Bihar Wireless Telecom Market 2013

Source: TRAI

Note: Bihar telecom circle includes Bihar and Jharkhand

Bihar continues to grow at pace as Airtel garner lion’s share

Bihar is the 5^th largest mobile telecom market in India…

·         Total mobile subscriber base of Bihar decreased by -5.01% during FY2013 to reach 60.3million

·         While active wireless subscriber base in Bihar is 83.17% resulting in 50.15million active mobile users

·         Active subscriber base in Bihar increased by 8.36% during FY2013 compared with national average of 5.86%

·         Bihar fifth fastest growing market in India in terms of active subscriber base

·         By March 2013, Bihar is 5^th largest wireless telecom market in India accounting for 6.94% of total active subscriber base

Bharti Airtel holds commanding position with 37.9% market share ….

·         In Bihar wireless telecom market, Airtel leads with 32.1% share in terms of total subscriber base followed by Reliance (15.8%), Vodafone (11.2%) Idea (10.0%) and BSNL (9.8%)

·         Bharti extends market share in terms of active subscriber base as 98.0% of its mobile subscribers are active

·         As a result, Airtel leads Bihar wireless market with 37.9% share followed by Reliance (16.3%) and Vodafone (13.3%)

·         Airtel’s dominance is such that the gap between market shares of top 2 players (Bharti and Reliance) is 24.6%

·         Notably, BSNL which has just 35.27% active mobile users ranks 7^th with meager 4.2% market share

·         Top 5 players accounts for 85.9% of Bihar’s active mobile subscriber base