Top 10 broadband and internet operators and their market share in India

By
Telecom Lead Team:
India has more than 20 million Internet subscribers. BSNL holds 56.94
percent of the market share with 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.

(Chart of
top 10 internet operators and their market share in India is given at the end
of the article)

Reliance
Communications is at second position (2.68 million) followed by MTNL (2.48
million).

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).

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.

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.

Maharashtra
is having largest Internet (<256 Kbps) and Broadband (>=256 Kbps)
subscriber base in the country. Tamil Nadu is at second place in internet and
broadband subscriber base.

At the end
of September 2011, in all the top 10 states, the number of broadband
subscribers is more than the number of Internet subscribers.

42.79
percent of total wireless subscribers base are capable of Accessing Data
Services/Internet at the end of September 2011 as against 40.70 percent at the
end of previous quarter.

editor@telecomlead.com