This document provides a monthly market intelligence analysis for December 2013 on the India telecom industry. It includes key stats on wireless subscribers, ARPU, and handset launches. Mobile wireless subscribers reached 875.48 million in November 2013. The top cellular operator was Bharti Airtel with 199.95 million subscribers. iBall launched the most handsets (5) in December, followed by Micromax with 3. Reliance Jio is working to build out its 4G network but faces challenges to gain subscribers. Fixed broadband, mobile, and internet penetration in India is increasing according to World Bank data. Contact information is provided for the company producing this monthly report.

1. Monthly Market Intelligence
Analysis – December 2013

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India Telecom- Key Stats
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Wireless Subscriber Trends
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Wire-line Subscribers
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Subscriber Market Share
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Tonse Analysis: India Handsets Market December – 2013
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Tonse Analysis: India Tablets Market December - 2013
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Reliance Jio : An uphill 4G journey…
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Tads - event Pickups
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People Movement December - 2013
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Contact Us
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3. India Telecom Subscriber
Trends
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4. India Telecom-Key Stats
Mobile Revenue in INR
Mn QE September -2013
1. MTS = 2,844
2. Vodafone = 89,097
Mobile ARPU in INR
QE September -2013
1. MTS = 95
2. Vodafone = 191
3. Reliance = 120
Wireless subscribers
875.48 Million (Nov’13)
MNP -Subs ported
Oct’13 = 104.78 million
Sept’ 13 = 102.48 million
Mobile MoU (per user)
Top 3 QE September2013
1. MTS = 363
2. Reliance = 277
3. Vodafone = 333
Wireline subscribers
• Oct'13 = 28.33
Handsets Launched
December’13 = 20
November'13 = 23
Broadband subscribers
• October '13 = 14.91 Million
• September '13 = 15.36
Tablets Launched
December’13 = 6
November'13 = 5
Teledensity
Oct’13 = 73.32
Sept ‘13 = 70.63
Metros
Top 3 circles by wireless
Netadds
Bihar (Circle‘C) = 754,613
Maharashtra (Circle‘A) = 744,933
Rajasthan (Circle'B) = 469,724
Highest Netadds
Bharthi Tele Ventures – 1,725,118
(Subs)
A Circle
B Circle
C Circle
Top cellular Operator (subs)
Nov'13
Airtel- 199.95 Million
Top wireline Operator (subs)
BSNL-18.9 Million (Nov'13)
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5. Subscriber Market Share
Wireless Subscriber Base in millions: Sept'12 - Nov'13
1000
909.32
906
893.96
900
800
701.09
705.32
709.98
868.08
704.36
865.77
710.62
869.88
864.26
714.66
724.70
871.38
728.13
875.53
878.93
732.38
736.10
880.35
735.97
882.32
740.62
876.24
743.66
881.06
886.23
748.99
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Nov-13
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Of the total base, 748.99 million customers were found to be active on a particular date in October.
Of the total base , in-active subscribers amounted to a total of 132.07 million as of October.
The VLR subscriber base has increased by about 6.2% from October’12 to October’13, while the total subscriber base has
decreased by about 3% in the same period.
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6. Devices
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7. Tonse Analysis: India Handsets Market for
December - 2013
Tonse Analysis: Number of Handsets launched in India by Manufacturers
(December-2013)
5
5
4
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
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Celkon
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Gionee
IBall
Karbonn
Lava
Lenovo
Maxx
Micromax
Nokia
Xolo
India handsets launched for December ‘13
Total no. of handsets launched during this period = 20
iBall launched the highest number of handsets during this period = 5; followed by Micromax who launched 3 handsets
each.
Gionee, Karbonn, Maxx and Nokia launched 2 handsets each; Celkon, Lava, Lenovo and Xolo launched 1 handset each.
18 handsets launched were Wi-Fi enabled.
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8. Reliance Jio : An uphill 4G
journey…
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9. Reliance Jio : An uphill 4G journey..
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10. Fixedline bradband, Mobile and
Internet Penetration in India
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11. Fixedline bradband, Mobile and Internet Penetration in India
Source: World Bank, Tonse analysis
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