Bharti Airtel: India Wireless Telecom - First Quarter 2012-13

Source: TRAI

Bharti Airtel continues to lead Indian wireless telecom market with 24.4% share …

·        Bharti Airtel is the largest wireless telecom player in India with 24.4% market share in terms of active mobile subscribers

·        Total subscriber base of Airtel stood at 187.30 million while 90.78% of its subscriber base is active at the end of June 2012

·        During the first quarter of 2012-13, active subscriber base of Airtel grew by 2.25% to 170.03 million. This is higher compared with growth rate of 1.88% for overall wireless telecom market in India

·        Bihar with 17.65 million active mobile subscribers remains the largest market for Airtel followed by Andhra Pradesh (17.49 million), Karnataka (14.92 million), U.P. (East) (14.60 million) and Rajasthan (13.34 million)

·        In terms of growth rates during March-June 2012, Maharashtra posted highest growth for Airtel in terms of active mobile subscriber addition at 8.62% followed by Kerala (7.22%), J&K (5.50%), North East (5.49%) and Bihar (5.30%)

·        Out of 22 circles where Airtel is operating 6 telecom circles witnessed negative growth for active mobile subscriber addition

·        Airtel remains at number one position in 12 out of 22 circles it operates while in two circles it has second position