Highlights of Telecom Subscription Data as on 31st August, 2024
Particulars Wireless Wireline Total (Wireless+ Wireline) Broadband Subscribers (Million) 906.37 42. 8 4 9 4 9.21 Urban Telephone Subscribers (Million) 633.21 33.37 666.58 Net Addition in August, 2024 (Million) -2.25 0.87 -1.38 Monthly Growth Rate -0.35% 2.68% -0.21% Rural Telephone Subscribers (Million) 530.63 2.86 533.49 Net Addition in August, 2024 (Million) -3.52 -0.20 -3.72 Monthly Growth Rate -0.66% -6.47% -0.69% Total Telephone Subscribers (Million) 1163.83 36.23 1200.07 Net Addition in August, 2024 (Million) -5.77 0.67 -5.10 Monthly Growth Rate -0.49% 1.90% -0.42% Overall Tele-density*(%) 82.85% 2.58% 85.43% Urban Tele-density*(%) 126.29% 6.66% 132.94% Rural Tele-density*(%) 58.74% 0.32% 59.05% Share of Urban Subscribers 54.41% 92.09% 55.54% Share of Rural Subscribers 45.59% 7.91% 44.46% ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Note: – Information in this Press Release is based on the data provided by the Service Providers * Based on the projection of population from the ‘Report of the Technical Group on Population Projections for India and States 2011 – 2036’, which is available under the link https://main.mohfw.gov.in/sites/default/files/Population%20Projection%20Report%202011-2036%20-%20upload_compressed_0.pdf # VLR is acronym of Visitor Location Register. The dates of peak VLR for various TSPs are different in different service areas. Segment–wise Broadband Subscribers and Monthly Growth Rate in the month of August, 2024 Segment Broadband subscribers (in million) Monthly growth rate in the month of August, 2024 As on 31 st July 2024 As on 31 st August 2024 Wired subscribers 41.98 42.84 2.06% Fixed Wireless subscribers (Wi-Fi, Wi-Max, Point-to-Point Radio & VSAT) 0.83 0.91 9.39% Mobile devices users (Phones and dongles) 903.38 905.46 0.23% Total 946.19 949.21 0.32% As on 31 st August, 2024, top five Broadband (Wired+Wireless) Service providers S.No. Name of the Service Provider Subscriber base (In million) Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd 485.29 Bharti Airtel Ltd. 284.55 Vodafone Idea Ltd. 125.92 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. 36.20 Atria Convergence Technologies Limited 2.27 Market Share of Top Five Vs Total Broadband (Wired+Wireless) 98.42% Service Provider-wise Market Share of Broadband (wired + wireless) Services as on 31 st August, 2024 As on 31 st August, 2024, top five Wired Broadband Service providers S.No. Name of the Service Provider Subscriber base (In million) Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd 13.54 Bharti Airtel Ltd. 8.29 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. 4.20 Atria Convergence Technologies Limited 2.27 Kerala Vision Broadband Ltd. 1.20 Market Share of Top Five Vs Total Wired Broadband 68.83% As on 31 st August, 2024, top five Wireless Broadband Service providers S.No. Name of the Service Provider Subscriber base (In million) Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. 471.75 Bharti Airtel Ltd. 276.26 Vodafone Idea Ltd. 125.92 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. 32 Intech Online Pvt. Ltd. 0.25 Market Share of Top Five Vs Total Wireless Broadband 99.98% Access Service Provider-wise Market Share of Wireline Subscribers as on 31 st August, 2024 Access Service Provider-wise Net Addition/Decline in Wireline Subscribers during the month of August, 2024 • As on 31 st August, 2024, the private access service providers held 92% market share of the wireless subscribers whereas BSNL and MTNL, the two PSU access service providers, had a market share of only 8%. Access Service Provider-wise Market Shares in term of Wireless