This is unusual: According to the Indian Telecom regulator TRAI, India added more "Active" mobile connections during the month of August 2013, than it did total connections. This could mean either of two things: firstly, that a number of users who were active briefly during the month canceled their connections, or a number of users who hadn't been using their extra SIM card, began using it. The latter case sounds plausible since call rates have gone up, and the propensity to use an additional SIM for cheaper calls might have increased. During August 2013, India added 1.84 million total connections, while the total active connections increased by 4.52 million. Note that the number of mobile users in the country is likely to be much less that the 735.91 million active connection base (which is around 83.94% of the total), since this includes multi-SIM users, and the TRAI mistakenly reports "connections" as subscribers. The other thing worth noticing is the dominance of the top three telecom operators, as well as the top four: The combination of Airtel, Idea and Vodafone, which tends to increase rates together, accounts for 53.9% of the total mobile connections in India, and 61.7% of the active connections. That dominance is increasing: they accounted for 81.42% of connections added (even though Vodafone's total connection base declined during the month), and 59.72% of active connection growth. * The split between various telecom operators, in terms of active connections: Active Connection Base The Active connection data represents peak VLR (Visitor Location Register) data…
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