Broadband subscriptions in India increase by 50,000 during June-July

NEW DELHI, INDIA: The broadband subscriber base in the country has increased from 15.19 million at the end of June 2013 to 15.24 million at the end of July 2013, as per the latest telecom subscription data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).

This amounts to a monthly growth of 0.33 per cent. Yearly growth in broadband subscribers is 3.79 per cent during the last one year (July 2012 to July 2013).

Out of the 161 Internet Service Providers (ISPs), 121 ISPs controlling 98.48 per cent of the broadband services market in India have provided broadband subscription data for the month of July 2013. For the rest of the ISPs, data from previous month has been retained.

Top five ISPs in terms of market share (based on subscriber base) are: BSNL (9.97 million), Bharti Airtel (1.43 million), MTNL (1.10 million), Hathway (0.37 million) and You Broadband (0.32 million).