The Telecom Regulatory Authority of
India (TRAI) has revealed that the Mobile Number Portability (MNP)
requests surged to 45.89 million at the end of April 2012, up from 41.88
million in March. In the month of April 2012, total number of
subscribers who have submitted their request for MNP was about 4.01
million.
In MNP Zone-I (Northern & Western
India) the maximum number of recorded requests were in Gujarat (4.23
million) followed by Rajasthan (4.10 million) whereas in MNP Zone-II
(Southern & Eastern) the maximum number of requests have been
received in Karnataka (5.11 million) followed by Andhra Pradesh Service
area (4.44 million). The status of MNP requests in various service
areas is given below:
MNP status as on April 2012
Overall, the total number of telephone users
in India surged to 952.91 million at the end of April, up from 951.34
million at the end of March – a growth of 0.16 percent. However, the
number of subscriptions in urban areas dipped to 618.92 million in
April, from 620.53 million in March. In rural areas, subscriptions
increased from 330.82 million to 334 million during the review period.
TRAI
further said overall tele-density in urban areas dipped to 168.83 from
169.55, while it increased from 39.22 to 39.57 in rural areas. Overall
share of urban users decreased to 64.95 percent from 65.23 per cent,
whereas share of rural subscribers surged to 35.05 percent in the month
of April, according to TRAI.
The number of wireless telephone users
has also increased to 921.02 million in April from 919.17 million in
March --- a growth of 0.20 per cent. According to TRAI, private
operators dominate the wireless market with 88.76 percent share whereas
state-run BSNL and MTNL hold only 11.24 percent market share.
Service provider wise market share
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