Big leap in broadband usage
The Trai report on performance indicators of various telecom services for the reporting quarter says the annual Internet subscribers’ base grew by 22 per cent. During the quarter it increased from 5.45 million to 5.55 million.
On an average, each Internet subscriber used 305 minutes per month and the average revenue per user (ARPU) per month for Internet service was Rs 220 during the quarter. Broadband subscribers had used a download speed of 256 kilobits per second or more.
Subscribers used about 41.52 million minutes of Internet telephony during the quarter, the report said.
The telephone subscriber base grew by 5.95 per cent during the period.
The gross subscriber base of both fixed-line and mobile services was 98.41 million in March against 92.88 million in December.
The overall telephone user base grew by 28.59 per cent during 2004-05.
Subscribers of fixed-telephone service, including fixed-line and wireless in local loop-fixed, increased from 44.87 million to 46.19 million.
The mobile subscriber base, including GSM and CDMA, grew from 48.01 million to 52.22 million during the quarter.
The number of mobile users in the last financial year grew 55 per cent.
The total subscriber ratio between private operators and state-owned telecom companies increased to 47:53 against 46:54 at the end of December.
The number of PCOs in the country increased to 27,71,132, posting an 8.65 per cent growth.
The ARPU for GSM service providers was Rs 398 for the quarter ended December, down 1.5 per cent from Rs 404 in the September quarter.
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