Telcom Roundup

Hi all,

TRAI released Quarterly Performance Indicators of Indian Telecom Services for the quarter ending December 2007.

An All India blended ARPU for GSM subscribers declined by 5.09%, from Rs 275 in the September ending quarter, to Rs 261 in the December ending quarter, according to the December 2007 ending report released by TRAI

VAS, a composite of which is Other Revenues, decreased as a component of GSM ARPU from 8.8% to 8.2% QoQ

CDMA fared a worse fate decreasing from 11.5% to 7.5% during the same period

CDMA and GSM both recorded similar growth rates, adding 11.44% and 11.84% respectively. CDMA now captures 26.28% of the total wireless market and GSM 73.72%

Bharti continues to reign with a 32% market share followed by Vodafone at 23% and BSNL 19%.

Internet subs reached 10.36 million as compard to 9.63 million last quarter, registering a growth of 7.64%.

Rising Inflation has seen the launch of new cellphones postponed.

Future’s Biyani as stating that cell phone demand has diped 20-25%, MobileStore CEO Agrawal states growth in sales are about 15% each month but have dipped to 3% in March.

For the press release by TRAI

Quarterly Performance Indicators of Indian Telecom Services for the quarter ending December 2007.