Vodafone: India Wireless Telecom - First Quarter 2012-2013

Source: TRAI

Vodafone with 19.7% market share is the second largest mobile telecom player in India …

·        Vodafone is the second largest wireless telecom player in India with 19.7% market share in terms of active mobile subscribers

·        Total subscriber base of Vodafone stood at 153.71 million while 89.30% of its subscriber base is active at the end of June 2012

·        During the first quarter of 2012-2013, active subscriber base of Vodafone grew by 2.82% to 137.26 million. This is considerably higher compared with growth rate of 1.88% for overall wireless telecom market in India

·        U.P. (East) with 14.42 million active mobile subscribers remains the largest market for Vodafone followed by Gujarat (14.28 million), Maharashtra (12.16 million), Tamil Nadu (11.34 million) and West Bengal (11.03 million)

·        During March-June 2012, Himachal Pradesh posted highest growth for Vodafone in terms of active mobile subscriber addition at 14.68% followed by North East (7.88%), Assam (6.41%), Odisha (5.99%) and Bihar (5.42%)

·        Out of 22 circles where Vodafone is operating 2 telecom circles witnessed negative growth for active mobile subscriber addition

·        Vodafone remains at number one position in just 4 out of 22 circles it operates while in 8 circles it has second position