India's mobile phone customer base rises 0.21% to 2.4 million in September

India's mobile phone customer base rose 0.21 per cent, or a net 2.4 million, to 1.17 billion in September from the preceding month, data released by the country's telecoms 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 Sept. 30.

 

COMPANY                                             CHANGE (million)                           TOTAL USERS (million) 

Bharti Airtel                                                   -2.4                                                  343.5 

Vodafone India                                             - 2.6                                                  221.9 

Idea Cellular                                                  -4.1                                                 213.1 

Reliance Jio                                                  13.0                                                  252.3 

Bharat Sanchar Nigam                                  -0.5                                                   113.0 

Reliance Communications                             -0.02                                                  0.03 

Tata Teleservices                                           -1.0                                                    22.0 

MTNL                                                             -0.009                                                  3.5

NOTE:

* Active mobile phone subscribers in September were 1.01 billion

* Mobile connections per 100 people, or the tele-density of wireless subscribers, were 89.51, as of Sept. 30. Mobile tele-density in urban areas was 156.23 compared with 58.49 in rural areas.

* In September, 5.03 million mobile phone subscribers opted to change their service providers through mobile number portability. India is divided into 22 telecommunications service zones.

* Total broadband connections were 481.70 million, as of end-September. There were 463.71 million broadband users through mobile phones and dongles, while 17.99 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 22.11 million by end-September from 22.19 million at the end of August.

* Including fixed-phone lines, India had 1.19 billion phone users, as of Sept. 31, or a total tele-density of 91.20.

* Reliance Communications shut down its consumer mobile business late last year and has agreed to sell wireless assets to Reliance Jio.

* Bharti Airtel has acquired Telenor's India unit and Tata Teleservices' consumer mobile business.

* Idea Cellular Ltd and Vodafone Plc completed the merger of their India operations on Aug. 31.

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