For immediate release (Press Release No.16/2021) Information Note to the Press

TELECOM REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF INDIA New Delhi, 17th March, 2021

(www.trai.gov.in)

Highlights of Telecom Subscription Data as on 31st January, 2021 Total

Particulars Wireless Wireline (Wireless+ Wirelinel

Total Telephone Subscribers (Million) 1163.41 20.08 1183.49 Net Addition in January, 2021 (Million) 9.64 0.03 9.66 Monthly Growth Rate 0.84% 0.13% 0.82%

Urban Telephone Subscribers (Million) 634.97 18.32 653.29 Net Addition in January, 2021 (Million) 5.30 0.09 5.39 Monthly Growth Rate 0.84% 0.48% 0.83%

Rural Telephone Subscribers (Million) 528.44 1.75 530.19 Net Addition in January, 2021 (Million) 4.33 -0.06 4.27 Monthly Growth Rate 0.83% -3.37% 0.81%

Overall Tele-density*(%) 85.53% 1.48% 87.01% Urban Tele-density*(%) 135.35% 3.91% 139.25% Rural Tele-density*(%) 59.31 % 0.20% 59.50%

Share of Urban Subscribers 54.58% 91.27% 55.20% Share of Rural Subscribers 45.42% 8.73% 44.80% Broadband Subscribers (Million) 734.94 22.67 757.61

-:· In the month of January, 2021, 7.63 million subscribers submitted their

requests for Mobile Number Portability (MNP). With this, the cumulative

MNP requests increased from 544.61 million at the end of December-20 to

552.24 million at the end of January-21, since implementation of MNP.

•!• Number of active wireless subscribers (on the date of peak VLR#) 1n

January, 2021 was 978.68 million.

Note:

Information in this Press Release is based on the data provided by the Service Providers * Based on the projection of population from the 'Report of the Technical Group on Population

Projections for India and States 2011 - 2036', Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. # VLR is acronym of Visitor Location Register. The dates of peak VLR for various TSPs are

different in different service areas. ~

I. Total Telephone Subscribers

• The number of telephone subscribers m

India increased from 1,173.83 million at

the end of December-20 to 1,183.49

million at the end of January-21, thereby

showing a monthly growth rate of 0.82%.

Urban telephone subscription increased 800

TOTAL TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBERS

1200

1000

from 64 7. 91 million at the end of

December-20 to 653.29 million at the end

of January-21 and the rural subscription

also increased from 525.92 million to

530.19 million during the same period.

The monthly growth rates of urban and

rural telephone subscription were 0.83%

and 0.81 % respectively during the month

of January-21.

OVERALL TELE-DENSITY(%)

160 138.34

140

120

- 139.25 .....

100 86.38 87.01 - - 80

59.05 59.50 60 - - 40

20

0 Dec-20 Jan-21

Overall Urban Rural

600

400

200

0

1,173.83 -

-

(IN MILLION

647.91

525.92

Dec-20

1,183.49 -

653.29

530.19

Jan-21

Total Subscribers Urban

• The overall Tele-density in India

increased from 86.38 at the end of

December-20 to 87.01 at the end of

January-21. The Urban Tele-density

increased from 138.34 at the end of

December-20 to 139.25 at the end of

January-21 and Rural Tele-density

also increased from 59. 05 to 59. 50

during the same period. The share of urban and rural subscribers in total

number of telephone subscribers at

the end of January-21 was 55.20%

and 44.80% respectively.

Rural

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Overall Tele-density (LSA Wise) - As on 31st January, 2021

Overall Tele-density(%)

Total i:\11 India)

Bihar

Madhya Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

Assam

Odisha

'.'forth East

West Bengal

Rajasthan

J&K

Haryana

Gujarat Andhra Pradesh

Karnataka

Maharashtra

Tamil Nadu

Punjab

Kerala

Hirnachal Pradesh

Delhi

87.01

53.11

67.4D

68.79

69.71

77.38

80.18

83.15

83.44

88.30

93.37

97.49

98.85

104.19

105.31

106.26

121.99

129.62

152.13

0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300

• As may be seen in the above chart, eight states have less tele-density than

the all India average tele-density at the end of January-21. Delhi service

area has maximum tele-density of 274.43 and the Bihar service area has

minimum tele-density of 53.11 at the end of January-21.

