According to new figures released by Trai for January-March quarter the telephone user base in the country has shown negative growth if compared to the same quarter of last year.

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The number of telephone subscribers in India increased from 895.51 million at the end of Dec-12 to 898.02 million at the end of Mar-13, registering a growth of 0.28% over the previous quarter Dec-12.

But this reflects year-on-year (Y-O-Y) negative growth of 5.61% over the same quarter of last year. The overall Tele-density in India slightly declined from 73.34 as on 31st December, 2012 to 73.32 as on 31st March, 2013.

Subscription in Urban Areas decreased from 556.96 million at the end of Dec-12 to 548.80 million at the end of Mar-13, and Urban Teledensity declined from 149.90 to 146.96. Whereas, Rural subscription increased from 338.54 million to 349.22 million, and Rural Teledensity increased from 39.85 to 41.02. Share of subscription Page 3 of 10  in Rural areas out of total subscription increased from 37.80% at the end of Dec-12 to 38.89% at the end of Mar-13.

The same is true about the mobile subscriber base. With a net addition of 3.08 million subscribers during the quarter, total wireless (GSM+CDMA) subscriber base registered a growth of 0.36% over the previous quarter and subscriber base increased from 864.72 million at the end of Dec-12 to 867.80 million at the end of Mar-13.

But here again the year-on-year (Y-O-Y) negative growth rate of Wireless subscribers for Mar-13 is 5.59%. Wireless Teledensity slightly increased from 70.82 at the end of Dec-12 to 70.85 at the end of Mar-13.

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Wireline subscriber base further declined from 30.79 million at the end of Dec-12 to 30.21 million at the end of Mar-13, bringing down the wireline Teledensity from 2.52 at the end of Dec-12 to 2.47 at the end of Mar-13.

Number of subscribers who accessed internet through wireless phone is 143.20 million in Mar-13. 6. Internet subscribers (other than subscribers who accessed internet by wireless phones) increased from 21.57 million at the end of Dec-12 to 21.61 million at the end of Mar-13, registering a quarterly growth rate of 0.16%.

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Number of Broadband subscribers (other than subscribers who accessed internet by wireless phones) increased from 14.98 million at the end of Dec-12 to 15.05 million at the end of Mar-13, registering a quarterly growth of 0.45% and Y-O-Y growth of 8.98%.

Number of Narrowband subscribers (other than subscribers who accessed internet by wireless phones) decreased from 6.59 million at the end of Dec-12 to 6.56 million at the end of Mar-13, registering a quarterly decrease of 0.5% Composition of internet subscri

Monthly Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) for GSM service increased by 6.99%, from `98 in QE Dec-12 to `105 in QE Mar-13, with Y-O-Y increase of 7.84%. 10.

On an all India average, the overall MOU per subscriber per month for GSM service increased by 6.28% from 360 in QE Dec-12 to 383 in QE Mar-13. Prepaid MOU per subscriber increased by 6.62% (from 339 to 361), while postpaid MOUs decreased by 0.76% (from 953 to 946) 11. Monthly ARPU for CDMA – full mobility service increased by 19.13%, from `80 in QE Dec-12 to `95 in QE Mar-13. ARPU for CDMA has increased by 26.51% on Y-O-Y basis in this quarter.

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