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RCOM had 17.4M 3G & 33.7M data connections at the end of Q4-FY15

Reliance Communications (RCOM) has reported 33.7 million mobile Internet connections for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 (Q4-FY15), up 7.3% from 31.4 million mobile Internet connections in the previous quarter. Note that RCOM had started culling incidental mobile Internet users from the previous quarter, due to which its mobile Internet base had dropped to 26.7 million in Q4-FY14 from 36.3 million in Q3-FY14. Incidental data users are users who have consumed less than 1 MB/month. This followed a similar move from Idea Cellular in Q3-FY14 and Airtel in Q1-FY15. 3G connections surpasses 2G Internet connections What’s particularly interesting is RCOM’s 3G connection base has surpassed its 2G mobile Internet connection base, and this is probably the only telecom operator for which this has happened. RCOM reported a total 3G connection base of 17.4 million for the quarter, up from 16.7 million in the previous quarter. The 2G connection base also increased 16.3 million, from 14.7 million in the previous quarter. It’s also worth noting that Airtel’s 3G connection base for Q4-Fy15 was higher than that of RCOM’s 3G connection base with 19.44 million 3G connections during the quarter. Airtel now seems to have the largest 3G connection base in the industry. Mobile Internet data - 2G mobile Internet connections was at 16.3 million for the quarter, up from 14.7 million in the previous quarter. - 14.7% of RCOM’s total connections are on 3G, and around 52% of RCOM’s total data customers are on 3G. - Data usage per connection increased to 834 MB per data customer, from 752 MB. - Data traffic…

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