India Telecoms Update - Feb10

Source : TRAI

• Total telephony subscription reached 600.7 Mn translating to overall teledensity of 51.1%

• With 18.8 Mn adds during the month, wireless subscriptions reached 563.7 Mn

• Share of monthly wireless subscriptions (top 5) - Vodafone (16.5%), Bharti airtel (15.5%), Tata (15.2%), Reliance (15%) & Aircel (9.7%)
• Wireless subscriptions market share (end Feb) (top 5) - Bharti Airtel (22.1%, 125 Mn), Reliance (17.6%, 99 Mn), Vodafone (17.3%, 97 Mn), BSNL (11.5%, 67 Mn) & Tata (11.2%, 66 Mn)
• Category B circles accounted for 44% of subs followed by Cat. A (30%),  Cat. C (17%) and Metros (9%)

• Wireline subscriptions declined marginally to 37.0 Mn

• Broadband subscriptions grew by 0.6 Mn to 8.6 Mn