SEAnews 2015-02-20 ArtNo.45445

【New Delhi】Telecom subscriber base of the country reached all-time high of 97 crore at the end of December 2014, as per the latest report by regulator TRAI.
　“The number of telephone subscribers in India increased from 964.20 million at the end of November, 2014 to 970.97 million at the end of December, 2014,” the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India said in the report. This surpasses the previous record of 96.55 crore reached in June 2012. Teledensity in the country, which means connection per 100, reached 77.58.
　At the end of December, the total mobile subscriber base reached 94.39 crore. Out of the total wireless subscriber base, 83.3 crore wireless subscribers were found active in December, 2014. In this record breaking journey, Bharti Airtel has maintained its leadership with 21.72 crore mobile customers. It is followed by Vodafone with 17.86 crore mobile subscribers, Idea Cellular 15.05 crore, Reliance Communications 10.62 crore, BSNL 8.13 crore, Aircel 7.86 crore, Tata Teleservices 6.61 crore and Uninor 4.36 crore.
　During the reported month, about 35 lakh subscribers submitted request to change their mobile service provider taking the total number of such requests under Mobile Number Portability (MNP) service to 14.29 crore. State-run BSNL in the reported month lost 13 lakh subscribers.
　The wireline connections further declined to 2.7 crore from 2.71 crore in November 2014.

○Samsung leads India mobile phone market, but losing grip: CMR

【New Delhi】Samsung may be the leader in the burgeoning Indian mobile market, but the Korean handset giant is losing ground in one of the world’s largest markets as it faces stiff competition from rivals like Micromax, Karbonn, Lava and Microsoft (Nokia).
　According to the latest data from CyberMedia Research, Samsung is “losing its earlier firm grip” with its share declining to 16.5 per cent at the end of December 2014 from 20.3 per cent at the beginning of the year.
　According to the research firm’s India Monthly Mobile Handsets Market Review — for calendar year 2014, India mobile handsets market grew by 4 per cent to 257 million units in terms of shipments over 2013. Of this, Samsung captured 16.5 per cent of the shipments, followed by Micromax and Microsoft (Nokia) at 13.3 per cent each, it added.

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Telecom subscriber base reaches all-time high at 97 crore

Telecom subscriber base reaches all-time high at 97 crore

CyberMedia says Samsung still No 1 in India, but losing grip

Samsung leads India mobile phone market, but losing grip: CMR

Samsung leads India mobile phone market, but losing grip: CMR

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