For immediate release (Press Release No.

06/2025)
Information Note to the Press

TELECOM REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF INDIA

New Delhi, 22nd January, 2025
(www.trai.gov.in)

Highlights of Telecom Subscription Data as on 30th November, 2024

Total
Particulars Wireless Wireline (Wireless+
Wireline)
Broadband Subscribers (Million) 903.79 40.97 944.76
Urban Telephone Subscribers (Million) 624.32 35.55 659.87
Net Addition in November, 2024 (Million) -1.23 0.69 -0.54
Monthly Growth Rate -0.20% 1.98% -0.08%
Rural Telephone Subscribers (Million) 524.32 2.95 527.27
Net Addition in November, 2024 (Million) -0.53 0.02 -0.51
Monthly Growth Rate -0.10% 0.80% -0.10%
Total Telephone Subscribers (Million) 1148.65 38.50 1187.15
Net Addition in November, 2024 (Million) -1.77 0.72 -1.05
Monthly Growth Rate -0.15% 1.89% -0.09%
Overall Tele-density*(%) 81.59% 2.73% 84.32%
Urban Tele-density*(%) 123.95% 7.06% 131.01%
Rural Tele-density*(%) 57.99% 0.33% 58.31%
Share of Urban Subscribers 54.35% 92.34% 55.58%
Share of Rural Subscribers 45.65% 7.66% 44.42%

❖ In the month of November, 2024, 12.79 million subscribers submitted their

requests for Mobile Number Portability (MNP). With this, the cumulative
MNP requests increased from 1052.56 million at the end of October-24 to
1065.35 million at the end of November-24, since implementation of MNP.

❖ Number of active wireless subscribers (on the date of peak VLR#) in

November, 2024 was 1060.63 million.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Note:
- Information in this Press Release is based on the data provided by the Service Providers
* Based on the projection of population from the ‘Report of the Technical Group on Population Projections for India and
States 2011 – 2036’, which is available under the link
https://main.mohfw.gov.in/sites/default/files/Population%20Projection%20Report%202011-2036%20-
%20upload_compressed_0.pdf
# VLR is acronym of Visitor Location Register. The dates of peak VLR for various TSPs are different in different service
areas.
 I. Broadband Subscriber

• As per the information received from 1179 operators in November, 2024, in

comparison to 1175 operators in October 2024, the total Broadband
Subscribers increased from 941.47 million at the end of October-24 to 944.76
million at the end of November-24 with a monthly growth rate of 0.35%.
Segment-wise broadband subscribers and their monthly growth rates are as
below: -

Segment–wise Broadband Subscribers and Monthly Growth Rate in the

month of November, 2024

Broadband subscribers Monthly

(in million) growth rate in
Segment As on 31st As on 30th the month of
October November November,
2024 2024 2024

Wired subscribers 44.66 40.97 -8.26%

Fixed Wireless subscribers
(Wi-Fi, Wi-Max, Point-to- 0.76 5.16 574.93*%
Point Radio & VSAT)
Mobile devices users
896.05 898.63 0.29%
(Phones and dongles)

Total 941.47 944.76 0.35%

*Significant variation in the subscription count of Wired Broadband and Fixed Wireless is on account of shift in
reporting of Fixed Wireless Access (5G) subscription count from wireline segment to wireless segment.

As on 30th November, 2024, top five Broadband

(Wired+Wireless) Service providers

S.N. Name of the Service Provider Subscriber base

(In million)
1. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd 476.58
2. Bharti Airtel Ltd. 289.31
3. Vodafone Idea Ltd. 124.79
4. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. 36.92
5. Atria Convergence Technologies Limited 2.27
Market Share of Top Five Vs Total Broadband 98.42%
(Wired+Wireless)
 • The graphical representation of the service provider-wise market share of
broadband services is given below: -

Service Provider-wise Market Share of Broadband

(wired + wireless) Services as on 30th November, 2024

As on 30th November, 2024, top five Wired Broadband Service providers

S.N. Name of the Service Provider Subscriber base

(In million)
1. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd 11.48
2. Bharti Airtel Ltd. 8.55
3. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. 4.24
4. Atria Convergence Technologies Limited 2.27
5. Kerala Vision Broadband Ltd. 1.25
Market Share of Top Five Vs Total Wired Broadband 67.83%

