Idea Cellular has reported 30.9 million mobile Internet subscriptions for the quarter ended September 30, 2014, registering a 10.8% growth from 27.9 million mobile data subscriptions in the previous quarter. Remember that Idea Cellular had started culling incidental Internet users from Q3-FY14, due to which its mobile Internet subscription base had declined to 25.5 million in Q3-FY14 and 25.26 million in Q4-FY14. Incidental data users are users who have consumed less than 1 MB/month. The total 3G (voice + Internet) subscription base was at 13.3 million for the quarter, up from 10.6 million in the previous quarter. This indicates that the telco added around 2.7 million 3G (voice+Internet) subscriptions during the quarter. In the previous quarter, the company had added only 0.4 million 3G connections. It's worth noting that Idea Cellular had resumed 3G services in 10 circles through its intra-circle roaming agreement with Airtel and Vodafone in May this year. It’s therefore possible that this contributed to the growth in Idea Cellular's 3G subscription base. Vodafone India and Airtel had witnessed a similar growth in the previous quarter. That being said, its worth noting that 3G (voice + Internet) subscriptions represents around 43% of Idea's mobile data connections and only 9.3% of Idea's total connection base. 3G Internet connections Starting this quarter, Idea Cellular seems to have started separating 3G Internet connections from 3G (voice + data) connections. The telco has reported a 3G data connection base of 10.5 million for the quarter, up from 8.78 million connections in the previous quarter and from 4.38 million…
