Airtel Is Witnessing a Steady Growth in Wireless and Wired Subscriber Base: TRAI Data

Airtel Is Witnessing a Steady Growth in Wireless and Wired Subscriber Base: TRAI Data

Bharti Airtel has been very aggressive in announcing 5G services and the same time, leading the Industry to correct the unsustainable tariffs induced by competition in the market. At this juncture, we know telecom enthusiasts would be curious to understand the subscriber scenario and the associated aspects of the telco. Thankfully, TRAI has released the Telecom Subscription Data for September 2022, and let’s now look into the wireless and wired subscriber metrics concerning Bharti Airtel.

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To make it easy, we have mapped the cities and airports where Airtel 5G is announced against the respective circles’ wireless subscriber base and added comments

Wireless Subscriber Data for the Last 3 Months

Sl. NoCircleJul 2022Aug 2022Sep 2022VLR (%)5G AnnouncementsComment
1Andhra Pradesh & Telangana31662370316935153177435099.03HyderabadContinuous subscriber addition.
2Assam1,02,67,3971,03,50,5891,04,38,12499.2GuwahatiContinuous subscriber addition.
3Bihar3,88,16,3333,91,54,6213,93,67,22391.17
4Delhi163042841635887816438020102.66YesContinuous subscriber addition.
5Gujarat115031481137145111252833107.85
6Haryana624068362814896314298106.26Panipat, GurugramRecently Tariff Hiked Circle. Subscriber Growth is recorded.
7Himachal Pradesh332050533513753368664102.22
8J & K58352595848363587031892.5
9Karnataka30818598308828623092083996.37Bengaluru, Kempegowda International AirportContinuous subscriber addition.
10Kerala782736578083807821693103.97
11Kolkata57075785682836568724196.42
12Madhya Pradesh15341652153446211534253797.48
13Maharashtra204418672043891520547335106.22Nagpur, Pune AirportGained subscribers in Sept.
14Mumbai93729239359238939093593.69YesGained subscribers in Sept.
15North East574482257498875780529105.01
16Odisha11214048112349511130218898.04Recently Tariff Hiked Circle. A good subscriber growth is recorded.
17Punjab11993803120271931205357299.68
18Rajasthan22039493221599782211158799.31
19Tamil Nadu271389322708205427160209100.65ChennaiGained subscribers in Sept.
20U.P.(E)36775541365080803616440796.88Varanasi, Lal Bahadur Shastri International AirportLosing Subscribers.
21U.P.(W )187753621875885718692418100.01
22West Bengal16339802163598371642141794.38SiliguriContinuous subscriber addition.
23Total36348176536380797036422073798.56Industry Highest VLR.
24Net Addition513472326205412767Overall continuous subscriber addition.

Bharti Airtel holds 31.80 % market share in terms of Wireless subscribers as on September 30, 2022. The telco witnessed a monthly growth of 0.11% in wireless subscribers, and with highest VLR of 98.56% recorded for the same month.