The number of internet subscribers declined 1.83 percent from 259.14 million in June 2014 to 254.40 million in September 2014, said TRAI.

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Wired Internet subscribers increased 0.81 percent from 18.55 million in June 2014 to 18.7 million in September 2014.

Wireless Internet subscribers declined 2.04 percent from 240.6 million in June 2014 to 235.24 million in September 2014.

Broadband subscribers increased from 68.83 million in June 2014 to 75.73 million in September 2014.

The number of Narrowband subscribers declined from 190.31 million in June 2014 to 178.67 million in September 14.

Bharti holds the top position with 26.32 percent of market share of internet subscribers followed by Vodafone with 22.47 percent. Top 10 Service Providers together hold 97.66 percent of total internet subscriber base, said TRAI.

In wired internet segment, BSNL holds 70.45 percent market share with 13.17 million subscribers, followed by Bharti with 1.49 million and MTNL with 1.13 million subscribers. Total number of wired internet subscriber is 18.70 million in September 2014.

In wireless internet segment, Bharti holds 27.78 percent market share with 65.47 million subscribers followed by Vodafone with 57.16 million and Idea Cellular with 30.93 million internet subscribers.

Top five service areas in terms of internet subscriptions (wired + wireless) are Maharashtra (23.21 million), Tamil Nadu including Chennai (21.01 million), Andhra Pradesh (18.83 million), Gujarat (17.15 million) and Karnataka (16.56 million), said TRAI.

Baburajan K
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