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| Top Basic Service Providers (in Revenue terms) | ||||
| Rank | Companies | Turnover | Growth | |
| 2001-2002 | 2000-2001 |
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| 1 | BSNL | 23,500 | 23,000 | 2.17 |
| 2 | MTNL | 6,147.09 | 5,784.58 | 6.26 |
| 3 | Hughes Tele.com | 252.5 | 139.2 | 81.39 |
| 4 | Bharti Telenet | 162 | 109.2 | 48.35 |
| 5 | Tata Teleservices | 149.9 | 86.36 | 73.57 |
| 6 | HFCL Infotel | 80 | 13.13 | 260 |
| 7 | Shyam Telelink | 36 | 10 | 260 |
| 8 | Reliance Telecom | NA | NA | NA |
| NA stands for not available | ||||
| Top Basic Service Providers (in subscriber terms) | |||||
Rank | Companies | No | Net | Growth | |
| 2001-2002* | 2000-01** | (in %) | |||
| 1 | BSNL | 33,415,197 | 28,109,179 | 5,306,018 | 18.87 |
| 2 | MTNL | 4,542,928 | 4,334,729 | 208,199 | 4.8 |
| 3 | Bharti Telenet | 160,000 | 125,000 | 35,000 | 28 |
| 4 | Hughes Tele | 159,500 | 69,599 | 89,901 | 129.16 |
| 5 | Tata Tele | 150,000 | 58,709 | 91,291 | 155.49 |
| 6 | HFCL Infotel | 65,000 | 13,326 | 51,674 | 387.6 |
| 7 | Shyam Tele | 30,000 | 13,000 | 17,000 | 130.76 |
| 8 | Reliance Telecom NA | 160 | NA | NA | |
| NA stands for not available | |||||
| *Stands for subscribers as on 31.03.02 | |||||
| **Stands for subscribers as on 31.03.01 | |||||
| Market Share (in terms of subscriber base) | ||
Market Share (in | Subscribers | |
| BSNL + MTNL | 98.55 | 37,958,125 |
| Private Sector | 1.45 | 559,500 |
| Market Share (in terms of revenue) | ||
| Market Share (in percentage) | Total Revenue (in Rs Crore) | |
| BSNL + MTNL | 98 | 29,647.09 |
| Private Sector | 2 | 600.4 |
| ARPU Comparison of Service Providers | ||
| Companies | ARPU (per month) | DEL: Employee Ratio |
| BSNL | 586.06 | 92.75 |
| Bharti Telenet | 843.75 | 457.14 |
| HFCL Infotel | 1,025.64 | 95.87 |
| Hughes Tele.com | 1,319.22 | 191.7 |
| MTNL | 1,127.59 | 74.78 |
| Shyam Telelink | 1,000 | 83.33 |
| Tata Teleservices | 832.77 | 266.66 |
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FIXED | ||||
| Subscriber Base of Private Basic Operators as on 30.11.2002 | ||||
| WIRELINE | WLL (FWT) | WLL (M) | TOTAL | |
| Bharti Telenet | 296,217 | |||
| Delhi | 26,300 | 0 | 0 | 26,300 |
| Haryana | 25,681 | 0 | 0 | 25,681 |
| Karnataka | 17,139 | 0 | 0 | 17,139 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 160,476 | 30,437 | 0 | 190,913 |
| Tami Nadu | 36,184 | 0 | 0 | 36,184 |
| HFCL Infotel | ||||
| Punjab | 58,015 | 16,074 | 34,365 | 108,454 |
| Hughes Tele | ||||
| Maharashtra | 148,039 | 50,582 | 0 | 198,621 |
| Shyam Telelink | ||||
| Rajasthan | 25,106 | 3,431 | 27,783 | 56,320 |
| Tata Teleservices | 236,542 | |||
| Andhra Pradesh | 83,044 | 57,793 | 88,952 | 229,789 |
| Karnataka | 0 | 1,344 | 2,068 | 3,412 |
| Tamil Nadu | 0 | 1,889 | 1,452 | 3,341 |
| Total no. of Pvt BSOs | 579,984 | 161,550 | 154,620 | 896,154 |
Current | ||||||
| Operator | 1998-99 | 1999-00 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 |
| A | 8,278 | 7,061 | 5,948 | - | - | - |
| B | 40,198 | 15,691 | 15,727 | 17,105 | 16,553 | 16,761 |
| C | - | - | 17,564 | 20,168 | 17,991 | 16,273 |
| D | - | 84,052 | 52,658 | 35,813 | 33,994 | 31,041 |
| E | - | - | - | - | 15,994 | 14,750 |
| F | - | - | 22,604 | 17,730 | 17,088 | 12,470 |
| G | - | 30,822 | 30,030 | 19,575 | 16,404 | 16,060 |
Market | ||||
| Operators | 1998-99 | 1999-00 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 |
| BSNL | 82.99% | 84.32% | 85.95% | 86.43% |
| MTNL | 16.92% | 15.12% | 13.23% | 12.05% |
| A | 0.06% | 0.35% | 0.35% | 0.47% |
| B | 0.03% | 0.08% | 0.21% | 0.42% |
| C | - | 0.10% | 0.18% | 0.39% |
| D | - | - | 0% | 0% |
| E | - | - | 0.03% | 0.07% |
| F | - | 0.03% | 0.04% | 0.17% |
| Status of Rural telephones and Tele-density during IX Plan (1997-2002) | |||||
| Year | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02* |
| Telephone (in million) | 2.84 | 3.65 | 4.82 | 6.69 | 8.29 |
| Tele-density (per 100) | 0.41 | 0.52 | 0.68 | 0.93 | 1.14 |
| Share of Rural Areas in total | 15.2 | 16 | 16.9 | 18.4 | 18 |
| DELs (including cellular) | |||||
| CUMULATIVE CDMA SUBSCRIBERS IN THE COUNTRY | |||
| Players | 2001-02 | 2002-03* | 2003-04* |
| BSNL | 196,699 | 1,196,699 | 2,396,699 |
| MTNL | 49,042 | 87,000 | 267,000 |
| Reliance Infocomm | Nil | 750,000 | 4,250,000 |
| Tata Teleservices | 75,000 | 292,000 | 1,275,000 |
| Hughes Tele.com | Nil | Nil | 250,000 |