BSNL, MTNL report slower rise in landline, mobile phone connections than private operators

The number of telephone customers of BSNL and MTNL as on 31 January 2008 stood at  695.94 lakh and 68.72 lakh respectively.

This reflects an annual growth rate of rise in subscribers of 13.86 for BSNL and 7.99 for MTNL over January 2007.  The number of BSNL landline, WLL and mobile phone connections during last two years and during 2007-08 (till the end of January) was:

(In Lakh)
BSNL Landline WLL Mobile Total
Year        
2005-06 -4.36 9.44 77.16 82.24
2006-07 -16.84 9.84 102.64 95.64
2007-08 (upto Jan.08) -21.31 6.81 63.20 48.70
MTNL Landline/ WLL Mobile Total
2005-06 3.64 11.69 15.33
2006-07 3.91 10.62 14.53
2007-08 (upto Jan.08) 2.81 6.65 9.46

The total subscribers of private and public sector telecom companies in the country and the number of subscribers of public and private sector telecom companies as on 31 Januar 2008 was:
 
  Name of the Company Total Phones Shares in %
1 BSNL 69593752 24.71
2 MTNL 6872942 2.44
  Total 76466694 27.15
       
1 Bharti Airtel 59627937 21.17
2 Reliance Telecom. Ltd. 43380206 15.40
3 Vodafone 41145413 14.61
4 TATA Teleservices Ltd. 23229484 8.25
5 Idea Mobile Communication 21954685 7.80
6 Aircel 9933815 3.53
7 Spice Communication 3942828 1.40
8 BPL Mobile 1256534 0.45
9 HFCL Infotel Ltd. 420263 0.15
10 Shyam Telelink Ltd. 261776 0.09

Total

205152941

72.85

Combined Total of public and private sector companies 281619635 100