West Bengal Wireless Telecom Market 2012

Source: TRAI

Note: West Bengal telecom circle excludes Kolkata

West Bengal’s active mobile subscriber base increased by 21.72% to touch 34.37 million…

·    Mobile subscriber base of West Bengal increased by 16.67% during FY2012 to reach 46.27 million

·    Active wireless subscriber base in West Bengal is 74.27% resulting in 34.37 million active mobile users

·    Active subscriber base in West Bengal increased by 21.72% during FY2012 compared with national average of 19.00%

·    By March 2012, West Bengal is 11^th largest wireless telecom market in India accounting for 5.03% of total active subscriber base

·    By March 2012, West Bengal registered  1,194,885 Mobile Number Portability (MNP) requests, resulting into churn rate of 2.58%

Vodafone is the clear winner with 31.1% market share ….

·    In West Bengal wireless telecom market, Vodafone leads with 25.3% share in terms of total subscriber base followed by Airtel (19.8%), Reliance (16.8%), BSNL (7.8%) and Aircel (6.7%)

·    Vodafone extends its lead over competition as 91.2% of it user base is active compared with 89.0% for Bharti and 75.9% for Reliance

·    In terms of active mobile subscriber base, Vodafone tops West Bengal market with 31.1% share followed by Airtel (23.7%) and Reliance (17.2%)

·    Top 5 players accounts for 82.3% of West Bengal’s active mobile subscriber base