The average revenue per user (ARPU) for GSM service providers has declined by 12.4 per cent to Rs 144 in quarter ending December, 2009 from Rs 164 in the September quarter.
ARPU for CDMA players declined by 7 per cent to Rs 82 in quarter ended December, 2009 from Rs 89 in quarter ended September, according to figures released by telecom regulator TRAI.
Minutes of Usage (MoU) per subscriber for GSM mobile services declined by 2.82 per cent, from 423 in September quarter to 411 in December quarter, 2009.
However, there was an increase in MoU per subscriber for CDMA mobile services of 3.2 per cent from 308 in September quarter to 318 in December quarter, 2009.
The number of telephone subscribers in India increased from 509.03 million at the end of September 2009 to 562.16 million at the end of December, 2009, registering a growth of 10.4 per cent. The overall teledensity in India has reached 47.88 as on December 31, 2009.
