State-run telecom operator BSNL registered adjusted gross revenue (AGR) of Rs 3,318.71 crore in Q4 fiscal 2017 against Rs 3,146.11 crore in Q3, recording 5.49 percent growth.
BSNL had 114.68 million wireless and wireline subscribers in India in Q4 fiscal 2017. The growth in its total subscriber base was 3.76 percent from Q3.
BSNL has 36.60 million wireless and wireline subscribers in rural India, commanding a share of 7.3 percent.
BSNL has 90.90 mobile phone users on its network in India. The state-run BSNL has 8.63 percent share in India wireless market.
The rural mobile subscriber base of BSNL was 32.88 million, accounting for 6.6 percent share of the rural market.
BSNL has 3.72 million wired connections in rural India and 9.97 million wired connections in urban India.
BSNL’s market share in wired telecom market is 56.10 percent.
With 2,28,403 connections, BSNL has 99.44 percent market share of total VPTs and Tata Teleservices has 0.56 percent market share with 1,282 VPTs.
BSNL has an Internet base of 35754772, accounting for 8.47 percent share.
In wired internet segment, BSNL holds 61.06 percent market share with 13.17 million subscribers, followed by Bharti with 2.08 million subscribers.
Top five broadband (wired+wireless) service providers in term of subscribers are Reliance Jio (108.68 million), Bharti (49.13 million), Vodafone (37.72 million), Idea (24.70 million) and BSNL (21.67 million).
In wired broadband segment, BSNL holds 54.71 percent market share with 9.98 million subscribers followed by Bharti with 2.08 million subscribers.
BSNL and QoS in 2G
BSNL’s West Bengal circle has achieved 13.13 percent in worst affected cells having more than 3 percent TCH drop (call drop).
BSNL’s Gujarat circle faced Point of Interconnection (POI) Congestion issues.
BSNL’s West Bengal circle with 7.42 percent faced issues relating to worst affected cells having more than 3 percent Circuit Switched Voice Drop Rate.
BSNL’s Punjab telecom circle recorded 91.66 percent in terms of response time to the customer for assistance- Accessibility of call centre / customer care.
