Kolkata Wireless Telecom Market 2013

Source: TRAI

Kolkata continues to be one of worst performing market in terms of subscriber growth …

·         Mobile subscriber base of Kolkata crashed by 14.93% during FY2013 to reach 21.26 million, 2^nd worst performing market in India

·         Active wireless subscriber base in Kolkata is 82.84% resulting in 17.61 million active mobile users

·         Active subscriber base in Kolkata increased by 4.01% during FY2013 compared with national average of 5.86%, 2^nd lowest growth rate among all telecom circles

·         By March 2013, Kolkata is 17^th largest wireless telecom market in India accounting for 2.44% of total active subscriber base

Vodafone snatched pole position from Reliance while Bharti inches closer ….

·         In Kolkata wireless telecom market, Vodafone leads with 19.7% share in terms of total subscriber base followed by Reliance (19.3%), Bharti (17.3%), Tata (13.6%) and BSNL (10.8%)

·         In terms of active subscriber base, Vodafone emerges as market leader with 23.5% market share followed by Reliance (22.4%) and Bharti (19.5%)

·         Notably, BSNL which has just 4.5% active users share is 7^th reflecting its inability to serve “Metros” effectively

·         Idea with just 7.0% market share is yet to establish itself as serious player in Kolkata

·         Top 5 players accounts for 86.0% of Kolkata’s active mobile subscriber base