As on 30th November, 2024, top five Wireless Broadband Service providers

S.N. Name of the Service Provider Subscriber base

(In million)
1. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. 465.10
2. Bharti Airtel Ltd. 280.76
3. Vodafone Idea Ltd. 124.78
4. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. 32.68
5. Intech Online Pvt. Ltd. 0.25
Market Share of Top Five Vs Total Wireless Broadband 99.98%
II. Wireline Subscribers

• Wireline subscribers increased from 37.79 million at the end of October-24

to 38.50 million at the end of November-24. Net increase in the wireline
subscriber base was 0.72 million with a monthly rate of growth 1.89%. The
share of urban and rural subscribers in total wireline subscribers were
92.34% and 7.66% respectively at the end of November, 2024.

• The Overall Wireline Tele-density in India increased from 2.69% at the end of
October-24 to 2.73% at the end of November-24. Urban and Rural Wireline
Tele-density were 7.06% and 0.33% respectively during the same period.

• BSNL, MTNL and APSFL, the three PSUs access service providers, held
22.80% of the wireline market share as on 30th November, 2024. Detailed
statistics of wireline subscriber base are available at Annexure-I.

Access Service Provider-wise Market Share of Wireline Subscribers

as on 30th November, 2024
Access Service Provider-wise Net Addition/Decline in Wireline
Subscribers during the month of November, 2024

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III. Wireless subscriber

• Total wireless subscribers decreased

from 1,150.42 million at the end of
October-24, to 1,148.65 million at the end
of November-24, thereby registering a
monthly decline rate of 0.15%. Wireless
subscription in urban areas decreased
from 625.56 million at the end of October-
24 to 624.32 million at the end of
November-24, and wireless subscription in
rural areas also decreased from 524.86
million to 524.32 million during the same
period. Monthly decline rate of urban and
rural wireless subscription was 0.20% and
0.10% respectively.

• The Wireless Tele-density in India

decreased from 81.77% at the end of
October-24 to 81.59% at the end of
November-24. The Urban Wireless Tele-
density decreased from 124.38% at the
end of October-24 to 123.95% at the end of
November-24 and Rural Tele-density also
decreased from 58.06% to 57.99% during
the same period. The share of urban and
rural wireless subscribers in total number
of wireless subscribers was 54.35% and
45.65% respectively at the end of Nov-24.
Detailed statistics of wireless subscriber
base is available at Annexure-II.

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• As on 30th November, 2024, the private access service providers held
91.80% market share of the wireless subscribers whereas BSNL and MTNL, the
two PSU access service providers, had a market share of only 8.20%.

• The graphical representation of access service provider-wise market share

and net additions in wireless subscriber base are given below: -

Access Service Provider-wise Market Shares in term of Wireless

Subscribers as on 30th November, 2024

Net Addition in Wireless Subscribers of Access Service Providers in the

month of November, 2024

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Growth in Wireless Subscribers

Access Service Provider-wise Monthly Growth Rate of Wireless

Subscribers in the month of November, 2024

Note: BSNL includes its Virtual Network Operator (VNO).

Service Area-wise Monthly Growth Rate of Wireless Subscribers in the

month of November, 2024

• Except Karnataka, Odisha, U.P.(E), Bihar, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi,

all other service areas have showed decline in their wireless subscribers
during the month of November-24.

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M2M cellular mobile connections

Number of M2M cellular mobile connections increased from

56.12 million at the end of October, 24 to 57.57 million at the end of
November, 24.

Bharti Airtel Limited has the highest number of M2M cellular

mobile connections 29.58 million with a market share of 51.39%
followed by Vodafone idea Limited, Reliance Jio Infocom Limited and
BSNL with market share of 26.47%, 16.75% and 5.40% respectively.