Subscribers as on 31 st August, 2024 Net Addition in Wireless Subscribers of Access Service Providers in the month of August, 2024 Growth in Wireless Subscribers Access Service Provider-wise Monthly Growth Rate of Wireless Subscribers in the month of August, 2024 Note: BSNL includes its Virtual Network Operator (VNO). Service Area-wise Monthly Growth Rate of Wireless Subscribers in the month of August, 2024 M2M cellular mobile connections Number of M2M cellular mobile connections increased from 53.67 million at the end of July, 24, to 54.07 million at the end of August, 24. Bharti Airtel Limited has the highest number of M2M cellular mobile connections 28.41 million with a market share of 52.54% followed by Vodafone idea Limited, Reliance Jio Infocom Limited and BSNL with market share of 27.18%, 14.72% and 5.56% respectively. Overall Tele-density (LSA Wise) – As on 31 st August, 2024 Notes: – Circle Category-wise Net Additions in Telephone Subscribers in the month of August, 2024 Circle Category Net additions in the month of August, 2024 Telephone Subscriber base as on 31 st August, 2024 Wireline segment Wireless segment Wireline segment Wireless segment Circle A 248906 -1132270 14055442 387651400 Circle B 243317 -2592258 9921102 472634280 Circle C 93194 -1677685 2982528 189340879 Metro 88943 -368915 9275383 114208245 All India 674360 -5771128 36234455 1163834804 Circle Category-wise monthly and yearly Growth Rates in Telephone Subscribers in the month of August, 2024 Circle Category Monthly growth rate (%) (July-24 to Augusgt-24) Yearly growth rate (%) (August-23 to August-24) Wireline Segment Wireless Segment Wireline Segment Wireless Segment Circle A 1.80% -0.29% 16.83% 0.74% Circle B 2.51% -0.55% 27.17% 1.50% Circle C 3.23% -0.88% 32.22% 2.22% Metro 0.97% -0.32% 6.75% 1.30% All India 1.90% -0.49% 17.73% 1.34% Note: Circle Category-Metro includes Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. Data for Chennai has been included in Circle Category-A, as part of TamilNadu. Access Service Provider-wise Percentage of VLR Subscribers in the month of August, 2024 Service Area wise percentage of VLR Subscribers in the month of August, 2024 Service Area Wise MNP Status Zone-I Zone–II Service Area Number of Porting Requests (in Million) Service Area Number of Porting Requests (in Million) Jul-24 Aug-24 Jul-24 Aug-24 Delhi 48.50 49.08 Andhra Pradesh 67.39 68.18 Gujarat 68.81 69.80 Assam 7.35 7.48 Haryana 31.98 32.42 Bihar 56.75 57.81 Himachal Pradesh 4.31 4.37 Karnataka 69.00 69.67 Jammu & Kashmir 2.71 2.79 Kerala 24.32 24.63 Maharashtra 82.76 83.95 Kolkata 18.63 18.86 Mumbai 34.08 34.35 Madhya Pradesh 78.58 79.85 Punjab 33.63 34.03 North East 2.34 2.37 Rajasthan 68.94 69.75 Odisha 17.82 18.05 U.P.(East) 96.80 98.73 Tamil Nadu 64.36 65.11 U.P.(West) 73.42 74.83 West Bengal 58.65 59.68 Total 545.93 554.09 Total 465.19 471.69 Total (Zone-I + Zone-II) 1,011.13 1,025.78 Net Addition ( August , 2024) 14.66 million Contact details in case of any clarification: – Shri Amit Sharma, Advisor (F&EA), Telecom Regulatory Authority of India World Trade Centre, Tower-F, Nauroji Nagar, New Delhi – 110029 Ph: 011-20907772 (Atul Kumar Chaudhary) E-mail: [email protected] Secretary, TRAI Note: Peak VLR figures in some circles of some of the service providers are more than their HLR figures due to a large number of inroamers. 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 provider’s 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 based on HLR and numbers available in VLR. The VLR subscriber data calculated here is based on active subscribers in VLR on the date of Peak subscriber number in 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. **** SB/DP Particulars Wireless Wireline Total (Wireless+ Wireline) Broadband Subscribers (Million) 906.37 42. 