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Interesting Facts About India’s Telephones
Dt: 15/5/23
Interesting Facts About India’s Telephones
Dr T.H.Chowdary*
· India’s telephones as of end Feb 2023 : Total: 117 cr
· Density : 84.40 per 100 pop
· Urban density : 133.70
· Rural density : 57.63
· Share of Urban telephones: 55.74%
· Share of Rural telephones : 44.26%
Wireless Broadband Services as of 28 Feb 2023
|
Company |
Subs (mln) |
Market share (%) |
|
R-Jio |
427.18 |
51.85 |
|
Bharti Airtel |
233.74 |
28.56 |
|
Vodafone-Idea |
123.74 |
14.74 |
|
BSNL |
21.38 |
2.97 |
Wireline Telephones of 28 Feb 2023
India’s total: 27.97 mln
Private 66.34% ; PSUs: 33.66%
|
Company |
Subs (mln)
|
|
R-Jio |
31.49 |
|
Bharti Airtel |
25.03 |
|
BSNL |
25.25 |
|
MTNL |
8.47 |
|
Vodafone-Idea |
2.54 |
|
Others |
7.28 |
Wireless ( Cell) Phones Market Share :
|
Company |
Market share (%) |
|
R-Jio |
37.41 |
|
Bharti Airtel |
32.39 |
|
Vodafone-Idea |
20.84 |
|
BSNL |
9.12 |
|
MTNL |
0.24 |
States with below all India average tele-density
|
State |
%
|
|
All India |
84.40 |
|
Bihar |
54.86 |
|
UP |
66.01 |
|
MP |
66.54 |
|
Assam |
70.71 |
|
Odisha |
75.49 |
|
North East |
78.98 |
|
Rajasthan |
79.27 |
|
W.B |
81.95 |
States with higher all India average tele-density
|
State |
%
|
|
J&K |
88.58 |
|
Haryana |
89.41 |
|
Gujarat |
92.23 |
|
AP + Telangana |
93.06 |
|
Maharashtra |
101.99 |
|
Karnataka |
102.15 |
|
Tamilnadu |
103.38 |
|
Punjab |
115.28 |
|
HP |
119.31 |
|
Kerala |
122.47 |
|
Delhi |
273.60 |
· Bihar is the most miserable state in India
· Its tele- density is: 54.86; per capita income is: Rs. 55,000 less than one-third of all India and one-seventh of Telangana
· It has highest population density ( more than Kerala and West Bengal @ 115 persons per sq. kmt). Its six- times Chief Minister for more than 20 years struts about some states to stitch together a coalition of non-BJP parties to take on the BJP in the elections to the Lok Sabha in 2024. Perhaps he will bring the all India average PCI to Bihar’s level.