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IV. Total Telephone Subscribers

• The number of total telephone

subscribers in India decreased from
1,188.20 million at the end of Oct-24 to
1,187.15 million at the end of Nov-24,
thereby showing a monthly decline rate of
0.09%. Urban telephone subscription
decreased from 660.42 million at the end
of Oct-24 to 659.87 million at the end of
Nov-24 and the rural subscription also
decreased from 527.79 million to 527.27
million during the same period. The
monthly decline rates of urban and rural
telephone subscription were 0.08% and
0.10% respectively during the month of
November-24.

• The overall Tele-density in India

decreased from 84.46% at the end of Oct-
24 to 84.32% at the end of Nov-24. The
Urban Tele-density decreased from
131.31% at the end of Oct-24 to 131.01%
at the end of Nov-24 and Rural Tele-
density also decreased from 58.39% to
58.31% during the same period. The
share of urban and rural subscribers in
total number of telephone subscribers at
the end of November-24 were 55.58% and
44.42% respectively.

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 Overall Tele-density (LSA Wise) – As on 30th November, 2024

• As may be seen in the above chart, eight LSA have less tele-density than
the all India average tele-density at the end of November-24. Delhi service
area has maximum tele-density of 278.07% and the Bihar service area has
minimum tele-density of 56.27% at the end of November-24.

Notes: -

1. Population data/projections are available state wise only.

2. Tele-density figures are derived from the telephone subscriber data provided by the access service
providers and the projection of population from the “Report of the Technical Group on Population
Projections for India and States 2011 – 2036, which is available under the link
https://main.mohfw.gov.in/sites/default/files/Population%20Projection%20Report%20
2011-2036%20-%20upload_compressed_0.pdf
3. Telephone subscriber data for Delhi, includes, apart from the data for the State of Delhi, wireless
subscriber data for the areas served by the local exchanges of Ghaziabad & Noida (in Uttar
Pradesh) and Gurgaon & Faridabad (in Haryana).
4. Data/information for West Bengal includes Kolkata, Maharashtra includes Mumbai and Uttar
Pradesh includes UPE & UPW service area(s).
5. Data/information for Andhra Pradesh includes Telengana, Madhya Pradesh includes
Chhatishgarh, Bihar includes Jharkhand, Maharashtra includes Goa, Uttar Pradesh includes
Uttarakhand, West Bengal includes Sikkim and North-East includes Arunachal Pradesh,
Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland & Tripura States.
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 V. Category-wise Growth in subscriber base
Circle Category-wise Net Additions in Telephone Subscribers in the
month of November, 2024
Net additions in the month Telephone Subscriber base as
Circle of November, 2024 on 30th November, 2024
Category Wireline Wireless Wireline
Wireless segment
segment segment segment
Circle A 271132 -669921 14841212 382915289
Circle B 278470 -794971 10830572 464915989
Circle C 92283 30355 3267251 188070075
Metro 73305 -333703 9562109 112745558
All India 715190 -1768240 38501144 1148646911

Circle Category-wise monthly and yearly Growth Rates in Telephone

Subscribers in the month of November, 2024

Monthly growth rate (%) Yearly growth rate (%)

Circle (October-24 to November-24) (November-23 to November-24)
Category Wireline Wireless Wireline Wireless
Segment Segment Segment Segment
Circle A 1.86% -0.17% 20.31% -0.91%
Circle B 2.64% -0.17% 34.25% -0.66%
Circle C 2.91% 0.02% 36.59% 1.26%
Metro 0.77% -0.30% 9.01% -1.11%
All India 1.89% -0.15% 21.97% -0.48%
Note: Circle Category-Metro includes Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. Data for Chennai has been included
in Circle Category-A, as part of TamilNadu.

• As can be seen in the above tables, in wireless segment, during the

month of November, 2024, on monthly basis except Circle ‘C’ all other
circles have registered decline rate in their subscriber base. On yearly
basis also except Circe ‘C’, all other circles have registered decline rate in
their subscriber base.

