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    TRAI Report Card August 2016: BSNL emerged as the fourth largest mobile operator in India, beats all private operators in growth rate and in net subscriber addition

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    Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released the latest telecom subscription data as on 31st August 2016. State run telecom major, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) emerged as the fourth largest mobile operator in the country with a market share of 8.98%.

    TRAI Report Card August 2016: BSNL emerged as the fourth largest mobile operator in India, beating all private operators in growth rate and in net subscriber addition

    BSNL became the No.1 operator in monthly growth rate and in net addition of new customers in August 2016 beating all major private operators like – Airtel, Vodafone and Idea. As per the latest report, BSNL added more than 16.46 lakh new mobile customers and thereby increasing its market share from 8.77% to 8.98%.


    BSNL achieved an outstanding monthly growth rate of 1.82% while the industry average is -0.52%. As we reported earlier, BSNL became the fifth largest mobile services company in the country in June 2016. The performance of BSNL in wireless subscriber addition and monthly growth rate is continuously increasing from July 2015 on wards – after the launch of FREE All India Roaming Scheme.

    BSNL’s Performance in Wireless Subscriber Addition

    Month & Year
    Net Addition of Wireless Subscribers by BSNL
    Monthly Growth Rate of BSNL
    Market Share of BSNL
    July 2015
    4.8 lakhs
    0.62%
    7.92%
    August 2015
    8.1 lakhs
    1.04%
    7.95%
    September 2015
    10.8 lakhs
    1.33%
    8.00%
    October 2015
    7.27 lakhs
    0.91%
    8.01%
    November 2015
    9.3 lakhs
    1.16%
    8.06%
    December 2015
    11.5 lakhs
    1.41%
    8.16%
    January 2016
    9.3 lakhs
    1.12%
    8.20%
    February 2016
    13.9 lakhs
    1.67%
    8.26%
    March 2016
    15.19 lakhs
    1.79%
    8.35%
    April 2016
    11.39 lakhs
    1.32%
    8.46%
    May 2016
    7.54 lakhs
    0.86%
    8.54%
    June 201613.03 lakhs1.48%8.65%
    July 201611.74 lakhs1.31%8.77%
    August 201616.46 lakhs1.82%8.98%

    TRAI Report Card August 2016: BSNL emerged as the fourth largest mobile operator in India, beating all private operators in growth rate and in net subscriber addition

    As on 31st August 2016, the private access service providers held 90.67% market share of the wireless subscribers whereas BSNL and MTNL, the two PSUs access service providers, held only 9.33% market share.

    TRAI Report Card August 2016: BSNL emerged as the fourth largest mobile operator in India, beating all private operators in growth rate and in net subscriber addition

    The total number of telephone subscribers in India declined from 1058.85 million at the end of July 2016 to 1053.40 million at the end of August 2016, thereby showing a monthly growth rate of -0.52%.

    TRAI Report Card August 2016: BSNL emerged as the fourth largest mobile operator in India, beating all private operators in growth rate and in net subscriber addition

    Total wireless subscriber base declined from 1034.23 million at the end of July 2016 to 1028.88 million at the end of August 2016, thereby registering a monthly growth rate of  -0.52%.



    Among BSNL units, all telecom circles achieved positive growth except Andhra Pradesh (-6,297) and  Karnataka (-66,158) in wireless subscriber addition July 2016. The best performers are : UP East (+3,54,317), Haryana (+2,85835), UP West (+1,60,581), Rajasthan (+1,51,572), Kerala (+1,47,857), and Punjab (+1,05,828).

    BSNL holds the No.1 position in Landline segment with 56.80% market share. Airtel holds the No.1 position in Broadband segment (Wired + Wireless) position with 26.41% market share and Vodafone at second position with 20.39% market share as on 31st August 2016.

    TRAI Report Card August 2016: BSNL emerged as the fourth largest mobile operator in India, beating all private operators in growth rate and in net subscriber addition
    The total number of broadband subscribers in India, increased from 166.96 million at the end of July 2016 to 171.71 million at the end of August 2016 with monthly growth rate of 2.84%.

    TRAI Report Card August 2016: BSNL emerged as the fourth largest mobile operator in India, beating all private operators in growth rate and in net subscriber addition
    Top Five service providers constituted 85.16% market share of total broadband subscribers at the end of August 2016. These service providers were Bharti Airtel (45.35 million), Vodafone (35.01 million), Idea Cellular Ltd (29.58 million), BSNL (21.04 million) and Reliance Communications Group (15.24 million).


    In Wired Broadband segment, BSNL holds the No.1 position with 9.84 million customers, followed by Bharati Airtel with 1.91 million customers.
     

    Top Five Wired Broadband Service providers as on 31st July 2016

    1.   BSNL (9.84 million)
    2.   Bharti Airtel (1.91 million)
    3.   Atria Convergence Technologies (1.09 million)
    4.   MTNL (1.07 million) 
    5.   YOU Broadband (0.57 million)

    Top Five Wireless Broadband Service providers as on 31st July 2016

    1.   Bharti Airtel (43.44 million)
    2.   Vodafone (35.00 million)
    3.   Idea Cellular (29.58 million)
    4.   Reliance Communications (15.13 million)
    5.   BSNL (11.20 million)

    Mobile Number Portability (MNP)

    In the month of August 2016, a total of 5.13 million subscribers submitted their requests for MNP. With this, the cumulative MNP requests increased from 229.34 million at the end of July 2016 to 234.47 million at the end of August 2016.

    Read More: BSNL’s sim sales crossed 2 million mark in October 2016, focused on increasing mobile data revenue

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    Tele Kerala is the Chief Editor of KeralaTelecom.Info. He is having more than 13 years of experience in Indian telecom field. He is always interested in learning latest trends and developments in telecommunication sector.

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