Notes:

274.43

1. Population data/projections are available state wise only. 2. Tele-density figures are derived from the telephone subscriber data provided by the access service

providers and the projection of population from the "Report of the Technical Group on Population Projections for India and States 2011 - 2036, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare".

3. Telephone subscriber data for Delhi, includes, apart from the data for the State of Delhi, wireless subscriber data for the areas served by the local exchanges of Ghaziabad & Noida (in Uttar Pradesh) and Gurgaon & Faridabad (in Haryana).

4.

5.

Data/information for West Bengal includes Kolkata, Maharashtra includes Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh includes UPE & UPW service area(s). Data/information for Andhra Pradesh includes Telengana, Madhya Pradesh includes Chhatishgarh, Bihar includes Jharkhand, Maharashtra includes Uttarakhand, West Bengal includes Sikkim and North-East Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland & Tripura States.

Goa, Uttar Pradesh includes includes Arunachal Pradesh,

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II. Category-wise Growth in subscriber base

Circle Category-wise Net Additions in Telephone Subscribers in the month of January 2021

Net additions in the month Telephone Subscriber base as Circle of Januarv, 2021 on 31st Januarv, 2021 Category Wireline Wireless Wireline Wireless segment segment segment segment Circle A -42,091 1,463,685 7,664,604 397,828,207

Circle B 6,139 6,236,731 4,464,759 472,372,487

Circle C 12,779 1,466,626 905,440 178,989,662

Metro 49,504 467,989 7,043,690 114,219,213

All India 26,331 9,635,031 20,078,493 1,163,409,569

Circle Category-wise monthly and yearly Growth Rates in Telephone Subscribers in the month of January 2021

Monthly growth rate (%) Yearly growth rate (%) Circle (December-20 to January-21) (January-20 to January-21)

Category Wireline Wireless Wireline Wireless Segment Segment Segment Segment

Circle A -0.55% 0.37% -3.55% -0.07%

Circle B 0.14% 1.34% -6.89% 1.38%

Circle C 1.43% 0.83% 8.83% 2.04%

Metro 0.71% 0.41% 0.47% -2.37%

All India 0.13% 0.84% -2.46% 0.60%

Note: Circle Category-Metro includes Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. Data for Chennai has been included in Circle Category-A, as part of Tami!Nadu.

• As can be seen in the above tables, in wireless segment, on monthly

basis Circles of all category showed growth rate in their subscribers

during the month of January, 2021. On yearly basis only circle B and

circle C have registered growth rate in their subscriber base.

• In Wireline segment, on monthly basis except Circle-A, circle of all

categories showed growth rate in their number of wireline subscribers

during the month of January, 2021. On yearly basis only Circles C and

circle Metro have registered growth rate in its subscriber base. I ~~ / 4

III. Wireless subscriber

• Total wireless subscribers increased

from 1,153.77 million at the end of

December-20 to 1,163.41 million at the

end of January-21, thereby registering a 1000

Total Wireless Subscribers (in Million)

1200 1,153.77

monthly growth rate of 0.84%. Wireless

subscription in urban areas increased

from 629.67 million at the end of

December-20 to 634.97 million at the end

of January-21 and wireless subscription

in rural areas also increased from 524. 11

million to 528.44 million during the same

period. Monthly growth rates of urban and

rural wireless subscription were 0.84%

and 0.83% respectively.

Wireless Tele-density(%)

140 134.44 135.35

120

100 84.90

80

60

40

20

58.85

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85.53

59.31

DEC-20 JAN-21

• Overall • Urban Rura I

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600

400

200

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629.67

524.11

1,163.41

634.97

528.44

wireless subscriber base is available at Annexure-1.