8 4 9 4 9.21 Urban Telephone Subscribers (Million) 633.21 33.37 666.58 Net Addition in August, 2024 (Million) -2.25 0.87 -1.38 Monthly Growth Rate -0.35% 2.68% -0.21% Rural Telephone Subscribers (Million) 530.63 2.86 533.49 Net Addition in August, 2024 (Million) -3.52 -0.20 -3.72 Monthly Growth Rate -0.66% -6.47% -0.69% Total Telephone Subscribers (Million) 1163.83 36.23 1200.07 Net Addition in August, 2024 (Million) -5.77 0.67 -5.10 Monthly Growth Rate -0.49% 1.90% -0.42% Overall Tele-density*(%) 82.85% 2.58% 85.43% Urban Tele-density*(%) 126.29% 6.66% 132.94% Rural Tele-density*(%) 58.74% 0.32% 59.05% Share of Urban Subscribers 54.41% 92.09% 55.54% Share of Rural Subscribers 45.59% 7.91% 44.46% ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Note: – Information in this Press Release is based on the data provided by the Service Providers * Based on the projection of population from the ‘Report of the Technical Group on Population Projections for India and States 2011 – 2036’, which is available under the link https://main.mohfw.gov.in/sites/default/files/Population%20Projection%20Report%202011-2036%20-%20upload_compressed_0.pdf # VLR is acronym of Visitor Location Register. The dates of peak VLR for various TSPs are different in different service areas. Segment–wise Broadband Subscribers and Monthly Growth Rate in the month of August, 2024 Segment Broadband subscribers (in million) Monthly growth rate in the month of August, 2024 As on 31 st July 2024 As on 31 st August 2024 Wired subscribers 41.98 42.84 2.06% Fixed Wireless subscribers (Wi-Fi, Wi-Max, Point-to-Point Radio & VSAT) 0.83 0.91 9.39% Mobile devices users (Phones and dongles) 903.38 905.46 0.23% Total 946.19 949.21 0.32% As on 31 st August, 2024, top five Broadband (Wired+Wireless) Service providers S.No. Name of the Service Provider Subscriber base (In million) Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd 485.29 Bharti Airtel Ltd. 284.55 Vodafone Idea Ltd. 125.92 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. 36.20 Atria Convergence Technologies Limited 2.27 Market Share of Top Five Vs Total Broadband (Wired+Wireless) 98.42% Service Provider-wise Market Share of Broadband (wired + wireless) Services as on 31 st August, 2024 As on 31 st August, 2024, top five Wired Broadband Service providers S.No. Name of the Service Provider Subscriber base (In million) Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd 13.54 Bharti Airtel Ltd. 8.29 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. 4.20 Atria Convergence Technologies Limited 2.27 Kerala Vision Broadband Ltd. 1.20 Market Share of Top Five Vs Total Wired Broadband 68.83% As on 31 st August, 2024, top five Wireless Broadband Service providers S.No. Name of the Service Provider Subscriber base (In million) Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. 471.75 Bharti Airtel Ltd. 276.26 Vodafone Idea Ltd. 125.92 Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. 32 Intech Online Pvt. Ltd. 0.25 Market Share of Top Five Vs Total Wireless Broadband 99.98% Access Service Provider-wise Market Share of Wireline Subscribers as on 31 st August, 2024 Access Service Provider-wise Net Addition/Decline in Wireline Subscribers during the month of August, 2024 • As on 31 st August, 2024, the private access service providers held 92% market share of the wireless subscribers whereas BSNL and MTNL, the two PSU access service providers, had a market share of only 8%. Access Service Provider-wise Market Shares in term of Wireless Subscribers as on 31 st