TRAI REPORT

TRAI REPORT ON CATV,

DTH & BROADBAND
The TRAI Released Its Q-1 Report On The Status Of The Cable TV,
DTH & Broadband Sectors in India.

On 1st October 2009, the There were a maximum of SATELLITE TV

Telecom Regulatory Authority of 166 free-to-air (FTA) and 124 pay During the period, there
India (TRAI) released its report on
channels carried in any were 447 satellite TV channels
the status of the Cable TV, DTH particular cable network, as approved by the I&B ministry
and broadband sectors in India. reported by the multi-system For the Quarter ending
The 'Indian Telecom Services operators (MSOs) to the sector June-09, there were 136 pay
Performance Indicator Report' regulator. channels, offered by 24
provides industry performance The maximum number of broadcasters / their distributors.
indications for the first 3 monthsdigital Cable TV
of the Indian fiscal year - April to
channels offered
June 2009. The report includes by any Indian There Were 15.17 Million
details of the telecom sector, as MSO is 262.
well as other sectors regulated by A Pay DTH Subs, End June 2009
the TRAI. maximum of 100
analog TV
CATV
channels are offered by an Indian
Cable TV networks DTH
MSO.
countrywide continue to push Besides the free DTH
ahead with their service of
own initiative for Doordarshan,
roll out of Digital Set Top Boxes (STBs) there are 6
CATV services.
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group had not commenced its
DTH service as on 30th June Broadband Access - Technologies & Market Share
2009.
The DTH sector added 2.08 Cable Modem
Ethernet / Lan Leased Line
7.36%
million subscribers in Q-1. 4.15% 0.32%
DSL
Others
According to the TRAI, Fibre 0.05% 86.66%
India had 13.09 million 0.53%

registered DTH subscribers on Wireless

0.94%
31 March this year. This implies
a growth of 15.89% quarter-on-
quarter.
INTERNET & BROADBAND
The Internet subscriber
base touched 14.05 million at the
end of June 2009 compared to
13.54 million during end March
2009 - a growth of just 3.80%.
The previous quarter (ending
March 2009 ) had a growth of
5.30%. The Average Revenue Per The company had not submitted Radio stations in operation
User (ARPU) for dial-up internet figures for the quarter ended increased from 245 in March-09 to
subscribers was Rs 243.50 per 30th June 2009. 248 in June-09.
quarter. You Telecom YOU Telecom
TELEPHONY
There were 6.62 million India Pvt. ltd ranked 9 with
The number of telephone
broadband subscribers, at June 199,193 subs and a 1.42% market
subscribers in India increased to
end, compared to 6.22 million share.
464.82 Million at the end of
end March 2009 (6.43% growth). FM RADIO June-09 from 429.72 Million in
Broadband subscribers The number of private FM Mar-09, a growth of 8.17%. ■
represented 47% of the total
internet subs. However almost
all (94%) of new internet Composition of Telephone Subscribers
subscribers were broadband
subscribers. Rural Wireline
Urban Wireline 2.2%
The TRAI defines 5.9%
broadband as a permanently on Urban Wireless
Rural Wireless
connection delivering atleast 256 27.1% 64.8%
KBps).
BSNL remained India's
largest ISP with 54.09% market
share and 7.60 million internet
subscribers (up from 7.26 million
in previous quarter).
Hathway Cable &
Datacom Pvt. Ltd. was estimated
to be the 6th largest Indian ISP
with a 2.41% market share and
339,032 broadband subs all Total Telephone Subs = 464.82 Million
India, as of 31st March 2009.

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