Information Note to the Press (Press Release No.

34/2010)

TELECOM REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF INDIA

New Delhi, 23rd July 2010

For Immediate release Website :- www.trai.gov.in

Telecom Subscription Data as on 30th June 2010

Total Telephone subscriber base reaches 671.69 Million

o Wireless subscription reaches 635.51 Million
o Wireline subscription declines to 36.18

17.98 Million new additions in wireless

Overall Tele-density reaches 56.83

Broadband subscription is 9.45 million

The number of telephone subscribers in India increased to 671.69 Million at the

end of June-2010 from 653.92 Million in May-2010, thereby registering a
growth rate of 2.72%. With this, the overall Tele-density in India reaches
56.83

Wireless Segment (GSM, CDMA & FWP)

Wireless subscriber base increased from 617.53 Million in May-2010 to 635.51

Million at the end of June-2010 registering a growth of 2.91%. Wireless Tele-
density stands at 53.77. Detailed statistics is at Annexure-I.
Wireless Service:

A. Service Providers’ share in net additions during the month of June-2010

16.69%
15.76%

15.09%

12.94%

12.01%

8.90%

5.62%

5.62%

3.05%

2.60%

0.82%

0.52%

0.24%

0.08%

0.04%
HFCL

MTNL
Reliance

Idea

Unitech

BSNL

Sistema

Etisalat
Bharti

Stel

Loop
Aircel

Videocon
Vodafone

Tata

B. Service Provider wise Market Share as on 30-6-2010

Sistema Loop Videocon Stel

0.80% 0.46% 0.31% 0.21% HFCL
MTNL 0.11%
0.82%
Unitech
0.95% Etisalat
Aircel 0.003%
6.56%
Bharti
Idea 21.50%
10.84%

Tata
11.41%

Reliance
BSNL 17.44%
11.44% Vodafone
17.16%

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Wireline Segment

Wireline subscriber base declined from 36.39 Million in May-2010 to 36.18

Million at the end of June-2010. BSNL/MTNL, two PSU operators hold 84.09% of
the Wireline market share. Overall Wireline teledensity is 3.06. Detailed statistics
is at Annexure-II.

Service Provider wise Market Share as on 30-6-2010

Tata Reliance
HFCL
3.31% 3.29%
Bharti 0.49%
8.71% Sistema
0.10%
MTNL
9.63%

BSNL
74.46%

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Category wise Net Additions during the Month of June-2010

Net Additions
Category
Wireline Wireless

Circle A -65647 5940988

Circle B -146393 7028654
Circle C -16021 2561725
Metro 21425 2445388
All India -206636 17976755

Category-wise Growth Rate in Access Service

Monthly Rate of Growth Yearly rate of growth

Category (May-2010 to June-2010 (June-2009 to June-2010)

Wireline Wireless Wireline Wireless

Circle A -0.48% 2.7% -2.9% 45.5%

Circle B -1.19% 3.0% -7.5% 51.5%

Circle C -0.50% 3.1% -3.5% 61.8%
Metro 0.30% 3.3% 2.1% 37.9%

All India -0.57% 2.91% -3.6% 48.7%

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Broadband (≥ 256 Kbps download)
Total Broadband subscriber base has increased from 9.24 million in May-2010
to 9.45 million in June-2010, there by showing a growth of 2.27%.

Note: Information in the Press Release is based on the data provided by the Service Providers/
Service Providers’ Association.
___________________________________________________________
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)

