Small BusinessTelcos revenue drops in Sept qtr: Trai
The telecom industry added a massive 44.21 million new subscribers in the quarter ended September 2009, while the gross revenue of the operators has slipped marginally by 0.65 per cent during the same period, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said here today.
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Telecom operators have garnered a gross revenue of Rs 38,854.65 crore in Q2, slipping 0.65 per cent over the year-ago quarter.
The subscriber base grew 9.51 per cent to 509.03 million during the period against a 464.82 million over the same quarter previous fiscal, the Trai said in its quarterly report.
The combined wireless subscriber base (GSM and CDMA) grew to 471.73 million from 427.3 million, while the wireline subscriber base slipped to 37.31 million during the reporting period. With this, the overall tele-density (connections per 100 people) reached 43.50 as on September 30.
The adjusted gross revenue (AGR), which is the revenue after tax deductions, for the quarter under review also declined 2.08 per cent at Rs 29,115.31 crore.
The sectoral watchdog said the average percentage of licence fee paid by the operators to AGR is 8.41 per cent.