As a whole, India’s telecom sector collected $9.45 billion in gross revenue and $6.58 billion in adjusted gross revenue during this year’s second quarter, representing increases of 13.3% and 6.9%, respectively, over the same period last year, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India reported Wednesday.
In its report, “Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicator,” TRAI provided a broad perspective on trends in the telecom sector as well as cable TV, DTH and radio broadcasting services in India for the three-month period that ended June 11. The report said that gross revenue and adjusted gross revenue rose 3% and 3.6%, respectively, from this year’s first quarter.
“Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) for GSM service declined by 2.55%, from $2.02 in quarter ended Mar-11 to $1.98 in quarter ended Jun-11, with Y-O-Y decrease of 19.05%. Whereas, the ARPU for CDMA – full mobility service declined by 2.01%, from $1.33 in quarter ended Mar-11 to $1.29 in quarter ended Jun-11. ARPU for CDMA has declined by 12.91% on Y-O-Y basis,” the report said.
Airtel accounted for the largest portion of the telecom sector’s $9.45 billion in gross revenue during the second quarter, with $2.06 billion, or nearly 22%, TRAI said. Airtel was followed by Vodafone ($1.39 billion), Idea Cellular ($928 million), BSNL ($893 million), Reliance ($608 million), Tata ($578 million), Aircel ($310 million), MTNL ($151 million), Unitech ($108 million), Sistema Shyam ($ 56 million), Loop ($37 million), Videocon ($32 million), Quadrant Televentures ($10 million), S Tel ($7 million), and Etisalat ($4 million).
Access services accounted 75.88% of total revenue. Gross revenue and adjusted gross revenue from access services increased 4.4% and 6.6%, respectively, from this year’s first quarter; income from license fees and spectrum charges increased 6.5% and 4.6%, respectively.
Average revenue per user from access services based on adjusted gross revenue remained unchanged at $2.02, the report said.
The average license fee as percentage of adjusted gross revenue was 8.3% in the second quarter, an increase of 9.4% from the same quarter last year and 4.2% from this year’s first quarter.
