subscriber Base

 

 

Annexure-I Page 1 of 2

 

 

 

 

 

 

Group

 

 

 

 

 

Circle

Bharti

Reliance

Vodafone

Tata

Idea

Aircel

Jun-15

Jul-15

Jun-15

Jul-15

Jun-15

Jul-15

Jun-15

Jul-15

Jun-15

Jul-15

Jun-15

Jul-15

Andhra Pradesh

22183031

22309612

5164458

5295377

6848825

6868364

5468011

5416475

14346989

14439880

2752856

2797575

Assam

5286302

5378759

2333948

2362433

3238050

3242580

 

 

915022

922332

4567562

4623231

Bihar

25790972

25922917

9714339

9752425

8574471

8619716

1977158

1963333

9768260

9819495

6345387

6434716

Delhi

10897923

10901252

8214686

8464921

9666715

9731448

2747027

2699876

6013531

6098302

5394596

5527509

Gujarat

7905685

7925950

4709552

4718638

18601610

18491856

2722223

2745992

11101591

11157559

17063

17063

Haryana

2711058

2671467

2029853

2082931

5269179

5180943

2665172

2698250

4672183

4624491

3092

3092

Himachal Pradesh

2658728

2602785

1611895

1651539

653732

662824

84640

81637

732370

748055

976920

998274

J & K

3077149

3103607

845082

824958

1185747

1230080

 

 

547858

568017

2729425

2573010

Karnataka

19789627

19967676

5250385

5306844

7272606

7295509

6834259

6935460

8164920

8309614

2678151

2717183

Kerala

4018540

4040485

1940945

1976854

7320505

7327629

1594018

1587077

9912344

9965034

21323

58516

Kolkata

4178476

4196243

3940536

3954400

4972601

4994119

2820997

2840734

1895705

1905624

3925915

3954496

Madhya Pradesh

11624876

11706513

12396521

12456444

6376689

6387732

4575617

4620786

19883478

19800158

21194

21194

Maharashtra

11879438

11988555

4945817

4988702

17357069

17462069

6217603

6276414

21899528

21981839

2069802

2155181

Mumbai

5114420

5163026

5735768

5314867

8416128

8487679

3373530

3399677

4016406

4054350

2548157

2643914

North East

3521860

3533689

798855

805811

1358820

1375920

 

 

473119

473273

2979468

3003564

Orissa

9269083

9277691

4390432

4524217

3558885

3518264

2272821

2270676

1330006

1334624

4156988

4195206

Punjab

7797227

7810289

2358325

2250491

4923115

4906939

2503603

2530837

6327933

6328633

985719

1003812

Rajasthan

17890152

17908612

6386023

6602732

11205004

11217560

1631122

1600294

7232280

7241845

5919000

5992070

Tamil Nadu (incl. Chennai)

16094730

16154459

6172013

6257298

14492000

14591072

5535290

5504226

4878162

5163218

23244761

22742622

U.P.(E)

18837031

18851654

8334365

8393320

17884170

17744499

4359103

4369530

10090740

9958607

6395523

6492592

U.P.(W)

7480611

7501469

5406237

5152106

10693590

10705711

3565772

3572299

13301995

13250056

315667

358750

West Bengal

12654747

12753699

7228432

7305227

15514461

15406563

625562

602924

4575275

4614485

5001239

5051117

Total

230661666

231670409

109908467

110442535

185383972

185449076

61573528

61716497

162079695

162759491

83049808

83364687

Net Addition

 

1008743

 

534068

 

65104

 

142969

 

679796

 

314879

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wireless Subscriber Base

 

 

 

 

 

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Group

 

Circle

BSNL

MTNL

Telewings

Sistema

Videocon

Quadrant

Total

 

Jun-15

Jul-15

Jun-15

Jul-15

Jun-15

Jul-15

Jun-15

Jul-15

Jun-15

Jul-15

Jun-15

Jul-15

Jun-15

Jul-15

Net

Andhra Pradesh

9643084

9596210

 

 

5520752

5611324

 

 

 

 

 

 

71928006

72334817

406811

Assam

1216102

1209408

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17556986

17738743

181757

Bihar

2999761

2657153

 

 

7431027

7531585

 

 

21187

23697

 

 

72622562

72725037

102475

Delhi

 

 

2338929

2341960

 

 

1027261

1021906

 

 

 

 

46300668

46787174

486506

Gujarat

3077294

3113098

 

 

7713215

7089425

223685

227018

2425243

2437873

 

 

58497161

57924472

-572689

Haryana

2704656

2709507

 

 

 

 

 

 

1986046

2043523

 

 

22041239

22014204

-27035

Himachal Pradesh

1396090

1411633

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8114375

8156747

42372

J & K

1223637

1240195

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9608898

9539867

-69031

Karnataka

6747629

6784736

 

