mobile subscriber additions

TRAI today released their November 2013 telecom subscription report which states that India added 5.65 million new subscribers, second highest mobile subscriber addition since July 2012. The total tally of reached 881.13 million by end of…

Close to 5 million new mobile subscribers were added in the month of October 2013 as per the latest TRAI report

Trai has got more efficient in past couple of months – 10 days after they released the August 2013 Telecom subscription report, they have now published telecom subscriber report for month of September 2013 as well. The highlight for month…

In the month of August 2013, India added a total of 1.84 million new mobile subscribers, taking the total tally to 876.72 million as per the latest TRAI report. This is the 4th consecutive month that mobile subscribers have show positive…

In the month of July India added 1.52 million new subscribers taking the total tally to 874.88 million. This is the 3rd consecutive month where the mobile subscriber growth has registered a rise. In last 1 year before July 2013, 9 out of 12…

TRAI today released their monthly telecom subscriber data report for January 2013 and for 7th straight month Indian mobile subscriber numbers witnessed a fall. While it was not as severe as December 2012 (when it lost 25 mln), Jan 2013…

To be honest, I had not anticipated fall in mobile subscriber numbers atleast for next couple of years, but it is happening. In July 2012 mobile subscribers witnessed a major fall of over 20 million primarily due to Reliance. According to…

Although, the growth in mobile subscriber base has slowed down considerably over past few months, May 2012 saw a healthy growth after dismal April figures. According to the TRAI report for May 2012, India added 8.35 million new subscribers…

So the trend continues - This is 5th straight month when Mobile subscriptions have fallen - and pretty sharp fall at that. I have covering mobile subscriber addition data since 2007, and this must be probably lowest that I have witnessed.…