DEC-20 JAN-21

•Total • Urban Rural

• The Wireless Tele-density in India

increased from 84.90 at the end of

December-20 to 85.53 at the end of

January-21. The Urban Wireless Tele­

density increased from 134.44 at the

end of December-20 to 135.35 at the

end of January-21 and Rural Tele­

density also increased from 58.85 to

59.31 during the same period. The

share of urban and rural wireless

subscribers m total number of

wireless subscribers was 54.58% and

45.42% respectively at the end of

January-21. Detailed statistics of

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• As on 31st January, 2021, the private access service providers held 89.50%

market share of the wireless subscribers whereas BSNL and MTNL, the two

PSU access service providers, had a market share of only 10.50%.

• The graphical representation of access service provider-wise market share

and net additions in wireless subscriber base are given below: -

Access Service Provider-wise Market Shares in term of Wireless Subscribers as on 31st January, 2021

Vodafone Idea, 24.58%

BSNL, 10.21% MTNL, 0.28%

Reliance Com., O.OOHf>

Bharti Airtel, 29.62%

Pvt : 89.50%

Reliance Jio, 35.30%

PSU: 10.50%

Net Additions/ decline in Wireless Subscribers of Access Service Providers in the month of January 2021

Net Wireless Subscribers Addition= 9,635,031

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IV. Growth in Wireless Subscribers

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V. Active Wireless Subscribers (VLR Data)

• Out of

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(1,163.41

978.68 million wireless subscribers

were active on the date of peak

VLR in the month of January-21.

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subscribers was approximately

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subscriber base.

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is available at Annexure-IV.

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VI. Mobile Number Portability (MNP)

• Intra-service area Mobile number

portability (MNP) was implemented

first in Haryana service area w.e.f,

25.11.2010 and in the rest of the

country w.e.f. 20.01.2011. Inter­

Service Area MNP has been

implemented m the country w.e.f.

03.07.2015. Now, the wireless

telephone subscribers can retain

their mobile numbers when they

relocate from one service area to

another.

• During the month of Jan-21, a

total of 7 .63 million requests were

received for MNP. Out of total 7 .63

million new requests, 4.26 million

requests received from Zone-I and

3.37 million requests received from

Zone-II. The cumulative MNP

requests increased from 544.61

million at the end of December-20

to 552.24 million at the end of

January-21, since

implementation of MNP.

the

• In MNP Zone-I (Northern and

Western India), the highest number

of requests till date have been

received m Maharashtra (about

44.94 million) followed by

Rajasthan (about 40.82 million)

service area.

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• In MNP Zone-II (Southern and

Eastern India), the highest

number of requests till date have

been received in Karnataka (about

4 7 million) followed by Andhra

Pradesh (about 44.66 million).

Service Area Wise MNP Status Zone -1 Zone - 2

Number of Porting Service Area Requests (in Million) Service Area

Dec-20 Jan-21

Delhi 27.28 27.60 Andhra Pradesh

Gujarat 36.64 37.13 Assam

Haryana 19.03 19.25 Bihar

Himachal Pradesh 2.62 2.65 Karnataka

Jammu & Kashmir 1.27 1.29 Kerala

Maharashtra 44.15 44.94 Kolkata

Mumbai 24.95 25.09 Madhya Pradesh

Punjab 21.00 21.33 North East

Rajasthan 40.37 40.82 Orissa

U.P.(East) 33.82 34.59 Tamil Nadu

U.P.(West) 27.24 27.94 West Bengal

Total 278.37 282.63 Total Total (Zone-1 + Zone-2)

Number of Porting Requests

(in Million)

Dec-20 Jan-21

44.20 44.66

4.00 4.04

23.90 24.41

46.63 47.00

14.67 14.89

12.18 12.28

37.92 38.63

1.52 1.53

10.63 10.79

43.65 44.02

26.93 27.35

266.24 269.61

544.61 552.24

Net Addition (January 2021) 7.63 million

VII. Wireline Subscribers

• Wireline subscribers increased

from 20.05 million at the end of

December-20 to 20.08 million at

the end of January-21. Net

increase in the wireline subscriber

base was 0.03 million with a

monthly growth rate of 0.13%. The

share of urban and rural

subscribers m total wireline

subscribers were 91.27% and

8. 73% respectively at the end of

January, 2021.

