TRAI releases Tele-density data of India: Key Facts

January 19, 2019

The TRAI has released the Tele-density data of India. Important observations from the TRAI data are listed below:

The total number of mobile phone subscribers in India by the end of November was 117.18 crore with a net addition of 17.39 lakh customers during the month.
The private access service providers held 89.99 per cent market share of the wireless subscribers whereas BSNL and MTNL, the two PSU access service providers, had a market share of only 10.01 per cent as on November 2018.
Reliance Jio led the subscription race in November 2018 adding around 88.01 lakh subscribers across the country.
State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) added around 3.78 lakh subscribers in November, taking its total tally to 11.38 crore.
Airtel added around 1.02 lakh new customers in November, taking its total tally to 34.18 crores.
On the other hand, Vodafone Idea lost around 65.26 lakh subscribers.

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is a statutory body set up by the Government of India under section 3 of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997. TRAI is the watchdog of the telecommunications sector in India.
The main objective of TRAI is to provide a fair and transparent policy environment which promotes a level playing field and facilitates fair competition and to create and nurture conditions for growth of telecommunications in the country in a manner and at a pace which will enable India to play a leading role in the emerging global information society.
Through an amendment to the TRAI Act, a Telecommunications Dispute Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) was established to take over the adjudicatory and disputes functions from TRAI.

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