Jan 2 (Reuters) - India's mobile phone customer base rose
0.06 percent, or a net 0.72 million, to 1.17 billion in October,
data released by the country's telecom regulator showed on
Wednesday.
Following is a table of mobile phone subscriptions in India,
the world's second-biggest wireless market by number of users,
as of Oct. 31, released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of
India.
COMPANY CHANGE (MLN) TOTAL USERS (MLN)
Bharti Airtel -1.9 341.7
Vodafone Idea -7.4 427.6
Reliance Jio 10.5 262.8
Bharat Sanchar Nigam 0.4 113.4
Reliance Communications -0.004 0.02
Tata Teleservices -0.9 21.1
MTNL -0.008 3.5
NOTE:
* Active mobile subscribers in October were 1.02 billion
* Mobile connections per 100 people, or the tele-density of
wireless subscribers, were 89.48 as of Oct 31. Mobile
tele-density in urban areas was 156.12 compared with 58.48 in
rural areas.
* In October, 3.22 million mobile subscribers opted to
change their service providers through mobile number
portability. India is divided into 22 telecommunications service
zones.
* Total broadband connections were 496.12 million, as of
end-October. There were 478.02 million broadband users through
mobile phones and dongles, while 18.10 million were using
broadband through wirelines. Internet connections with a minimum
download speed of 512 Kbps are considered as broadband in India.
* The number of fixed-phone line subscribers dropped to
22.02 million by end-October from 22.11 million at the end of
September.
* Including fixed-phone lines, India had 1.19 billion phone
users as of Dec 31, or a total tele-density of 91.17.
Source text: bit.ly/2BTr5Ow
(Compiled by Arnab Paul in BENGALURU; Editing by Rashmi Aich)