• The Overall Wireline Tele-density in

January-21 remained same i.e.

1.48% as it was in the month of

December-20. Urban and Rural

Wireline Tele-density were 3.91 %

and 0.20% respectively during the

same period.

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o BSNL and MTNL, the two PSU

access service providers, held

49.29% of the wireline market

share as on 31st January 2021.

Detailed statistics of wireline

subscriber base are available at

Annexure-111.

Access Service Provider-wise Market Share of Wireline Subscribers as on 31st January, 2021

Tata Tele. 8.21%

Vodafone Idea 2.54% Rellance Com.

1.08%

MTNL 14.65%

Reliance Jio 14.7

Quadrant 1.05%

-BSNL 34.64%

Bharti Airtel 23.12%

PSUs ; 49.29% Pvt : 50.71"

Access Service Provider-wise Net Additions/Decline in Wireline Subscribers during the month of January, 2021

Net Wireline Subscribers Addition= 26,331

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VIII. Broadband Iz 512 Kbps download)

• As per the reports received from

378 operators m the month of

January, 2021, the number of

broadband subscribers increased

from 7 4 7.41 million at the end of

December-20 to 757.61 million at

the end of January-21 with a

monthly growth rate of 1.36%.

Segment-wise broadband

subscribers and their monthly

growth rates are as below: -

Segment-wise Broadband Subscribers and Monthly Growth Rate in the month of January 2021

Broadband subscribers Monthly (in million) growth rate in

Segment As on 31st As on 31st the month of

December, January, January-21

2020 2021

Wired subscribers 22.29 22.67 1.71%

Mobile devices users 724.46 734.26 1.35% (Phones and dongles) Fixed Wireless subscribers (Wi-Fi, Wi-Max, Point-to- 0.65 0.67 3.00% Point Radio & VSAT)

Total 747.41 757.61 1.36%

• Top five service providers

constituted 98.84% market share

of the total broadband subscribers

at the end of January-21. These

service providers were Reliance Jio

Infocomm Ltd (412.98 million),

Bharti Airtel (184.64 million),

Vodafone Idea ( 122. 72 million),

BSNL (26.67 million) and Atria

Convergence (1.80 million).

Note: Some wireless service providers exclude incidental data users from their 1ubscriber base, based on minimum usage decided by them. \

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• The graphical representation of the service provider-wise market share of

broadband services is given below: -

Service Provider-wise Market Share of Broadband (wired+ wireless) Services as on 31st January 2021

Vodafone Idea, 16.20%

Bharti Airtel, 24.37%

BSNL, 3.52%

Reliance Jio, 54.51%

•

Atria Convergence,

0.24%

Others, 1.16%

As on 31st January, 2021, the

top five Wired Broadband

Service providers were BSNL

(7.69 million), Bharti Airtel

(2. 90 million), Reliance Jio

Infocomm Ltd (2.25 million),

Atria Convergence

As on 31st January, 2021, the top five

Wireless Broadband Service providers

were Reliance Jio Infocom Ltd (410.73

million), Bharti Airtel (181.73 million),

Vodafone Idea (122.71 million), BSNL

(18.98 million) and Tikona Infinet Ltd.

(0.31 million).

Technologies ( 1.80 million)

and Hathway Cable &

Datacom ( 1. 06 million).