August, 2024 Net Addition in Wireless Subscribers of Access Service Providers in the month of August, 2024 Growth in Wireless Subscribers Access Service Provider-wise Monthly Growth Rate of Wireless Subscribers in the month of August, 2024 Note: BSNL includes its Virtual Network Operator (VNO). Service Area-wise Monthly Growth Rate of Wireless Subscribers in the month of August, 2024 M2M cellular mobile connections Number of M2M cellular mobile connections increased from 53.67 million at the end of July, 24, to 54.07 million at the end of August, 24. Bharti Airtel Limited has the highest number of M2M cellular mobile connections 28.41 million with a market share of 52.54% followed by Vodafone idea Limited, Reliance Jio Infocom Limited and BSNL with market share of 27.18%, 14.72% and 5.56% respectively. Overall Tele-density (LSA Wise) – As on 31 st August, 2024 Notes: – Circle Category-wise Net Additions in Telephone Subscribers in the month of August, 2024 Circle Category Net additions in the month of August, 2024 Telephone Subscriber base as on 31 st August, 2024 Wireline segment Wireless segment Wireline segment Wireless segment Circle A 248906 -1132270 14055442 387651400 Circle B 243317 -2592258 9921102 472634280 Circle C 93194 -1677685 2982528 189340879 Metro 88943 -368915 9275383 114208245 All India 674360 -5771128 36234455 1163834804 Circle Category-wise monthly and yearly Growth Rates in Telephone Subscribers in the month of August, 2024 Circle Category Monthly growth rate (%) (July-24 to Augusgt-24) Yearly growth rate (%) (August-23 to August-24) Wireline Segment Wireless Segment Wireline Segment Wireless Segment Circle A 1.80% -0.29% 16.83% 0.74% Circle B 2.51% -0.55% 27.17% 1.50% Circle C 3.23% -0.88% 32.22% 2.22% Metro 0.97% -0.32% 6.75% 1.30% All India 1.90% -0.49% 17.73% 1.34% Note: Circle Category-Metro includes Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. Data for Chennai has been included in Circle Category-A, as part of TamilNadu. Access Service Provider-wise Percentage of VLR Subscribers in the month of August, 2024 Service Area wise percentage of VLR Subscribers in the month of August, 2024 Service Area Wise MNP Status Zone-I Zone–II Service Area Number of Porting Requests (in Million) Service Area Number of Porting Requests (in Million) Jul-24 Aug-24 Jul-24 Aug-24 Delhi 48.50 49.08 Andhra Pradesh 67.39 68.18 Gujarat 68.81 69.80 Assam 7.35 7.48 Haryana 31.98 32.42 Bihar 56.75 57.81 Himachal Pradesh 4.31 4.37 Karnataka 69.00 69.67 Jammu & Kashmir 2.71 2.79 Kerala 24.32 24.63 Maharashtra 82.76 83.95 Kolkata 18.63 18.86 Mumbai 34.08 34.35 Madhya Pradesh 78.58 79.85 Punjab 33.63 34.03 North East 2.34 2.37 Rajasthan 68.94 69.75 Odisha 17.82 18.05 U.P.(East) 96.80 98.73 Tamil Nadu 64.36 65.11 U.P.(West) 73.42 74.83 West Bengal 58.65 59.68 Total 545.93 554.09 Total 465.19 471.69 Total (Zone-I + Zone-II) 1,011.13 1,025.78 Net Addition ( August , 2024) 14.66 million Contact details in case of any clarification: – Shri Amit Sharma, Advisor (F&EA), Telecom Regulatory Authority of India World Trade Centre, Tower-F, Nauroji Nagar, New Delhi – 110029 Ph: 011-20907772 (Atul Kumar Chaudhary) E-mail: [email protected] Secretary, TRAI Note: Peak VLR figures in some circles of some of the service providers are more than their HLR figures due to a large number of inroamers. 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 provider’s 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 based on HLR and numbers available in VLR. The VLR subscriber data calculated here is based on active subscribers in VLR on the date of Peak subscriber number in 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. **** SB/DP