Vodafone: India Wireless Telecom - 2013

Source: TRAI (March 2013)

Vodafone with 20.1% market share is the second largest mobile telecom player in India …

·         Vodafone is the second largest wireless telecom player in India with 20.1% market share in terms of active mobile subscribers

·         Total subscriber base of Vodafone stood at 152.35 million while 95.61% of its subscriber base is active at the end of March 2013

·         During FY2013, active subscriber base of Vodafone grew by 9.12% to 145.67 million. This is considerably higher compared with growth rate of 5.86% for overall wireless telecom market in India

·         Gujarat with 15.15 million active mobile subscribers remains the largest market for Vodafone followed by U.P. <East>(14.72 million), Maharashtra (13.14 million), Tamil Nadu (11.60 million) and West Bengal (11.49 million)

·         During FY2013, Odisha posted highest growth for Vodafone in terms of active mobile subscriber addition at 23.63% followed by Assam (17.76%), Mumbai (17.57%), Andhra Pradesh (16.82%) and Madhya Pradesh (15.95%)

·         Out of 22 circles where Vodafone is operating 1 telecom circle – ‘Punjab’ witnessed negative growth for active mobile subscriber addition

·         Vodafone remains at number one position in just 5 out of 22 circles it operates while in 6 circles it has second position