Airtel India has reported 43.49 million mobile Internet connections, up 4.85% quarter on quarter, which only 6.39 million are 3G customers; However, what is interesting about Airtel's numbers this time is that the company added more 3G customers than 2G customers in the quarter: it added 0.8 million 2G customers, and 1.2 million 3G customers between January and March 2013. The numbers: - 2.81 million mobile Internet customers added, lower than Idea's 4.5 million. - 41.48 million million Mobile Internet customers, up 4.85% from 41.48 million last quarter - 6.39 million 3G customers, up 1.2 million (23.1% QoQ, on a low base) from 5.18 million last quarter - 37.1 million 2G customers, up 0.8 million from 36.29 last quarter - Around 23.1% of Airtel's overall mobile customers are using the mobile Internet. Last quarter, it was around 22.8% - Data usage: 23,937 million MBs of data transferred, up 21% quarter on quarter. - Data ARPU increased 16.58% up at Rs 55 per data user, from Rs 47 per data user. - Data usage up 187 mb per data customer, up from 16.28% from Rs 161 last quarter, and up from 133 MB the quarter before. - Data realization per MB was Rs 0.29, flat compared with Rs 0.293 last quarter - Data as a percentage of total revenue was up to 6.5% from 5.7% last quarter. The company did not disclose the number of 4G subscribers, if there are actually any. VAS & Messaging Airtel's non voice (Mobile Internet plus VAS and…
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