• In Wireline segment, during the month of November, 2024, both on

monthly and yearly basis, all circles have registered growth rate in their
subscriber base.
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VI. Active Wireless Subscribers (VLR Data)

• Out of the total 1,148.65 million • The detailed statistics on

wireless subscribers, 1060.63 proportion of active wireless
million wireless subscribers were subscribers (also referred to as
active on the date of peak VLR in VLR subscribers) on the date of
the month of November-24. The peak VLR in the month of
proportion of active wireless November-24 is available at
subscribers was approximately Annexure-III and the methodology
92.34% of the total wireless used for reporting VLR subscribers
subscriber base. is available at Annexure-IV.

Access Service Provider-wise Percentage of VLR Subscribers

in the month of November, 2024

• Reliance Communication has the peak VLR in the month of

maximum proportion 100% of its November-24 and MTNL has the
active wireless subscribers (VLR) minimum proportion of VLR
as against its total wireless 25.51% of its HLR during the
subscribers (HLR) on the date of same period.

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 Service Area wise percentage of VLR Subscribers
in the month of November, 2024

VII. Mobile Number Portability (MNP)

• Intra-service area Mobile number portability (MNP) was implemented first in
Haryana service area w.e.f. 25.11.2010 and in the rest of the country w.e.f.
20.01.2011. Inter-Service Area MNP has been implemented in the country w.e.f.
03.07.2015. Now, the wireless telephone subscribers can retain their mobile
numbers when they relocate from one service area to another.

• During the month of November-24, a total of 12.79 million requests were

received for MNP. Out of total 12.79 million, new requests received from
Zone-I & Zone-II were 7.09 million and 5.70 million respectively. The
cumulative MNP requests increased from 1052.56 million at the end of
October-24 to 1065.35 million at the end of November-24, since the
implementation of MNP.

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• In MNP Zone-I (Northern and Western India), the highest number of requests
till date have been received in Uttar Pradesh-East (about 104.35 million)
followed by Maharashtra (about 86.94 million) service area.
• In MNP Zone-II (Southern and Eastern India), the highest number of requests
till date have been received in Madhya Pradesh (about 83.42 million) followed
by Karnataka (about 71.37 million).
Service Area Wise MNP Status
Zone-I Zone–II
Number of Porting
Number of Porting
Service Requests
Service Area Requests (in Million)
Area (in Million)
Oct-24 Nov-24 Oct-24 Nov-24
Andhra
Delhi 50.28 50.82 69.53 70.19
Pradesh
Gujarat 71.66 72.45 Assam 7.68 7.78
Haryana 33.22 33.59 Bihar 59.88 60.86
Himachal Pradesh 4.46 4.50 Karnataka 70.82 71.37
Jammu & Kashmir 2.91 2.97 Kerala 25.15 25.40
Maharashtra 85.95 86.94 Kolkata 19.24 19.43
Madhya
Mumbai 34.90 35.15 82.28 83.42
Pradesh
Punjab 34.71 35.01 North East 2.43 2.45
Rajasthan 71.18 71.80 Odisha 18.45 18.66
U.P.(East) 102.49 104.35 Tamil Nadu 66.32 66.92
U.P.(West) 77.34 78.59 West Bengal 61.68 62.68
Total 569.09 576.18 Total 483.46 489.16
Total (Zone-I + Zone-II) 1,052.56 1,065.35
Net Addition (November, 2024) 12.79 million

Contact details in case of any clarification: -

Shri Amit Sharma, Advisor (F&EA),

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
World Trade Centre, Tower-F,
Nauroji Nagar, New Delhi – 110029
Ph: 011-20907772 (Atul Kumar Chaudhary)
E-mail: advfea2@trai.gov.in Secretary, TRAI

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 Wireline Subscriber Base Annexure-I
.
V-CON Mobile & Infra
BSNL MTNL Bharti Airtel Reliance Com. Tata Tele. Quadrant Vodafone Idea Reliance Jio APSFL Total
Pvt. Ltd. Net
Service Area
Addition
Oct-24 Nov-24 Oct-24 Nov-24 Oct-24 Nov-24 Oct-24 Nov-24 Oct-24 Nov-24 Oct-24 Nov-24 Oct-24 Nov-24 Oct-24 Nov-24 Oct-24 Nov-24 Oct-24 Nov-24 Oct-24 Nov-24

