TRAI Releases New Telecom Subscription Data as on 31st of October 2024: Check Out the Top Gainers and Losers
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India or TRAI as commonly called, has released a new telecom subscription data as per on 31st of October 2024. The report paves way into the additions and declines of subscriber base in various segments, as well as the top gainers and losers of the respective segments.
Read more about it below.
Telecom Subscription Data – Key Gainers and Losers in Terms of Customer Base
As per the data released by TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India), notably as of on the 31st of October 2024, the total broadband subscribers and total telephone subscribers amounts to 941.47 million and 1188.20 million respectively. Speaking more, 13.45 million subscribers submitted requests for MNP (Mobile Number Portability), bringing the cumulative MNP requests from 1039.11 million as on September 2024, to 1052.56 million as on 31st October 2024. To add, the number of active wireless subscribers in October 2024 is also reportedly 1066.67 million.
So who all are the key gainers and losers in terms of customer base?
Broadband Subscribers
Based on the data from 1175 operators in October 2024, the total broadband subscribers at the end of October 2024 is 941.47 million. This is a 0.31% monthly decline from the 944.40 million subscribers at the end of September 2024.
The top five wired service providers are Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. (14.79 million), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (8.91 million), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (4.22 million), Atria Convergence Technologies Ltd. (2.27 million), and Kerala Vision Broadband Ltd. (1.24 million).
In the wireless broadband service providers list, Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. (460.02 million), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (278.76 million), Vodafone Idea Ltd. (125.43 million), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (32.15 million), and Intech Online Pvt. Ltd. (0.25 million) are on the top five list.
In total, wired + wireless, Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. (474.81 million), Bharti Airtel Ltd. (287.67 million), Vodafone Idea Ltd. (125.43 million), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (36.38 million), and Atria Convergence Technologies Ltd. (2.27 million) have acquired top five positions.
Wireline Subscribers
From 36.93 million of September 2024, at the end of October 2024, wireline subscribers have increased to 37.79 million. This is a 2.31% monthly growth rate with 0.85 million added user base.
Based on the data of access service provider-wise net addition or decline in wireline subscribers during the month of October 2024, Reliance Jio received 6,85,337 more subscribers, Bharti Airtel received 2,20,002 more subscribers, Tata Tele. received 10,415 more subscribers, VMIPL received 1,001 more subscribers, Quadrant received 247 more subscribers, Reliance Com. lost 513 subscribers, APSFL lost 1,398 subscribers, MTNL lost 8,792 subscribers, Vodafone Idea lost 16,675 subscribers, and BSNL lost 35,953 subscribers.
Wireless Subscribers
The total number of wireless subscribers decreased monthly by 0.29%, from 1,153.72 million of September 2024 to 1,150.42 million at the end of October 2024.
About the net addition in wireless subscribers of access service providers in October 2024, Bharti Airtel received 19,28,263 more subscribers (0.50% growth), BSNL received 5,03,371 more subscribers (0.55% growth), MTNL lost 2,273 subscribers (0.12% loss), Vodafone Idea lost 19,77,162 subscribers (0.93% loss), and Reliance Jio lost 37,60,863 subscribers (0.81% loss).
M2M Cellular Mobile Connections
The M2M cellular mobile connections increased from 54.64 million of September 2024 to 56.12 million at the end of October 2024.
Bharti Airtel Ltd. reportedly has the highest number of M2M cellular mobile connections of 29.08 million (51.82% market), followed by Vodafone Idea Ltd. (26.75% market share), Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. (15.95% market share), and BSNL (5.48% market share).
Total Telephone Subscribers
The total number of telephone subscribers decreased from 1,190.66 million of September 2024 to 1,188.20 million at the end of October 2024, marking a 0.21% monthly decline.
Active Wireless Subscribers (VLR Data)
Of the 1,150.42 million wireless subscribers, it has been noted that 1066.77 million wireless subscribers were active on the date of peak VLR in October 2024 (92.73% in proportion). Bharti Airtel Ltd. has the highest proportion (99.48%) and MTNL the lowest (26.84%).
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