According to the Indian telecom regulator TRAI, India witnessed a growth of 1.24% in its broadband connection base, taking the total number of broadband connections to 12.84 million in September 2011 from 12.69 million in August. The mobile connection base increased to 873.61 Million in September as compared to 865.70 Million in August, an increase of 0.91%. However, the active mobile connection base is 70.71% of total, at 617.73 million connections. 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 617.73 million active connection in the month of September. - Idea has 91.03% of its connections active- the maximum among all the operators. - Airtel has the second highest active connection base of 88.60%, followed by Vodafone at 81.22%. - Etisalat, MTNL, S Tel, and Videocon are at the bottom in terms of the number of active subscribers. - However, in terms of the number of active subscribers, Airtel leads with 153.08 million, followed by Vodafone at 117.76 million, RCOM at 93.37 million and Idea at 91.19 million. Mobile Operator Leaderboard For September 2011: - Idea Cellular added 1.73 million connections,taking its connection base to 100.18 million. - RCom added 1.02 million connections, taking its connection base to 147.08 million. - Bharti Airtel added 0.93 million connections, taking its connection base to 172.78 million. - Vodafone added 0.84 million…