Andhra Pradesh 504886 503480 739563 774907 17255 16956 227597 223740 92835 85645 1819626 1867492 636808 634544 4038570 4106764 68194
Assam 71636 71044 47855 49027 0 0 0 0 2490 2610 268973 281140 390954 403821 12867
Bihar 145451 143910 274931 283137 9 9 11919 11863 5645 5641 809432 847362 1247387 1291922 44535
Delhi 0 0 976288 975072 2262761 2280061 15059 15147 233480 235664 83528 81261 1205415 1230702 4776531 4817907 41376
Gujarat 282652 279214 295747 297374 2615 2614 189427 180564 122451 124354 980909 1041848 1873801 1925968 52167
Haryana 222520 221245 186139 186169 0 0 40829 39922 510 450 248007 263573 698005 711359 13354
Himachal Pradesh 88459 88416 13235 13511 0 0 1353 1351 90 90 89833 93788 192970 197156 4186
J&K 60787 59749 125123 125833 0 0 0 0 30 30 276351 287098 462291 472710 10419
Karnataka 505137 509275 1263091 1277892 16067 16143 467589 465730 163744 162174 1244720 1280453 3660348 3711667 51319
Kerala 1069252 1071481 116532 117867 2721 2686 17547 17535 7030 7140 406934 420499 1620016 1637208 17192
Kolkata 181110 180509 211542 211849 3635 3636 65592 64662 15834 15304 639379 654208 1117092 1130168 13076
Madhya Pradesh 228926 239765 570724 577993 5 5 52411 43110 74895 89695 1077161 1130081 2004122 2080649 76527
Maharashtra 487846 483548 554852 578087 7381 7373 222847 222829 19256 20336 594668 640703 1886850 1952876 66026
Mumbai 3800 3800 1087860 1079088 637229 641322 34351 34339 626842 631549 184316 184386 1020783 1039550 3595181 3614034 18853
North East 58718 57712 0 0 0 0 0 0 510 510 235884 242848 295112 301070 5958
Odisha 129819 128682 65814 67678 4 4 16667 16457 3550 3490 370400 384261 586254 600572 14318
Punjab 515243 515232 345914 356819 1812 1813 15494 15232 355985 355915 1560 1560 591833 626853 65097 63523 1892938 1936947 44009
Rajasthan 241076 238542 308927 312047 3085 3085 24547 24431 14145 13665 625664 653210 1217444 1244980 27536
Tamil Nadu 857944 860683 969435 974009 13206 13209 136704 134563 34665 32915 1098557 1128558 3110511 3143937 33426
U.P.(E) 102324 99313 278800 281436 27 27 13107 12688 16710 16560 823207 869337 1234175 1279361 45186
U.P.(W) 157190 154582 195687 197369 8 8 6864 6841 4151 4141 868984 908764 1232884 1271705 38821
West Bengal 183029 178268 78530 80246 21 26 2570 2573 150 150 388218 407100 652518 668363 15845
Total 6097805 6088450 2064148 2054160 9542431 9684633 117261 117080 2373386 2351304 355985 355915 848095 852107 15684938 16299428 65097 63523 636808 634544 37785954 38501144 715190
Net Addition -9355 -9988 142202 -181 -22082 -70 4012 614490 -1574 -2264 715190
Rural Subscribers 1,978,357 1,978,945 29 29 2,595 2,577 300 300 6,466 6,338 61,090 61,800 0 0 406,993 430,902 0 471238 469563 2927068 2950454 23386

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 Wireless Subscriber Base Annexure-II

Bharti Airtel Reliance Com. Vodafone Idea BSNL BSNL (VNO's) MTNL Reliance Jio Total
Circle Net Addition
Oct-24 Nov-24 Oct-24 Nov-24 Oct-24 Nov-24 Oct-24 Nov-24 Oct-24 Nov-24 Oct-24 Nov-24 Oct-24 Nov-24 Oct-24 Nov-24

