Telecom regulator TRAI has revealed the top Internet operators in India for the June 2016 quarter.
Bharti Airtel holds the top position with 26.40 percent of market share of internet subscribers followed by Vodafone India with 19.89 percent.
Total number of internet subscribers increased from 342.65 million in March quarter to 350.48 million in June 2016 quarter with quarterly growth rate of 2.28 percent.
Wired Internet subscribers increased from 20.44 million in March quarter to 20.76 million in June quarter with quarterly growth of 1.55 percent.
Wireless Internet subscribers increased from 322.21 million in March quarter to 329.72 million in June quarter with quarterly growth rate of 2.33 percent.
Number of Broadband subscribers increased from 149.75 million in March quarter to 162.06 million in June quarter. The number of Narrowband subscribers declined from 192.90 million in March quarter to 188.42 million in June quarter.
In wired internet segment, BSNL holds 62.96 percent market share with 13.07 million subscribers, followed by Bharti with 1.91 million subscribers. Total number of wired internet subscriber is 20.76 million in June quarter.
In wireless internet segment, Bharti holds 27.48 percent market share with 90.61 million subscribers followed by Vodafone (69.72 million internet subscribers).
Top five service areas in terms of internet subscriptions (wired + wireless) are Maharashtra (30.36 million), Tamil Nadu including Chennai (27.96 million), Andhra Pradesh (25.86 million), U.P.(E) (24.00 million) and Karnataka (22.56 million).
Broadband
The total number of broadband subscribers increased from 149.75 million in March quarter to 162.06 million in June quarter. Out of which wired broadband subscribers are 17.32 million and wireless broadband subscribers are 144.74 million.
Top five broadband (wired+wireless) service providers are Bharti (40.61 million), Vodafone (32.28 million), Idea (27.02 million), BSNL (20.56 million), and Reliance Communications (16.64 million).
In wired broadband, BSNL holds 57.03 percent market share with 9.88 million subscribers followed by Bharti with 1.82 million and MTNL with 1.10 million subscribers.
In wireless broadband, Bharti holds 26.80 percent market share with 38.79 million subscribers followed by Vodafone with 32.27 million (22.29 percent) and Idea Cellular with 27.02 million subscribers.
Top five service areas in respect of broadband subscriptions are Tamil Nadu including Chennai (15.35 million), Maharashtra (15.13 million), Delhi (13.02 million), Karnataka (12.92 million) and Andhra Pradesh (12.11 million), according to TRAI.
Baburajan K
editor@telecomlead.com
