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Rajasthan, Gujarat top in MNP requests: TRAI
TT Correspondent |  |  13 Dec 2013

As per the latest data reported by the service providers, by the end of October 2013 about 104.79 million subscribers have submitted their requests to different service providers for porting their mobile number (MNP requests).
 
In the month of October 2013 alone, 2.30 million requests have been made for MNP. In MNP Zone-I (Northern & Western India) maximum number of requests have been received in Rajasthan (about 10.44 million) followed by Gujarat (about 9.09 million) whereas in MNP Zone-II (Southern & Eastern) maximum number of requests have been received in Karnataka (about 12.06 million) followed by Andhra Pradesh Service area (about 9.52 million).

Meanwhile total mobile subscriber base increased from 870.58 million in September, 2013 to 875.48 million at the end of October 2013, registering a monthly growth of 0.56%.

The share of urban wireless subscribers has declined from 59.75% to 59.65% whereas share of rural wireless subscribers has increased from 40.25% to 40.35%. The overall wireless Teledensity in India has reached to 70.96 from 70.63 of previous month.

The number of telephone subscribers in India increased from 899.86 million at the end of September, 2013 to 904.56 million at the end of October 2013, thereby showing a monthly growth of 0.52%.

The share of urban subscribers has declined from 60.36% to 60.26% whereas share of rural subscribers has increased from 39.64% to 39.74% in the month of October 2013. With this, the overall Teledensity in India increased from 73.01 at the end of September, 2013 to 73.32 at the end of October, 2013.

    
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13 Dec 2013(IST)  
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