 

 

 

1430876

1401456

 

 

 

 

58168453

58718478

550025

Kerala

6742652

6803334

 

 

 

 

394104

391502

 

 

 

 

31944431

32150431

206000

Kolkata

751814

756954

 

 

 

 

637936

623391

 

 

 

 

23123980

23225961

101981

Madhya Pradesh

3554916

3624411

 

 

 

 

 

 

3126003

3164090

 

 

61559294

61781328

222034

Maharashtra

4981142

5025135

 

 

7547263

7643802

 

 

 

 

 

 

76897662

77521697

624035

Mumbai

 

 

1209001

1228182

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30413410

30291695

-121715

North East

1424688

1513818

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10556810

10706075

149265

Orissa

3435161

3537582

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28413376

28658260

244884

Punjab

3102797

3153487

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2806210

2894530

30804929

30879018

74089

Rajasthan

3274211

3331021

 

 

 

 

2212554

2219925

 

 

 

 

55750346

56114059

363713

Tamil Nadu (incl. Chennai)

8670325

8678704

 

 

 

 

873590

860464

 

 

 

 

79960871

79952063

-8808

U.P.(E)

7260616

7530021

 

 

11567252

10988085

 

 

25243

25963

 

 

84754043

84354271

-399772

U.P.(W)

3404414

3489047

 

 

8351314

8298553

179838

176279

26360

28435

 

 

52725798

52532705

-193093

West Bengal

1745718

1671030

 

 

 

 

1716510

1696521

 

 

 

 

49061944

49101566

39622

Total

77356707

77836484

3547930

3570142

48130823

47162774

8696354

8618462

7610082

7723581

2806210

2894530

980805242

983208668

2403426

Net Addition

 

479777

 

22212

 

-968049

 

-77892

 

113499

 

88320

 

2403426

 

 

 

 

Proportion of VLR on the date of Peak VLR in the month of Jul-15 (%)

 

Annexure-II

 

Circle

Aircel

Bharti

BSNL

Quadrant

Idea

MTNL

Reliance

Sistema

Tata

Telewings

Videocon

Vodafone

Total

Andhra Pradesh

60.90

97.33

63.23

 

103.58

 

97.89

 

84.54

72.56

 

87.65

88.89

Assam

86.15

96.66

86.23

 

95.18

 

83.42

 

 

 

 

93.66

90.82

Bihar

76.47

95.07

74.06

 

97.80

 

98.69

 

62.63

71.04

13.98

94.82

90.09

Delhi

70.13

89.82

 

 

91.32

50.49

98.40

52.63

54.68

 

 

104.15

87.41

Gujarat

2440.86

95.00

83.23

 

105.56

 

99.23

40.73

76.00

72.75

44.06

96.05

91.79

Haryana

6.95

95.03

57.21

 

100.61

 

95.63

 

80.84

 

52.43

97.37

86.45

Himachal Pradesh

61.42

95.10

80.91

 

107.03

 

92.84

 

40.70

 

 

184.95

95.92

J & K

87.56

95.71

74.90

 

95.58

 

60.30

 

 

 

 

69.43

84.35

Karnataka

66.60

98.85

59.38

 

103.05

 

97.68

69.07

85.46

 

 

89.80

89.87

Kerala

98.61

98.50

84.79

 

106.13

 

92.32

65.86

83.73

 

 

91.76

94.92

Kolkata

82.35

95.69

91.14

 

87.63

 

98.67

92.98

79.90

 

 

97.99

91.61

Madhya Pradesh

1.71

94.35

80.09

 

107.72

 

97.16

 

79.53

 

44.58

78.76

93.06

Maharashtra

59.47

95.33

87.42

 

104.00

 

97.62

 

77.71

72.38

 

98.85

93.53

Mumbai

61.05

96.98

 

 

93.89

72.54

99.00

 

79.66

 

 

87.00

88.05

North East

69.40

96.59

60.81

 

89.05

 

84.00

 

 

 

 

85.95

81.26

Orissa

61.43

96.02

82.01

 

101.28

 

98.33

 

73.69

 

 

94.68

87.90

Punjab

67.46

96.10

76.14

55.63

104.45

 

99.09

 

69.59

 

 

91.84

88.42

Rajasthan

79.06

95.62

77.74

 

101.93

 

99.00

61.08

104.63

 

 

92.09

92.19

Tamil Nadu (incl. Chennai)

71.38

96.74

58.99

 

86.93

 

94.56

56.20

70.65

 

 

96.80

82.40

U.P. (E)

73.78

98.22

61.74

 

105.81

 

97.42

 

68.24

77.41

16.27

98.04

89.57

U.P. (W)

