Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) in its latest data has indicated that the telecom industry has added 37.4 lakh mobile users in August 2020. The overall telecom subscriber base for wireless connections stood at 114.7 crore in August 2020, compared to 114.4 crore in July 2020, registering a monthly growth rate of 0.33 percent.
According to the data, the overall telecom subscriber base (wireless and wireline) increased marginally to 116.7 crore in August from 116.4 crore in July. Wireless subscription in urban areas rose to 62.4 crore at the end of August, while the same in rural areas decreased to 52.2 crore. Out of the total wireless subscribers (1,147.92 million), 957.43 million were active on the date of peak VLR (visitor location register) in August 2020. The proportion of active wireless subscribers was about 83.41 per cent of the total wireless subscriber base. Active subscribers are calculated based on reported VLR, a key metric reflecting the number of active users on a mobile network.
Data further stated that the number of broadband subscribers increased to 71.61 crore in August, from 70.54 crore in the preceding month. The top-five service providers constituted 98.89 percent market share of the total broadband subscriber base. These include Reliance Jio Infocomm (40.39 crore), Bharti Airtel (15.89 crore), Vodafone Idea (11.99 crore), BSNL (2.37 crore) and Atria Convergence (about 17 lakh).
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