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India’s mobile subscriber base (GSM and CDMA) decreased from 934.09 million in June 2012 to 913.49 million at the end of July 2012, registering a monthly negative growth of -2.21%.
This the first ever decline in the country in terms of mobile users and it is due to large scale disconnections of non-active subscribers by some operators like Reliance, Tata Docomo and MTNL.
The biggest loss in user base came from Reliance Communications (Rcom – Reliance Mobile CDMA and GSM) that lost 20.48 million mobile users, followed by Tata Docomo, Uninor, Videocon, Loop and MTNL. Reliance and MTNL deactivating the inactive prepaid subscribers who have not had any usage in the last 60 to 180 days.
Tata Docomo (TTL) lost over 2.4 million wireless customers, Uninor lost over 1 million subscribers, Videocon 0.41 million, Loop Mobile (Mumbai) and MTNL (Mumbai and Delhi) each lost around 0.15 million subscribers in July 2012.
India’s largest mobile service provider Airtel added over 1.5 million new customers, taking its total subscriber base to over 188 million. While Vodafone India has added over 1.2 million users and its total subscriber base is now over 154 million. Idea Cellular, Aircel, MTS India and Videocon Punjab (HFCL) added 0.45 million, 0.28 million, 0.16 milion, and 23,000 new users respectively in July. National telecom back bone Bharat Sanchar Nigma Ltd (BSNL) added 0.47 million GSM subscribers in July 2012.
Active Mobile Subscribers : Out of the total 913.49 million mobile subscribers, only 698.06 million were active on the date of Peak VLR for the month of July 2012. The proportion of VLR subscribers is approximately 76.42% of the total wireless subscriber base reported by the service providers.
Circle-wise Active Mobile Users : Jammu & Kashmir has the highest proportion of VLR subscribers (active mobile subscribers) with 83.72% followed by Maharshtra (82.31%) and Madhya Pradesh (81.78%); Tamil Nadu has the lowest proportion with 67.82%. Service Provider wise, Idea leads the tally with 92.80% followed by Bharti (90.46%).
ved September 11, 2012 at 6:04 pm
No USSD is working properly on Reliance *333#,*367#,*777# nothing is working ,Good Reliance keep it up and even 3G is 3rd class only 8KBps….dont ask for 2G its irritating only 1-2KBps …Airtel is best and remain best ….
ved September 11, 2012 at 6:04 pm
No USSD is working properly on Reliance *333#,*367#,*777# nothing is working ,Good Reliance keep it up and even 3G is 3rd class only 8KBps….dont ask for 2G its irritating only 1-2KBps …
Nirmal September 10, 2012 at 4:37 pm
@ Sayan Chattopadhyay
Yes, u r right. even this number is nothing. it should be double. Because they keeping on charging for VAS without informing us and after launching complaint for the same, the cc guys say that we received sms from your side. every rcom customer is fed up of this problem. one can use their services by activating the scheme instead of keeping their money in main balance.
Gowrishankar September 10, 2012 at 11:55 am
@ Saurabh
please tell how to find the subscriber base in each state brother
Saurabh September 10, 2012 at 9:49 am
If Airtel de-activates their unused numbers in Haryana, their current subscriber base which stands at 2.5 million here will fall to 1.4 million only. Ask people of Haryana a question that, Which is the worst operator here or you ever used? The answer will be loud and clear- Airtel followed by BSNL(in 50 area where they are operating on 1800MHz). BSNL has spectrum in both 900/1800 bands in almost all circles. In Haryana they have 6.2MHz in 900MHz which is being used to cover cities and 3.8MHz in 1800MHz which is being used in towns. Unfortunately, the equipment installed in our town is also operating on 1800MHz resulting in poor quality of network. But in cities, you can have more subscribers on BSNL.