Contact details in case of any clarification: -

Shri S. K. Mishra, Pr. Advisor (F&EA), Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Mahanagar Doorsanchar Bhawan Jawahar Lal Nehru Marg, New Delhi - 110002, Ph: 011-23221856 Fax: 011-23235249 E-mail: skmishra. trai(a nic.in

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Wireless Subscriber Base

Dec-20 Jan-21 Dec-20 Jan-21 Dec-20 Jan-21 Dec-20 Jan-21 Dec-20 Jan-21 Dec-20 Jan-21 Dec-20 Jan-21 Dec-20 Jan-21

Andhra Pradesh 30433618 30958572 1177 1129 16142823 16008882 9670536 9670048 31369643 31403139 87617797 88041770 423973

Assam 8881995 9035945 3354187 3288855 2959676 2981556 8851010 8971781 24046868 24278137 231269

Bihar 35117840 35720188 190 176 12378262 12241896 5946966 5969667 31448264 31548147 84891522 85480074 588552

Delhi 15847702 16121509 513 511 15602750 15528840 2169449 2166582 18974028 19214651 52594442 53032093 437651

Gujarat 11444492 11647275 271 196 25021411 25004003 5891420 5893532 25426122 25492329 67783716 68037335 253619

Haryana 5079438 5170560 89 86 8052103 8058043 5094145 5025030 8907509 8935245 27133284 27188964 55680

Himachal Pradesh 3327293 3383829 97 96 711847 703989 3010300 3019555 4004237 4046636 11053774 11154105 100331

J & K 5548416 5643053 0 0 524869 506733 1264351 1261114 4464159 4521120 11801795 11932020 130225

Karnataka 29491199 30005365 1938 1893 9583667 9213164 7257790 7258275 20894958 20968240 67229552 67446937 217385

Kerala 6487239 6601014 489 479 17317452 17350822 10960864 10930697 9911644 9932427 44677688 44815439 137751

Kolkata 5904209 6004324 28 28 6957077 6869490 2448590 2529115 10857344 10890982 26167248 26293939 126691

Madhya Pradesh 14711874 14969682 518 509 21372271 21410910 6271291 6299899 33150116 33365519 75506070 76046519 540449

Maharashtra 17904801 18223807 463 453 32852288 32621591 6933418 6912662 35578402 35611070 93269372 93369583 100211

Mumbai 9856523 10026117 952 924 9330964 8909782 1148184 1142739 14652911 14813619 34989534 34893181 -96353

North East 5312862 5403782 0 0 1467590 1452373 1366913 1321953 4067072 4113142 12214437 12291250 76813

Odisha 10858137 11046137 219 217 2536251 2482295 6414057 6462896 13705976 13862531 33514640 33854076 339436

Punjab 10666819 10862007 353 349 8711158 8624256 5855940 5857811 12490810 12416478 37725080 37760901 35821

Rajasthan 21562650 21931602 332 320 12229571 12169474 6364204 6378797 25004662 25142465 65161419 65622658 461239

Tamil Nadu 26051251 26500719 1248 936 19066507 19013534 10922980 10988625 93874 95953 24328225 24332815 80464085 80932582 468497

U.P.(E) 33434345 34021335 431 422 23421596 23249651 11644758 11622958 30092918 30358695 98594048 99253061 659013

U.P.(W) 15801717 16082476 270 262 20332967 24082002 5883811 5859397 20410003 20430786 62428768 66454923 4026155

West Bengal 14983747 15241724 976 943 17287656 17175245 2453707 2453789 20183313 20358321 54909399 55230022 320623

Total 338708167 344601022 10554 9929 284255267 285965830 118615717 118697376 93874 95953 3317633 3309321 408773326 410730138 1153774538 1163409569 9635031

Net Addition 5892855 -625 1710563 81659 2079 -8312 1956812 0 9635031

Rural Subscribers 160396435 162757172 0 0 152978813 154001152 37887371 37900055 0 0 45342 45282 172798627 173737644 524106588 528441305 4334717

Circle

MTNLBharti Airtel

(including Tata Tele.)Reliance Com. Vodafone Idea BSNL BSNL (VNO's)

Net

Addition

TotalReliance Jio

Annexure-I

Note: 1. The subscribers of M/s Bharti Airtel includes subscribers of M/s Tata Teleservices Ltd.

