By Telecom Lead Team: The total revenue of the Internet
services has increased to Rs 2,664.78 crore for the quarter ending September
2011 as compared to Rs 2,350.34 crore for the quarter ending June 2011, showing
an increase of 13.38 percent.
The average minutes of usage (MoU) per subscriber per
month during the day time i.e. between 8 a.m to 8 p.m, substantially decreased
from 430 in June 2011 to 389 in September 2011 and during night time i.e.
between 8 p.m to 8 a.m., it decreased from 117 to 108.
Total minutes of usage (MOU) for Internet telephony
recorded sharp increase from 191.77 million in June 2011 to 194.36 million in
September 2011.
The government owned mobile service provider BSNL holds
56.94 percent of the market share with reported subscriber base of 11.95
million Internet subscribers at the end of September 2011 as against 11.63
million at the end of June 2011.
Reliance Communications is at second position with 2.68
million followed by MTNL at 2.48 million.
Top 10 ISPs together hold 94.57 percent of the total
Internet subscriber base, according to TRAI.
DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) is the most preferred
technology used by the Service Providers to provide broadband services and it
constitutes 85.44 percent of total broadband subscribers, followed by cable
modem technology (5.77 percent) and Ethernet LAN (5.36 percent).
There are 20.99 million Internet subscribers at the end
of September 2011 as compared to 20.33 million at the end of June 2011,
registering a growth of 3.25 percent. Apart from this, 373.84 million wireless
subscribers have subscribed to data services, as reported by the wireless
service providers.
Number of broadband subscribers increased from 12.35
million at the end of June 2011 to 12.83 million at the end of September 2011,
registering a quarterly growth of 3.93 percent and y-o-y growth of 24.54
percent.
Share of broadband subscription in total Internet
subscription increased from 60.7 percent at the end of June 2011 to 61.1
percent at the end of September 2011.