Tuesday, April 24, 2007

India's telecom base: 150m wireless and 2m broadband users

Some quick numbers from TRAI:

  • At the end of 2006, India had 190 million wireless+wireline subscribers and it was adding 20 million subscribers every quarter. (11.7% growth Q on Q).
  • In that quarter, wireless subscribers grew from 130 m to 150m. Wireline subscribers declined from 40.5 m to 40.3 m.
  • ARPU (average revenue per user) per month was down to INR 316 ($7.5) declining 6.2% QonQ.
  • Internet subscribers grew to 8.5m (5.9% growth Q on Q). Broadband subscribers constituted 2.0m out of that (growth of 11.2% Q on Q)

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