Andhra Pradesh 33,741,507 33,686,681 0 0 10,223,247 10,138,599 6,747,075 6,799,880 31,642,502 31,722,937 82354331 82348097 -6234
Assam 11,890,497 11,886,126 0 0 1,465,211 1,436,362 2,984,559 2,990,873 9,710,611 9,714,678 26050878 26028039 -22839
Bihar 40,526,286 40,510,920 0 0 7,493,956 7,454,845 6,049,430 5,977,315 40,364,110 40,594,269 94433782 94537349 103567
Delhi 18,407,951 18,362,907 0 1 16,774,937 16,808,326 1,684,424 1,684,377 19,608,802 19,633,269 56476114 56488880 12766
Gujarat 12,183,652 12,139,442 0 16 19,965,032 19,815,105 3,321,146 3,326,904 29,689,509 29,576,662 65159339 64858129 -301210
Haryana 7,099,729 7,036,790 0 0 6,513,780 6,454,877 4,134,037 4,131,662 8,292,980 8,307,262 26040526 25930591 -109935
Himachal Pradesh 3,542,799 3,545,058 0 0 381,834 380,490 1,649,665 1,658,686 3,222,401 3,220,511 8796699 8804745 8046
J &K 6,101,786 6,100,700 0 0 268,400 261,339 924,203 874,481 4,949,994 4,897,080 12244383 12133600 -110783
Karnataka 32,164,155 32,123,159 0 214 6,413,163 6,494,622 4,550,894 4,575,413 24,043,176 24,227,858 67171388 67421266 249878
Kerala 8,825,708 8,792,441 0 0 13,137,419 13,109,867 8,703,442 8,727,432 10,684,182 10,683,501 41350751 41313241 -37510
Kolkata 5,469,883 5,448,616 0 0 5,065,800 5,009,300 1,545,662 1,459,804 10,612,514 10,629,555 22693859 22547275 -146584
M adhya Pradesh 16,408,516 16,305,289 0 0 14,479,494 14,225,490 5,136,269 5,141,934 43,289,681 43,578,330 79313960 79251043 -62917

M aharashtra 22,377,901 22,291,217 0 0 21,203,996 20,957,137 5,777,662 5,597,750 41,977,346 41,964,863 91336905 90810967 -525938
M umbai 10,067,105 10,017,055 0 11 10,710,796 10,722,373 220,214 217,541 12,911,173 12,752,423 33909288 33709403 -199885
North East 6,267,645 6,255,114 0 0 678,360 666,730 1,292,344 1,290,175 4,161,863 4,166,376 12400212 12378395 -21817
Odisha 11,745,462 11,719,282 0 0 1,389,017 1,382,612 5,548,276 5,563,824 15,431,011 15,522,229 34113766 34187947 74181
Punjab 12,413,856 12,322,078 0 5 6,205,616 6,161,777 4,192,814 4,140,544 11,285,463 11,269,097 34097749 33893501 -204248
Rajasthan 23,092,425 22,981,843 0 89 9,586,222 9,446,954 5,602,409 5,603,503 26,244,976 26,145,912 64526032 64178301 -347731
Tamil Nadu 29,862,485 29,787,706 0 0 15,084,404 15,040,723 7,797,945 7,813,641 206,894 212,011 24,611,519 24,622,749 77563247 77476830 -86417
U.P.(E) 36,229,144 36,139,722 0 0 16,318,731 16,161,262 8,373,386 8,362,471 39,975,868 40,347,070 100897129 101010525 113396
U.P.(W ) 18,802,873 18,666,890 0 0 14,819,932 14,694,545 5,343,136 5,321,946 23,541,401 23,784,405 62507342 62467786 -39556
W est Bengal 18,189,381 18,154,925 0 4 12,298,014 12,151,771 2,721,928 2,693,571 23,768,148 23,870,730 56977471 56871001 -106470
Total 385410746 384273961 0 340 210477361 208975106 92396282 92051809 206894 212011 1904638 1901918 460019230 461231766 1150415151 1148646911 -1768240
Net Addition -1136785 340 -1502255 -344473 5117 -2720 1212536 0 -1768240
Rural Subscribers 188,992,003 189,477,736 0 0 101687786 100593734 30,054,775 29,382,407 0 0 35,204 35,204 204088838 204835425 524858606 524324506 -534100