240.63

95.41

68.38

 

102.79

 

99.06

54.54

71.88

73.40

18.89

95.59

91.61

West Bengal

81.90

96.56

89.94

 

106.40

 

98.15

64.54

43.01

 

 

98.25

94.75

Total

74.24

96.10

71.36

55.63

102.55

58.07

97.08

63.43

76.45

73.59

46.21

95.09

90.03

Note: Peak VLR figures in some circles of M/s. Idea Cellular Ltd., M/s. Aircel Ltd., M/s. Tata Teleservices and M/s. Vodafone India Ltd. are more than their HLR figures due to a large number of inroamers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wireline Subscriber Base

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annexure-III

Circle

Group

BSNL

MTNL

Bharti

Reliance

Tata

Quadrant

Sistema

Vodafone

Total

 

Jun-15

Jul-15

Jun-15

Jul-15

Jun-15

Jul-15

Jun-15

Jul-15

Jun-15

Jul-15

Jun-15

Jul-15

Jun-15

Jul-15

Jun-15

Jul-15

Jun-15

Jul-15

Net Addition

Andhra Pradesh

1461266

1456859

 

 

125355

128946

78437

77451

162180

161995

 

 

 

 

9,120

9,150

1836358

1834401

-1957

Assam

165359

165166

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,500

1,530

166859

166696

-163

Bihar

328269

327693

 

 

 

 

6,162

6,292

13,043

13,044

 

 

 

 

990

1050

348464

348079

-385

Delhi

 

 

1610184

1611378

1199488

1200223

178384

177572

137326

137338

 

 

 

 

21,630

21,720

3147012

3148231

1219

Gujarat

1266176

1257015

 

 

62651

63426

81507

80900

85451

85884

 

 

 

 

2,760

2,880

1498545

1490105

-8440

Haryana

337,656

337,542

 

 

17088

17393

4880

4797

35856

36030

 

 

 

 

90

90

395570

395852

282

Himachal Pradesh

184,253

183,627

 

 

 

 

4400

4399

2764

2773

 

 

 

 

90

90

191507

190889

-618

J & K

139,445

139,339

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

139445

139339

-106

Karnataka

1379155

1374462

 

 

554385

562539

132321

133849

195688

196815

 

 

 

 

7,350

7,770

2268899

2275435

6536

Kerala

2430334

2417568

 

 

51591

52376

35759

35024

16912

17136

 

 

 

 

780

870

2535376

2522974

-12402

Kolkata

747071

736684

 

 

109852

110608

77119

75541

48498

48915

 

 

 

 

3600

3690

986140

975438

-10702

Madhya Pradesh

789832

778724

 

 

234607

236857

21897

21846

21190

21315

 

 

 

 

270

270

1067796

1059012

-8784

Maharashtra

1622948

1616483

 

 

68932

70235

82209

82294

278765

279827

 

 

 

 

9,900

9,900

2062754

2058739

-4015

Mumbai

 

 

1925433

1921897

340887

342969

239426

240200

529219

528136

 

 

 

 

14,040

14,430

3049005

3047632

-1373

North East

126,403

126,578

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

120

120

126523

126698

175

Orissa

304395

304646

 

 

 

 

2999

3185

8006

8033

 

 

 

 

720

750

316120

316614

494

Punjab

739182

737824

 

 

93721

94528

20852

20765

17315

17407

229536

230893

 

 

510

510

1101116

1101927

811

Rajasthan

673902

673270

 

 

41644

42100

23146

22834

9818

10119

 

 

58131

58767

1,890

1,890

808531

808980

449

Tamil Nadu (incl. Chennai)

2017754

2014975

 

 

466816

469773

138620

137196

98300

98490

 

 

 

 

7320

7380

2728810

2727814

-996

U.P.(E)

387629

387063

 

 

56991

57329

37232

37214

15462

15455

 

 

 

 

1,050

1,110

498364

498171

-193

U.P.(W)

429807

428269

 

 

20139

20286

6284

6309

9916

10091

 

 

 

 

420

420

466566

465375

-1191

West Bengal

406294

400267

 

 

 

 

1895

1842

3772

3793

 

 

 

 

30

30

411991

405932

-6059

Total

15937130

15864054

3535617

3533275

3444147

3469588

1173529

1169510

1689481

1692596

229536

230893

58131

58767

84180

85650

26151751

26104333

-47418

Net Addition

 

-73076

 

-2342

 

25441

 

-4019

 

3115

 

1357

 

636

 

1470

 

-47418

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 service provider. 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 service provider. 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 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 Distribution Channels (Active Card)

d.

Subscriber Retention period expired

e.

Service suspended pending disconnection

3

Subscribers Base (A-B)

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.