India's broadband connection base was up only 2.60% to 14.31 million at the end of May 2012, from 13.95 million at the end of April, according to the Indian telecom regulator TRAI. The mobile connection base increased to 929.36 Million in May as compared to 921.01 Million in April, an increase of 0.91%, but on a comparatively larger base. 74.17% of mobile connections are active - a total of 689.31 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: - Both Tata Teleservices and Aircel reported declines in their active connection bases: Tata Tele's base base declined month by 171,498 to 47.1 million, while Aircel's base went down by 125801 to 37.18 million - There were 689.31 million active connection in the month of May. - Idea has 92.33% of its connections active- the maximum among all the operators. - Airtel has the second highest active connection base of 91.21%, followed by Vodafone at 88.99%. - S Tel, Etisalat, MTNL, Videocon, and Loop are at the bottom in terms of the number of active subscribers. In terms of the number of active subscribers, Airtel leads with 169.01 million, Vodafone at 135.69 million. Mobile Operator Leaderboard For May 2012: - Bharti Airtel added 2.01 million connections,taking its connection…