2. Virtual Network Operator (VNO) of BSNL has reported its subscriber number from the month of October, 2018.

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Circle Bharti BSNL Vodafone Idea MTNL Reliance Com. Reliance Jio Total

Andhra Pradesh 96.43 59.33 90.81 102.30 75.13 83.74

Assam 98.22 47.90 90.52 - 78.23 83.61

Bihar 93.71 47.44 86.49 97.46 89.84 88.02

Delhi 91.39 80.15 11.60 78.06 64.68 75.16

Gujarat 101.67 48.03 93.17 78.06 79.60 85.63

Haryana 121.27 36.58 94.88 70.93 70.62 81.15

Himachal Pradesh 98.75 35.78 105.35 32.29 70.83 71.99

J & K 91.92 56.51 85.72 - 78.33 82.77

Karnataka 94.06 51.30 91.31 75.96 77.72 84.00

Kerala 101.00 66.00 94.31 49.69 78.12 84.80

Kolkata 93.02 42.82 87.24 - 81.42 81.88

Madhya Pradesh 96.13 45.31 86.30 70.14 87.60 85.41

Maharashtra 104.92 57.89 93.27 100.66 85.41 89.93

Mumbai 76.94 96.47 35.65 98.27 55.69 71.55

North East 100.19 67.15 86.68 - 83.44 89.44

Orissa 101.64 60.35 91.28 24.88 83.43 85.54

Punjab 107.67 40.58 91.82 39.83 64.85 79.56

Rajasthan 94.44 44.97 92.29 50.00 76.38 82.31

Tamil Nadu 96.72 66.12 94.19 127.99 80.37 87.02

U.P. (E) 100.09 22.12 90.09 45.02 83.15 83.43

U.P. (W) 106.25 72.33 75.32 12.60 72.45 81.66

West Bengal 96.25 77.20 91.55 20.68 85.74 90.07

Total 97.44 51.69 89.63 19.91 73.89 79.01 84.12

Proportion of VLR on the date of Peak VLR in the month of January-21 (%) Annexure-II

Note: Peak VLR figures in some circles of some of the service providers are more than their HLR figures due to a large number of inroamers.

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Dec-20 Jan-21 Dec-20 Jan-21 Dec-20 Jan-21 Dec-20 Jan-21 Dec-20 Jan-21 Dec-20 Jan-21 Dec-20 Jan-21 Dec-20 Jan-21 Dec-20 Jan-21

Andhra Pradesh 606606 581463 246692 250880 21834 22652 153579 161211 62310 54390 286558 310301 1377579 1380897 3318

Assam 84922 83931 3450 3420 37495 40647 125867 127998 2131

Bihar 132134 130246 19 20 7421 7349 1830 1770 71741 81321 213145 220706 7561

Delhi 1337088 1330306 1494955 1525123 36827 35635 142655 139601 76847 68204 219994 235832 3308366 3334701 26335

Gujarat 512515 503687 116751 118288 3734 4706 81225 80893 33437 35222 214473 222795 962135 965591 3456

Haryana 136906 132687 28229 29638 13 3 36637 36110 330 360 105429 110098 307544 308896 1352

Himachal Pradesh 79352 77857 3 3 1747 1713 30 30 8143 9187 89275 88790 -485

J & K 92451 90051 0 0 0 0 0 0 65858 72006 158309 162057 3748

Karnataka 780432 751153 803607 801596 27087 27657 260894 259026 103002 90802 203107 220394 2178129 2150628 -27501

Kerala 1145302 1094760 64547 65595 5438 5614 19128 19076 6120 6460 58634 64031 1299169 1255536 -43633

