BSNL achieved a new milestone in SIM sales, activated 17.5 lakhs of new mobile connections during December 2015

PAN India 3G Service provider, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has achieved a new milestone in SIM sales during December 2015. As per the latest information, BSNL's PAN India gross SIM sales reached the all time highest figure of 17.5 lakhs which is 87.59% of the monthly target set for December 2015.

The best performers in SIM sales were - Jharkhand, North East - I, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra telecom circles and Chennai & Kolkata telecom districts. BSNL achieved more than 87% of the target set for SIM sales in December 2015. All telecom circles performed well except West Bengal and Jammu & Kashmir whose achievement is less than 50% of assigned target.

BSNL already launched lucrative MNP incentive scheme for its channel partners like Retailers, Direct Selling Agents (DSAs), and Rural Distributors (RDs) which is available up to 31st January 2016.

Monthly SIM sales across BSNL Telecom Circles from August 2015 to December 2015
Zone	Circle	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	% Incr / Decr wrt Nov
East	Andaman &  Nicobar	4,803	4,708	4,294	4,011	3,755	-6.82
	Assam	16,639	27,931	24,307	20,547	23,927	+16.45
	Bihar	64,616	62,307	44,702	45,147	71,432	+58.22
	Jharkhand	14,898	15,572	12,374	13,116	24,185	+84.39
	Kolkata	8,513	6,515	5,346	6,363	9,978	+56.81
	North  East I	9,493	8,960	9,564	13,073	21,153	+61.81
	North  East II	19,112	12,706	11,396	13,605	18,783	+38.06
	Orissa	93,704	92,668	1,14,960	76,087	1,00,149	+31.62
	West  Bengal	16,218	17,345	12,718	12,311	13,887	+12.80
North	Punjab	56,205	53,175	49,617	46,776	57,890	+23.76
	Haryana	81,657	67,276	59,342	47,929	64,766	+35.13
	Himancal  Pradesh	29,962	27,737	23,346	24,486	34,682	+41.64
	Rajasthan	62,810	62,232	57,581	55,235	91,467	+65.60
	Jammu &  Kashmir	18,152	14,057	11,898	9,308	12,135	+30.37
	Uttar  Pradesh (W)	84,566	75,199	72,915	67,380	87,174	+29.38
	Uttar  Pradesh (E)	1,82,180	1,61,345	1,42,945	1,36,202	1,86,244	+36.74
	Uttrakhand	21,161	18,360	18,102	15,818	17,767	+12.32
South	Andhra  Pradesh	1,61,747	1,20,568	1,25,799	1,28,573	1,40,957	+9.63
	Chennai	10,576	10,307	12,471	9,197	18,615	+102.40
	Tamil Nadu	1,16,037	1,20,921	1,52,794	1,16,930	1,82,737	+56.28
	Kerala	95,667	1,05,218	98,734	88,713	1,06,858	+20.45
	Karnataka	74,634	75,942	69,595	93,260	95,144	+2.02
West	Gujarat	57,264	55,541	55,791	56,572	78,720	+39.15
	Maharashtra	76,855	72,603	92,978	1,11,049	1,86,142	+67.62
	Madhya  Pradesh	66,747	90,573	60,989	53,831	78,258	+45.38
	Chhattisgarh	30,008	28,876	25,601	22,797	29,385	+28.90
Grand Total		14,74,224	14,08,642	13,66,199	12,88,343	17,56,190	+36.31

BSNL SIM sales in Chennai Telecom District has just doubled (increase of 102.4%) in December 2015 as compared to November 2015. This may be because of the outstanding service provided by BSNL during the recent Chennai Floods. As compared to November 2015, all BSNL telecom circles achieved positive growth except Andaman & Nicobar (-6.82%).

BSNL started showing positive signs of revival form June 2015 on wards, after the launch of Free All India Roaming Scheme for its Prepaid and Postpaid Mobile customers. As compared to May 2015, BSNL witnessed a sharp increase of 34% in the gross SIM sales in June 2015. In July 2015, BSNL's gross SIM sales further increased to 16.1 lakhs.

Read More: More than 85 percent increase in gross SIM sales of BSNL in July 2015, Free All India Roaming and 3G Data Offers getting overwhelming response from customers across India

The latest TRAI Report revealed that, BSNL's market share in wireless segment has just started to increase from October 2015. BSNL is continuously maintaining its position in the Top Five in net addition of wireless subscribers as well as in the monthly growth rate.

Read More: TRAI Report Card October 2015: 'BSNL in the Top Five' in monthly growth rate and net addition of wireless subscribers

BSNL achieved an operating profit of Rs 672 crore in the FY 2014-15, and expects it to reach Rs 1000 crore by the end of the current fiscal year.

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