India’s broadband connection base increased 0.47% to 14.88 million at the end of November 2012, from 14.81 million at the end of October, according to the Indian Telecom regulator TRAI. At the same time, the mobile connection base (including multi-SIM and inactive connections) dropped to 890.60 Million in November, from 904.22 Million in October. This is a decrease of 1.51%, but on a comparatively larger base. 79.42% of mobile connections are reportedly active – a total of 707.31 million connections, but this includes multi-SIM users, so the total mobile user base is likely to be smaller. Active User Base of Telecom Operators The Active connection data represents peak VLR (Visitor Location Register) data for the month, and excludes the CDMA VLR data for BSNL, which the telecom operator has not provided. Some stats: - There were 707.31 million active connection in the month of November. - Idea has 98.06% of its connections active- the maximum among all the operators. - Vodafone has the second highest active connection base of 93.39%, followed by Airtel at 93.32%. In terms of the number of active subscribers, Airtel leads with 171.34 million, Vodafone at 140.79 million. Mobile Operator Leaderboard For November 2012: - Rcom added 0.10 million connections,taking its connection base to 134.11 million. - Tata lost 4.23 million connections,taking its connection base to 72.51 million. - Bharti Airtel lost 2.80 million connections,taking its connection base to 183.61 million. - Vodafone lost 2.38 million connections,taking its connection base to 150.76 million. - In terms of Active connections, Maharashtra leads with 84.71% active subscribers,…
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