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India had 1,006.3 million active mobile connections in November 2017: TRAI

India lost 19.39 million active mobile connections in November 2017, with Airtel, Idea, Reliance Jio and Vodafone accounting for 81% of total active mobile connections in India, according to data released by TRAI. The reason of this massive decline is that RCOM has lost its 29.98 million ( almost 65% ) active connections. The Active connection data represents peak VLR (Visitor Location Register) data for the month. Some stats: – There were 1,006.3 million active connections in the month of November 2017. – Strangely, Idea has 102.47% 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 99.23%, followed by Vodafone at 94.87%. In terms of the number of active connections, Airtel leads with 287.3 million connections followed by Vodafone at 200.2 million connections. Mobile Operator Leaderboard For November 2017 (Total Connections): – Reliance Jio added 6.1 million connections, taking its connection base to 152.1 million. – Airtel added 4.3 million connections, taking its connection base to 289 million. – Idea added 3 million connections, taking its connection base to 194 million. Statewise data – In terms of active connections, Maharashtra leads with 91.93% active connections, followed by Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Andhra Pradesh. Himachal Pradesh has just 77.8% active connections, the lowest among all circles. – UP (East) has the most number of connections,…

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