By
Telecom Lead Team:
India has more than 20 million Internet subscribers. BSNL holds 56.94
percent of the market share with subscriber base of 11.95 million Internet
subscribers at the end of September 2011 as against 11.63 million at the end of
June 2011.

 

(Chart of
top 10 internet operators and their market share in India is given at the end
of the article)

 

Reliance
Communications is at second position (2.68 million) followed by MTNL (2.48
million).

 

DSL (Digital
Subscriber Line) is the most preferred technology used by the Service Providers
to provide Broadband Services and it constitutes 85.44 percent of total
broadband subscribers, followed by Cable Modem Technology (5.77 percent) and
Ethernet LAN (5.36 percent).

 

The total
revenue of the Internet services has increased to Rs 2,664.78 crore for the
quarter ending September 2011 as compared to Rs 2,350.34 crore for the quarter
ending June 2011, showing an increase of 13.38 percent.

Total
minutes of usage (MOU) for Internet telephony recorded sharp increase from
191.77 million in June 2011 to 194.36 million in September 2011.

 

Maharashtra
is having largest Internet (<256 Kbps) and Broadband (>=256 Kbps)
subscriber base in the country. Tamil Nadu is at second place in internet and
broadband subscriber base.

 

At the end
of September 2011, in all the top 10 states, the number of broadband
subscribers is more than the number of Internet subscribers.

 

42.79
percent of total wireless subscribers base are capable of Accessing Data
Services/Internet at the end of September 2011 as against 40.70 percent at the
end of previous quarter.

 

Internet Subscriber Base & Market share of top 10 ISPs S.No	ISP	Category	Service   Area	Subs	Share ( percent)
1	Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.	A	All India	11954042	56.94 percent
2	Reliance Communications Infrastructure Limited	A	All India	2680107	12.77 percent
3	Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd.	B	Delhi & Mumbai	2477200	11.80 percent
4	Bharti Airtel Ltd.	A	All lndia	1412317	6.73 percent
5	Hathway Cable & Datacom Pvt. Ltd.	A	All India	360950	1.72 percent
6	You Broadband & Cable India Pvt. Ltd.	A	All India	301513	1.44 percent
7	Tikona Digital Networks Pvt Ltd	A	All India	237055	1.13 percent
8	Beam Telecom Pvt. Ltd.	B	Andhra Pradesh	158184	0.75 percent
9	Tata Communications Internet Services Limited	A	All India	157862	0.75 percent
10	Asianet Satellite Communications Ltd.	B	Kerala	114200	0.54 percent
Total of Top 10 ISPs		19853430		94.57 percent
Others		1138974		5.43 percent
Grand Total		20992404		100.00 percent

 

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