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 Wireless Subscriber Base
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Group
Circle Bharti Reliance Vodafone Tata Idea Aircel / Dishnet
May-10 Jun-10 May-10 Jun-10 May-10 Jun-10 May-10 Jun-10 May-10 Jun-10 May-10 Jun-10
Andhra Pradesh 13,547,616 13,845,579 7,312,719 7,694,250 6,175,850 6,332,518 7,616,969 7,887,783 6,497,952 6,636,704 1,130,484 1,208,200
Assam 2,570,283 2,613,056 1,812,070 1,880,216 890,226 943,880 97,986 104,486 96,642 110,822 2,677,323 2,784,416
Bihar 11,652,206 12,001,986 7,088,993 7,175,844 3,664,639 3,791,641 3,902,072 4,053,655 3,237,896 3,433,890 3,559,461 3,663,155
Delhi 6,204,025 6,491,381 6,169,869 6,475,228 5,416,687 5,561,512 5,259,139 5,304,555 2,751,588 2,904,583 1,285,615 1,372,403
Gujarat 5,760,204 5,790,032 5,996,480 6,216,728 11,304,719 11,496,133 2,199,602 2,378,336 5,527,480 5,547,354 - -
Himachal Pradesh 1,346,666 1,369,033 1,193,857 1,220,916 197,440 214,339 184,465 205,022 267,763 284,518 560,372 591,385
Haryana 1,554,034 1,558,754 2,609,836 2,721,227 3,056,743 3,109,554 2,567,243 2,635,746 2,236,132 2,278,797 - 26,892
J&K 1,976,568 2,027,130 300,944 322,331 242,387 278,416 103,150 90,096 71,874 75,579 1,805,681 1,848,092
Karnataka 13,209,270 13,406,397 6,376,775 6,393,570 5,405,997 5,511,044 5,835,443 6,179,950 2,802,370 3,000,854 905,887 956,069
Kerala 3,185,876 3,202,136 3,556,936 3,615,118 4,357,308 4,447,067 2,245,739 2,356,456 5,588,865 5,662,302 1,380,098 1,451,172
Kolkata 2,844,709 2,874,419 3,748,028 3,788,404 3,657,252 3,715,365 2,530,221 2,615,644 604,650 624,897 1,362,341 1,412,649
Madhya Pradesh 7,202,200 7,322,377 8,802,372 9,032,056 2,048,312 2,111,656 3,852,665 3,910,595 7,800,385 8,000,802 - 17,976
Maharashtra 6,701,424 6,790,940 7,843,854 7,772,003 7,580,180 7,810,838 8,194,089 8,445,702 9,754,424 10,000,192 506,374 600,793
Mumbai 3,109,236 3,163,526 6,159,034 6,369,439 5,223,050 5,270,404 4,716,119 4,810,888 1,562,675 1,701,186 998,229 1,078,588
North East 1,538,853 1,563,518 522,474 528,185 553,482 587,657 73,682 78,019 40,465 47,176 1,767,790 1,812,468
Orissa 4,373,802 4,578,331 2,787,388 2,854,476 1,212,187 1,220,184 2,140,033 2,208,813 604,876 624,114 1,883,271 1,965,774
Punjab 4,921,266 4,949,787 2,868,191 2,974,243 3,246,338 3,291,478 2,543,866 2,667,670 3,406,761 3,476,138 - -
Rajasthan 10,802,138 10,851,319 5,443,954 5,678,598 7,634,793 7,793,520 2,749,898 2,776,143 2,404,693 2,420,273 - -
Tamil Nadu 11,127,769 11,371,239 6,870,757 6,752,085 9,280,523 9,514,086 4,607,345 4,684,128 800,053 982,726 15,992,057 16,461,382
U.P.(E) 9,671,973 10,090,002 9,083,428 9,442,177 10,781,644 11,200,654 3,321,225 3,411,328 3,985,584 4,128,662 1,020,312 1,069,072
U.P.(W) 4,317,918 4,545,540 6,404,737 6,699,506 6,769,802 7,000,654 3,619,435 3,792,389 6,019,847 6,085,120 888,979 937,716
West Bengal 6,001,669 6,213,919 5,020,126 5,199,733 7,647,809 7,858,104 1,847,858 1,937,542 664,427 859,850 2,355,257 2,421,373
Total 133,619,705 136,620,401 107,972,822 110,806,333 106,347,368 109,060,704 70,208,244 72,534,946 66,727,402 68,886,539 40,079,531 41,679,575

