According to data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the telecom subscriber base in the country increased from 951.34 million in March, 2012 to 965.52 million in June, 2012.
Subscriber additions from rural areas constituted a large portion of this growth. Between March and June 2012, the rural areas contributed to about 91.30 per cent of the total additions to the country?s subscriber base. However, growth in rural areas declined from 4.91 per cent in the January-March 2012 quarter to 3.91 per cent in the April-June, 2012 quarter. Also, the number of connections in rural areas increased by about 0.20 per cent between April and June 2012.
As per TRAI?s data, as of June 30, 2012, the overall teledensity stood at 79.58 per cent. According to TRAI the overall monthly average revenue per user (ARPU) from GSM services dropped by 1.94 per cent from Rs 97 in January to March 2012 to Rs 95 in April to June, 2012. For CDMA services, ARPU declined by 0.5 per cent to Rs 74.9 for a period between April, 2012 to June, 2012.
As per TRAI data the gross revenue and adjusted gross revenue of the telecom sector increased from
Rs 35.49 billion in previous quarter to Rs 52.51 billion for the quarter ended June, 2012.
Also, between April and June, 2012 the private direct-to-home (DTH) operators added 48.45 million subscribers.
