India added 7.96 million active mobile connections in October 2017, with Airtel, Idea, Reliance Jio and Vodafone accounting for 77% of total active mobile connections in India, according to data released by TRAI. The Active connection data represents peak VLR (Visitor Location Register) data for the month. Some stats: – There were 1,025.7 million active connections in the month of October 2017. – Strangely, Idea has 102.83% of connections active on its network – the highest among all telcos. TRAI says the percentage of active connections is more than 100% due to in-roamers i.e. subscribers from other operators roaming in Idea’s network. – Airtel has the second highest active connection base of 98.09%, followed by Vodafone at 94.11%. In terms of the number of active connections, Airtel leads with 279.75 million connections followed by Idea at 196.27 million connections. Mobile Operator Leaderboard For October 2017 (Total Connections): – Reliance Jio added 7.3 million connections, taking its connection base to 145.96 million. – Airtel added 3 million connections, taking its connection base to 285 million. – Vodafone added 0.87 million connections, taking its connection base to 208.3 million. Statewise data – In terms of active connections, Maharashtra leads with 98.85% active connections, followed by Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Kerala. Himachal Pradesh has just 79.11% active connections, the lowest among all circles. – UP (East) has the most number of connections, with 104.2 million connections (104,203,535 connections). Maharashtra is second with 94.2 million connections (94,230,979 connections) and Tamil Nadu is third…