Net Additions during

June-2010 3,000,696 2,833,511 2,713,336 2,326,702 2,159,137 1,600,044
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Group
Circle BSNL MTNL Unitech Sistema Loop Videocon
May-10 Jun-10 May-10 Jun-10 May-10 Jun-10 May-10 Jun-10 May-10 Jun-10 May-10 Jun-10
Andhra Pradesh 4,657,106 4,733,411 - - 878,722 837130 6,911 31,106 - - 0 -
Assam 1,168,328 1,181,028 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Bihar 4,798,276 4,874,814 - - 674,316 800203 352,523 380,093 - - 0 -
Delhi - - 2,443,115 2,468,653 - - 378,059 464,943 - - 0 -
Gujarat 3,318,554 3,368,002 - - - 133,500 - - - - 87267 137873
Himachal Pradesh 1,300,070 1,311,775 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Haryana 2,632,946 2,660,149 - - - - 37,819 52,842 - - 235191 412123
J&K 1,003,002 1,021,438 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Karnataka 4,163,263 4,260,347 - - 429,770 499781 337,329 384,227 - - 0 -
Kerala 4,259,044 4,307,546 - - 273,355 313329 225,355 227,935 - - 2723 44726
Kolkata 1,937,972 1,938,374 - - - 76,504 393,164 421,872 - - 0 -
Madhya Pradesh 4,302,856 4,405,250 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Maharashtra 5,131,295 5,215,413 - - - 118,393 16,510 61,671 - - 0 -
Mumbai - - 2,723,539 2,741,882 - 98,141 184,724 231,830 2,911,685 2,926,797 602135 716520
North East 1,130,105 1,146,825 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Orissa 2,672,533 2,729,266 - - 339,136 307576 - - - - 0 -
Punjab 3,740,727 3,783,133 - - - - - - - - 0 -
Rajasthan 4,660,402 4,662,695 - - - - 1,388,413 1,445,328 - - 0 -
Tamil Nadu 6,204,726 6,289,485 - - 535,682 633664 615,177 649,807 - - 467227 631122
U.P.(E) 8,585,462 8,713,237 - - 1,226,331 1294982 - - - - 0 -
U.P.(W) 3,570,536 3,632,576 - - 655,617 807266 - - - - 0 -
West Bengal 2,450,007 2,462,567 - - - 103,186 700,062 751,222 - - 0 -
Total 71,687,210 72,697,331 5,166,654 5,210,535 5,012,929 6,023,655 4,636,046 5,102,876 2,911,685 2,926,797 1,394,543 1,942,364

Net Additions during

June-2010 1,010,121 43,881 1,010,726 466,830 15,112 547,821
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Group
Circle Stel HFCL Etisalat/Allianz Circle-wise Total
May-10 Jun-10 May-10 Jun-10 May-10 Jun-10 May-10 Jun-10 Net Addition
Andhra Pradesh - - - - 367 674 47,824,696 49,207,355 1382659
Assam - - - - 0 0 9,312,858 9,617,904 305046
Bihar 560,187 614554 - - 707 1092 39,491,276 40,790,927 1299651
Delhi - - - - 2605 3910 29,910,702 31,047,168 1136466
Gujarat - - - - 519 1425 34,194,825 35,069,383 874558
Himachal Pradesh 237,218 255976 - - 0 0 5,287,851 5,452,964 165113
Haryana - - - - 362 618 14,930,306 15,456,702 526396
J&K - - - - 0 0 5,503,606 5,663,082 159476
Karnataka - - - - 519 750 39,466,623 40,592,989 1126366
Kerala - - - - 356 515 25,075,655 25,628,302 552647
Kolkata - - - - 0 0 17,078,337 17,468,128 389791
Madhya Pradesh - - - - 794 1303 34,009,584 34,802,015 792431
Maharashtra - - - - 525 1483 45,728,675 46,817,428 1088753
Mumbai - - - - 684 1040 28,191,110 29,110,241 919131
North East - - - - 0 0 5,626,851 5,763,848 136997
Orissa 435,842 455976 - - 0 0 16,449,068 16,944,510 495442
Punjab - - 520,820 668,325 365 646 21,248,334 21,811,420 563086
Rajasthan - - - - 556 1337 35,084,847 35,629,213 544366
Tamil Nadu - - - - 491 735 56,501,807 57,970,459 1468652
U.P.(E) - - - - 721 1210 47,676,680 49,351,324 1674644
U.P.(W) - - - - 551 1458 32,247,422 33,502,225 1254803
West Bengal - - - - 0 0 26,687,215 27,807,496 1120281
Total 1,233,247 1,326,506 520,820 668,325 10,122 18,196 617,528,328 635,505,083 17976755