Kolkata 338083 325996 140369 147433 7330 7943 46980 46236 13740 12460 119138 125663 665640 665731 91

Madhya Pradesh 273161 268413 260190 263389 5 5 11692 11284 3585 3645 144815 157873 693448 704609 11161

Maharashtra 769408 779282 141296 147133 11732 12778 231376 227835 29353 29008 82652 86980 1265817 1283016 17199

Mumbai 1623003 1611240 383653 388879 75997 67297 494995 491608 95971 122520 346561 361714 3020180 3043258 23078

North East 73283 70241 270 270 26189 28764 99742 99275 -467

Odisha 155552 151607 6 6 8115 8133 6210 6330 36440 40538 206323 206614 291

Punjab 242734 236365 142858 146859 2228 2248 12870 12533 202915 210929 3240 2280 84121 86630 690966 697844 6878

Rajasthan 266161 258557 71438 75111 4715 4697 11590 11590 16490 8490 96716 104406 467110 462851 -4259

Tamil Nadu 948714 893370 554373 558208 24465 26365 120947 120406 39955 38560 234581 247563 1923035 1884472 -38563

U.P.(E) 173983 173268 74102 77908 25 23 7540 7609 20020 19790 111337 121980 387007 400578 13571

U.P.(W) 156018 151245 43370 47044 8 8 4480 4442 5220 5780 159845 176242 368941 384761 15820

West Bengal 201006 200969 13 13 2322 2309 120 120 40974 46273 244435 249684 5249

Total 7168723 6955148 2960091 2941546 4566430 4643084 221479 217673 1656193 1648964 202915 210929 521530 509911 2754801 2951238 20052162 20078493 26331

Net Addition -213575 -18545 76654 -3806 -7229 8014 -11619 196437 26331

Rural Subscribers 1727402 1664392 0 0 0 0 0 180 41070 40446 29502 29114 0 0 16790 19387 1814764 1753519 -61245

Wireline Subscriber Base Annexure-III

Net

Addition

Reliance Com. Tata Tele. Quadrant Bharti Airtel Reliance Jio

Service Area

BSNL MTNL Vodafone Idea Total

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Annexure IV

VLR Subscribers in the Wireless Segment

Home Location Register (HLR) is a central database that contains details of

each mobile phone subscriber that is authorized to use the GSM core network.

The HLRs store details of every SIM card issued by the service provider. Each

SIM has a unique identifier called an International Mobile Subscriber Identity

(IMSI), which is the primary key to each HLR record. The HLR data is stored

for as long as a subscriber remains with the service provider. HLR also

manages the mobility of subscribers by means of updating their position in

administrative areas. It sends the subscriber data to a Visitor Location Register

(VLR).

Subscriber numbers reported by the service providers is the difference

between the numbers of IMSI registered in service provider’s HLR and sum of

other figures as given below: -

1 Total IMSI's in HLR (A)

2 Less: (B = a + b + c + d + e)

a. Test/Service Cards

b. Employees

c.

Stock in hand/in Distribution Channels

(Active Card)

d. Subscriber Retention period expired

e. Service suspended pending disconnection

3 Subscribers Base (A-B)

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Visitor Location Register (VLR) is a temporary database of the subscribers

who have roamed into the particular area, which it serves. Each base station

in the network is served by exactly one VLR; hence a subscriber cannot be

present in more than one VLR at a time.

If subscriber is in active stage i.e. he is able to send/receive calls/SMSs he is

available both in HLR and VLR. However, it may be possible that the

subscriber is registered in HLR but not in VLR due to the reason that he is

either switched-off or moved out of coverage area, not reachable etc. In such

circumstances he will be available in HLR but not in VLR. This causes

difference between subscriber number reported by the service providers based

on HLR and numbers available in VLR.

The VLR subscriber data calculated here is based on active subscribers in VLR

on the date of Peak subscriber number in VLR of the particular month for

which the data is being collected. This data is to be taken from the switches

having the purge time of not more than 72 hours.