Mobile Subscriber Base in Haryana (As on July 31st,2012)-
1. Vodafone- 4,553,532
2. Idea- 3,861,911
3. BSNL- 2,979,948
4. Tata Docomo (GSM+CDMA)- 2,810,070
5. Reliance (GSM+CDMA)- 2,739,042
6. Airtel- 2,526,679
7. Videocon- 949,998
8. Aircel- 646,027
9. MTS CDMA- 236,429
Vodafone and Idea are ruling here due to 900MHz band followed by BSNL who is at third spot.
abhijith September 9, 2012 at 9:54 pm
@sachin
go to tvm thampanOr you can buy free sim of every operator . . Except Bsnl . .
sunny September 9, 2012 at 4:16 pm
ur own area can not represnt the whole country.
its well known to everyone ,no need to argue@sachin
Sayan Chattopadhyay September 9, 2012 at 1:34 pm
reliance,the chor no.1 lost 2mn customers!!!!!!!!!!! wowwwwww gr8!!!!!!!
Ganesh Srinivasan September 9, 2012 at 5:55 am
It is a good move by Reliance and others so that they can focus on real users who contribute to their business
Airtel deactivates on a regular basis – though many complain why only Airtel is doing it and not others like Reliance – it is required to be done and I am happy that operators are doing it now
In my case I had allowed SIM cards from Docomo and BSNL to be deactivated – had them primarily for data – now I am happy going with Aircel and Airtel for both voice and data
Kudos to Reliance and other operators – hope they would be doing it regularly like Airtel
sachin September 8, 2012 at 11:56 pm
dont say such stupid things dear sunny,in my area only uninor is giving away such sims all others are very strict .bsnl too have given away free sims with 100 talk time in kerala and i think they are still giving it@sunny
sunny September 8, 2012 at 11:44 pm
as u sow so shall u reap , if u r giving sim without any id or proof and loss making strategy only to capture market then what could u expect more than loss .this way u can never run a business for a long time. thats why i say use BSNL and be happy.u will see some more changes in telecom sector after 2g auction.
amit September 8, 2012 at 11:18 pm
now they are at number 3 slot. but last few months i can see some improved service from RGSM. the 2G and 3G service is really good.
mahaveer September 8, 2012 at 11:16 pm
@ Ashish
Not lost.. Juz deactivated d inactive subscribers..
amit September 8, 2012 at 11:15 pm
now they are at number 3 slot. but last few months i can see some improved service from RGSM. there 3G and 2G service is really good now a days. its very good for skypay calls.
amit September 8, 2012 at 11:11 pm
its time for other operators to show the truth!! as airtel and vodafone also got huge number of deactivated numbers!!
Ashish September 8, 2012 at 10:57 pm
oh my god reliance losts 2 crore subscriber………
vinay September 8, 2012 at 10:56 pm
only 798 out of 918 r active ie 1 out of 4 no. is dead in july 2012. primarily due to offer sims available. problem is not with the offer but the operators dont gv proper services so as to get continuation of their customers even after offer service.
agent vinod September 8, 2012 at 10:42 pm
yep. they all are experimental mobile users i used to change my primary sim card just to get satisfy . but i think docomo is best if you are not out going then docomo is good airtel and vodafone are so expensive and useless . now im going to try internet on my reliance
Asit Paul September 8, 2012 at 10:21 pm
Many of my friends including me using new sim for attractive FRC benefits. After offer period, we simply discard those SIMs and back to our primary number.
Thats the fact!
ved September 8, 2012 at 9:49 pm
still my Reliance is active i didnt used it from last 6 months…
raj September 8, 2012 at 9:18 pm
hello they is no loss people buy extra connection for new offer & after that offer is completed they dont use that sim & back to they main mobile number
so they is no loss for any brand . coming to act of connection trai should have a system that per person 2 line can be act of any service provider. more then 2 line found by the user need to be block , then u can talk about loss
Amit Deb Biswas September 8, 2012 at 9:17 pm
if reliance lost 20m subscriber then vodafone is now no.2 operator in india!!!
akhilesh September 8, 2012 at 9:16 pm
Reliance company giving many services & product
its not only Depend on Mobile
So its don’t care its mobile services
Reliance investing money more much than other opraters..
but after it they do’t care about it
so result is lossing its custmare’s