On 28 December, the telecom regulator TRAI released the “Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicator Report” for the Quarter ending September, 2017. This Report provides a broad perspective of the Telecom Services in India and presents the key parameters and growth trends of the Telecom Services as well as Cable TV, DTH & Radio Broadcasting services in India for the period covering 1st July, 2017 to 30th September, 2017 compiled mainly on the basis of information furnished by the Service Providers.
Wireline subscriber declined from 24.00 million at the end of Jun-17 to 23.67 million at the end of Sep-17 with quarterly decline rate of 1.37%. The year-on-year (Y-O-Y) decline rate in wireline subscribers for Sep-17 is 3.36%.
Total number of Internet subscribers declined from 431.21 million at the end of Jun-17 to 429.23 million at the end of Sep-17, registering a quarterly growth rate of -0.46%. Out of 429.23 million, Wired Internet subscribers are 21.35 million and Wireless Internet subscribers are 407.88 million.
The Internet subscriber base is comprised of Broadband Internet subscriber base of 324.89 million and Narrowband Internet subscriber base of 104.34 million.
The broadband Internet subscriber base grew by 8.00% from 300.84 million at the end of Jun-17 to 324.89 million at the end of Sep-17. On the other hand, the narrowband Internet subscriber base declined by 19.97% from 130.38 million at the end of Junr-17 to 104.34 million at the end of Sep-17.
A total number of 877 private satellite TV channels have been permitted by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) for uplinking only/downlinking/uplinking, as on 30th September, 2017.
During the quarter ending Sep-17, there were 300 pay channels as reported by 48 broadcasters as compared to 293 pay channels reported in the previous quarter. 300 pay channels include 215 SD pay TV channels and 85 HD Pay TV channels. During the quarter ending Sep-17, as per the reporting, eight new pay channels were commenced. No pay channel was converted from Pay to FTA or vice versa. Further, one pay channel namely “Da Vinci Learning” was reported to be discontinued.
Since its introduction in the year 2003, Indian DTH service has displayed a phenomenal growth. DTH has attained net pay active subscriber base of around 66.99 million. This is besides the viewershipof the free DTH services of Doordarshan. As on QE Sep-17, there are 6pay DTH service providers in the country.
Apart from the radio Stations operated by All India Radio, PrasarBharati – a public broadcaster, as on 30th September, 2017, there are322 operational private FM Radio stations and 86 existing cities withoperational 34 FM Radio Operators as compared to 310 private FMRadio Stations 86 cities with operational 33 FM Radio Operators in theprevious quarter.
The report said that the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) of telcos too came down by 17.55 per cent to Rs 41,668.84 crore in quarter 3 ending 30 September, which was Rs 50,539.2 crore in the same quarter last year.
Source: http://cablequest.org/index.php/news/regulations-news/item/11799-trai-releases-%E2%80%9Cindian-telecom-services-performance-indicator-report%E2%80%9D-july-sep-2017
Wireline subscriber declined from 24.00 million at the end of Jun-17 to 23.67 million at the end of Sep-17 with quarterly decline rate of 1.37%. The year-on-year (Y-O-Y) decline rate in wireline subscribers for Sep-17 is 3.36%.
Total number of Internet subscribers declined from 431.21 million at the end of Jun-17 to 429.23 million at the end of Sep-17, registering a quarterly growth rate of -0.46%. Out of 429.23 million, Wired Internet subscribers are 21.35 million and Wireless Internet subscribers are 407.88 million.
The Internet subscriber base is comprised of Broadband Internet subscriber base of 324.89 million and Narrowband Internet subscriber base of 104.34 million.
The broadband Internet subscriber base grew by 8.00% from 300.84 million at the end of Jun-17 to 324.89 million at the end of Sep-17. On the other hand, the narrowband Internet subscriber base declined by 19.97% from 130.38 million at the end of Junr-17 to 104.34 million at the end of Sep-17.
A total number of 877 private satellite TV channels have been permitted by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) for uplinking only/downlinking/uplinking, as on 30th September, 2017.
During the quarter ending Sep-17, there were 300 pay channels as reported by 48 broadcasters as compared to 293 pay channels reported in the previous quarter. 300 pay channels include 215 SD pay TV channels and 85 HD Pay TV channels. During the quarter ending Sep-17, as per the reporting, eight new pay channels were commenced. No pay channel was converted from Pay to FTA or vice versa. Further, one pay channel namely “Da Vinci Learning” was reported to be discontinued.
Since its introduction in the year 2003, Indian DTH service has displayed a phenomenal growth. DTH has attained net pay active subscriber base of around 66.99 million. This is besides the viewershipof the free DTH services of Doordarshan. As on QE Sep-17, there are 6pay DTH service providers in the country.
Apart from the radio Stations operated by All India Radio, PrasarBharati – a public broadcaster, as on 30th September, 2017, there are322 operational private FM Radio stations and 86 existing cities withoperational 34 FM Radio Operators as compared to 310 private FMRadio Stations 86 cities with operational 33 FM Radio Operators in theprevious quarter.
The report said that the adjusted gross revenue (AGR) of telcos too came down by 17.55 per cent to Rs 41,668.84 crore in quarter 3 ending 30 September, which was Rs 50,539.2 crore in the same quarter last year.
Source: http://cablequest.org/index.php/news/regulations-news/item/11799-trai-releases-%E2%80%9Cindian-telecom-services-performance-indicator-report%E2%80%9D-july-sep-2017
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