Vodafone reported a higher increase in active connections than it did in total connections for the month ending 30th March 2012: The telco's total subscriber base went up by 1.02 million to 150.46 million, while its active connection base increased by 2.46 million to 133.49 million for the month, indicating that while connections did port out, more connections became active during the month for the telco. Idea Cellular, which has reported the highest percentage of active subscribers since the TRAI made reporting such information mandatory, reported the highest increase in active subscribers of 2.49 million, with a total base of 105.34 million, and 93.45% of its connection base active. Note the information for STel and Etisalat is the same as for previous months because the two telcos, having announcing the shuttering of their networks, haven't submitted data. Mobile Operator Leaderboard For March 2012: 1. Bharti Airtel added 2.50 million connections,taking its connection base to 181.28 million, with 166.28 million of this base active. Airtel has 24.35% of the total active connection base 2. Vodafone added 1.025 million connections, but grew its active connection base by 2.46 million, taking its connection base to 150.46 million, with 133.49 million active. Vodafone has 19.54% of the total active connection base. 3. Idea Cellular added 2.01 million connections, taking its base to 112.72 million, with 105.34 million connections active. Idea Cellular has 15.42% of the total active connection base 4. Reliance Communications (RCOM) 1.04 million connections, taking its base to 153.05 million. However, only 65.39% of this…
