Aircel: India Wireless Telecom - First Quarter 2012-2013

Source: TRAI

Aircel with 5.4% market share is the 7^th largest mobile telecom player in India …

·        Aircel is the seventh largest wireless telecom player in India with 5.4% market share in terms of active mobile subscribers

·        Total subscriber base of Aircel stood at 64.88 million while 57.76% of its subscriber base is active at the end of June 2012. Active subscriber base proportion is significantly lower for Aircel compared with leading players such as Airtel, Vodafone and Idea

·        During the first quarter of 2012-2013, active subscriber base of Aircel grew by 3.02% to 37.59 million. This is considerably higher compared with growth rate of 1.88% for overall wireless telecom market in India

·        Tamil Nadu with 11.73 million active mobile subscribers remains the largest market for Aircel followed by Assam (3.00 million), Bihar (2.34 million), U.P. <West> (2.07 million) and Rajasthan (1.85 million)

·        During March-June 2012, U.P. (West) posted highest growth for Aircel in terms of active mobile subscriber addition at 56.31% followed by Haryana (27.70%), Rajasthan (20.18%), Delhi (9.98%) and West Bengal (8.99%)

·        Out of 22 circles where Aircel is operating 8 telecom circles witnessed negative growth for active mobile subscriber addition

·        Aircel does not hold either of top position in any of the telecom circles in India while highest it is second largest player in 4 telecom circles. Although Aircel has pan India presence, it is heavily dependent on some of its top markets indicating concentrated nature of its business