North East Wireless Telecom Market 2013

Source: TRAI

Note: North East telecom circle include Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura and Meghalaya

North East is one of fastest growing market in India …

·         Mobile subscriber base of North East increased by 5.19% during FY2013 to reach 8.96 million. North East is the 2^nd fastest growing market in India in terms of total wireless subscribers addition

·         Active wireless subscriber base in North East is 79.33% resulting in 7.11 million active mobile users

·         Active subscriber base in North East increased by 9.45% during FY2013 compared with national average of 5.86%, 2^nd fastest in the country

·         By March 2013, North East is 20^th largest wireless telecom market in India accounting for 0.98% of total active subscriber base

Bharti Airtel dominates with 37.0% market share…

·         In North East wireless telecom market, Airtel leads with 30.5% share in terms of total subscriber base followed by Aircel (25.9%), BSNL (19.6%) and Vodafone (11.1%)

·         In terms of active subscriber base, Bharti Airtel tops with 37.0% share followed by Aircel (24.2%) and BSNL (12.8%)

·         Airtel has 96.4% active users compared with 74.2% for Aircel and BSNL (51.7%)

·         Top 5 players accounts for 96.2% of North East’s active mobile subscriber base