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 Proportion of VLR on the date of Peak VLR in the month of Nov-24 (%) Annexure-III

Circle Bharti BSNL Vodafone Idea M TNL Reliance Com. Reliance Jio Total

Andhra Pradesh 98.60 72.26 88.92 - 92.47 92.87

Assam 98.06 28.01 91.59 - 96.09 88.92
Bihar 91.36 39.51 85.98 - 98.75 90.83
Del hi 94.17 53.47 19.33 100.00 92.34 79.19
Gu jarat 107.17 56.81 89.87 100.00 98.31 95.26
Haryana 101.67 34.31 91.32 - 102.31 88.57
Himachal Pradesh 96.69 54.65 100.85 - 103.25 91.35
J & K 87.60 66.02 85.25 - 89.93 86.93
Karnataka 98.60 62.58 75.56 100.00 96.93 93.33
Keral a 100.03 105.86 93.21 - 93.34 97.36
Kolkata 97.71 93.26 86.48 - 102.12 97.00
Madhya Pradesh 98.43 44.54 83.37 - 95.01 90.35
Maharashtra 105.33 82.27 91.07 - 105.24 100.58
Mu mbai 93.29 69.48 73.36 100.00 89.07 83.99
North East 106.18 53.22 94.53 - 106.10 100.01
Odisha 103.47 48.62 90.70 - 97.57 91.35
Pu njab 105.88 55.68 89.45 100.00 100.23 94.88
Rajasthan 101.31 46.34 90.36 100.00 99.38 94.11
Tamil Nadu 98.49 77.84 87.67 - 86.06 90.30
U.P. (E) 97.76 40.22 88.47 - 97.13 91.26
U.P. (W ) 105.83 48.03 88.64 - 97.01 93.50
W est Bengal 99.60 72.24 86.97 100.00 98.33 95.07
Total 98.99 60.34 84.65 25.51 100.00 96.96 92.34

Note: Peak VLR figures in some circles of some of the service providers are more than their HLR figures due to a large number of inroamers.

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 Annexure IV

VLR Subscribers in the Wireless Segment

Home Location Register (HLR) is a central database that contains details of

each mobile phone subscriber that is authorized to use the GSM core network.
The HLRs store details of every SIM card issued by the service provider. Each
SIM has a unique identifier called an International Mobile Subscriber Identity
(IMSI), which is the primary key to each HLR record. The HLR data is stored
for as long as a subscriber remains with the service provider. HLR also
manages the mobility of subscribers by means of updating their position in
administrative areas. It sends the subscriber data to a Visitor Location Register
(VLR).

Subscriber numbers reported by the service providers is the difference

between the numbers of IMSI registered in service provider’s HLR and sum of
other figures as given below: -

1 Total IMSI's in HLR (A)

2 Less: (B = a + b + c + d + e)

a. Test/Service Cards

b. Employees

Stock in hand/in Distribution Channels

c. (Active Card)

d. Subscriber Retention period expired

e. Service suspended pending disconnection

3 Subscribers Base (A-B)

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Visitor Location Register (VLR) is a temporary database of the subscribers
who have roamed into the particular area, which it serves. Each base station
in the network is served by exactly one VLR; hence a subscriber cannot be
present in more than one VLR at a time.

If subscriber is in active stage i.e. he is able to send/receive calls/SMSs he is

available both in HLR and VLR. However, it may be possible that the
subscriber is registered in HLR but not in VLR due to the reason that he is
either switched-off or moved out of coverage area, not reachable etc. In such
circumstances he will be available in HLR but not in VLR. This causes
difference between subscriber number reported by the service providers based
on HLR and numbers available in VLR.

The VLR subscriber data calculated here is based on active subscribers in VLR
on the date of Peak subscriber number in VLR of the particular month for
which the data is being collected. This data is to be taken from the switches
having the purge time of not more than 72 hours.

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