Net Additions during

June-2010 93,259 147,505 8,074 17,976,755
 Annexure- II

Wireline Subscriber Base

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GROUP

Circle BSNL MTNL Bharti Reliance Tata HFCL Sistema Circle-wise Total

May-10 Jun-10 May-10 Jun-10 May-10 Jun-10 May-10 Jun-10 May-10 Jun-10 May-10 Jun-10 May-10 Jun-10 May-10 Jun-10 Net Addition
Andhra Pradesh 2,080,118 2,068,704 - - 118,058 119,249 83,450 83,515 152,320 151,540 - - - - 2,433,946 2,423,008 -10,938
Assam 303,487 301,634 - - - - - - 653 767 - - - - 304,140 302,401 -1,739
Bihar 1,365,698 1,363,086 - - - - 3,245 3,354 7,127 7,398 - - - - 1,376,070 1,373,838 -2,232
Delhi - - 1,538,809 1,541,286 975,758 988,851 172,777 172,885 47,223 47,185 - - - - 2,734,567 2,750,207 15,640
Gujarat 1,855,531 1,848,319 - - 48,616 49,775 116,124 116,291 54,584 55,123 - - - - 2,074,855 2,069,508 -5,347
Himachal Pradesh 348,715 347,073 - - - - 3,365 3,437 1,413 1,429 - - - - 353,493 351,939 -1,554
Haryana 770,854 730,546 - - 22,387 22,634 2,863 3,072 10,918 11,288 - - - - 807,022 767,540 -39,482
J&K 229,112 226,381 - - - - 8 12 69 67 - - - - 229,189 226,460 -2,729
Karnataka 2,076,825 2,069,433 - - 471,922 476,799 100,340 100,702 107,850 108,525 - - - - 2,756,937 2,755,459 -1,478
Kerala 3,327,814 3,262,563 - - 52,215 52,716 53,389 53,399 9,706 9,882 - - - - 3,443,124 3,378,560 -64,564
Kolkata 1,260,405 1,253,514 - - 78,068 79,254 93,542 93,066 23,770 24,326 - - - - 1,455,785 1,450,160 -5,625
Madhya Pradesh 1,212,762 1,196,828 - - 306,292 306,511 32,816 33,082 4,120 4,149 - - - - 1,555,990 1,540,570 -15,420
Maharashtra 2,645,218 2,606,970 - - 63,343 64,904 82,942 84,120 175,997 179,924 - - - - 2,967,500 2,935,918 -31,582
Mumbai 1,945,448 1,943,892 312,883 317,745 197,482 201,601 499,660 503,645 - - - - 2,955,473 2,966,883 11,410
North East 323,420 321,895 - - - - - - 96 99 - - - - 323,516 321,994 -1,522
Orissa 599,882 593,591 - - - - 3,440 3,459 5,494 5,521 - - - - 608,816 602,571 -6,245
Punjab 1,261,276 1,258,547 - - 97,776 98,668 40,009 39,868 12,619 12,843 176,501 178,280 - - 1,588,181 1,588,206 25
Rajasthan 1,391,195 1,380,428 - - 36,559 36,774 21,472 21,427 4,048 4,085 - - 37,011 35,773 1,490,285 1,478,487 -11,798
Tamil Nadu 2,905,356 2,883,585 - - 463,306 467,986 137,162 137,323 53,170 53,798 - - - - 3,558,994 3,542,692 -16,302
U.P.(E) 1,404,975 1,400,541 - - 47,420 47,726 34,071 34,057 9,413 9,740 - - - - 1,495,879 1,492,064 -3,815
U.P.(W) 950,428 946,424 - - 23,433 23,488 6,583 5,190 5,261 5,414 - - - - 985,705 980,516 -5,189
West Bengal 884,420 877,942 - - - - 559 734 2,400 2,553 - - - - 887,379 881,229 -6,150

Operator-wise Total 27,197,491 26,938,004 3,484,257 3,485,178 3,118,036 3,153,080 1,185,639 1,190,594 1,187,911 1,199,301 176,501 178,280 37,011 35,773 36,386,846 36,180,210 -206,636

Net Additions during

June-2010 -259,487 921 35,044 4,955 11,390 1,779 -1,238 -206,636