India Telecoms Nov09

• Total telephone subscriber base reaches 543.2 million taking overall tele-density to 46.3%  end Nov09
  
• Wireline subscription declines by 0.1 mn to 37.2 million at the end of Nov09
  
• Wireless subscription reaches 506 million taking wireless teledensity to 43.2% by end Nov09
• 17.7 million new wireless additions in Nov09 
  
• Top 5 providers by adds - Tata (3.3 mn), Bharti Airtel (2.8 mn), Vodafone (2.78 mn), Reliance (2.7 mn), Idea (2.6 mn)
• Circle-wise - Metros (12%) Cat A (30%), Cat B (45%), Cat C (14%)
  
• Wireline subscription declines by 0.1 million in Nov09
• Broadband subscription (>256 kbps) reaches 7.6 million end Nov09
• Plans to introduce MNP from the beginning of 2010 have suffered a late setback with it not looking possible before April 2010
  

Table 1: India's Mobile Operators by Subscribers, November 2009

	October 2009	November 2009	Additions during November
Bharti Airtel	113.2 million	116 million	2.8 million
Reliance Communications	88.2 million	91 million	2.8 million
Vodafone Essar	85.8 million	88.6 million	2.8 million
BSNL	59.4 million	60.8 million	1.4 million
Idea Cellular	53.4 million	55.9 million	2.5 million
Tata Teleservices	50.7 million	54 million	3.3 million
Aircel	27.7 million	29.4 million	1.7 million
MTNL	4.74 million	4.82 million	0.08 million
Loop Telecom	2.55 million	2.6 million	0.05 million
Sistema Shyam	2.3 million	2.65 million	0.35 million
HFCL Infotel	0.37 million	0.34 million	(0.03 million)
Total mobile lines activated	488.4 million	506 million	17.6 million
Source: TRAI