The total number of dialup connections in India stood at 25.33 million as of December 31, 2012, up 5.49% from 24.01 million at the end of September 2012, according to the latest numbers from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. At the end of December 2012, the number of broadband subscribers was at 14.98 million, up 2.02% from 14.68 million in September 2012 and registering a 12.22% growth year-on-year (YoY). However, the share of broadband connections in the total number of connections has decreased to 59.15% in December 2012, down from 61.16% in September 2012. Some observations It is worth noting that while MTNL and Bharti Airtel have had insignificant growth between September and December 2012, BSNL and Reliance Communications have recorded an increase in the total number of dialup connections between September and December 2012. Only Hathway Cable has registered a decrease in the total number of Internet connections for the quarter ending December 2012. BSNL has the highest number of broadband connections for the quarter ending December 2012, with 9.90 million connections. It has a significant margin over other Internet service providers with the nearest being Airtel with 1.39 million connections. Reliance Communications is the only ISP among the top 5 ISPs that has more number of narrow band/dialup connections than broadband connections. The dialup/narrow band connections increased to 6.06 million for December 2012, up from 3.39 million connections in September 2012, while its broadband connections has decreased to 0.17 million connections in December 2012, down from 0.19 million connections in September…
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