Chapter 2 : Revenue and Usage
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For all the parameters, Metros indicate data for Delhi, Mumbai & Kolkata. Data for Chennai service area has been included in Circle A, as part of TN
ARPU arrived after adjusting interconnect charges
The data contained in the section A & B covers the licensees, who have been providing service during the entire period from 1st January, 2013 to 31st March, 2013 in the various service areas.
There may be slight change in the parameters presented in per subscriber terms for the previous quarters, as one of the service providers has submitted revised data for subscriber numbers for the month of Sep-12
Section A: GSM Service
Table 2.1: Key Indicators - GSM Service
* Minutes of Usage
Chart 2.1: Outgoing Traffic Pattern - GSM Service
1.56% 41.79% 37.78% 0.43% 6.09% 12.17% 0.18%
1.44% 42.12% 37.41% 0.39% 6.23% 12.24% 0.16%
Dec-12
Chart 2.2: Proportion of prepaid subscribers - GSM Service
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Circle A Circle B Circle C Metros All India
95.79% 98.08% 98.38% 89.56% 96.46%
95.68% 98.02% 98.33% 88.77% 96.34%
Dec-12 Mar-13
Note: Subscriber figures are closing figures as on the last day of the respective quarters
2.1 Market share of prepaid segment slightly declined from 96.46% at the end of Dec-12 to 96.34% at the end of Mar-13.
Table 2.2: Monthly ARPU - GSM Service
(` per month) Circle category Postpaid Prepaid Blended
Circle A 508 93 111
Circle B 513 87 95
Circle C 466 89 95
Metro 553 85 137
All India 519 89 105
All private SPs 538 92 109
BSNL/MTNL 395 69 81
2.2 The all India blended ARPU per month increased from `98 in QE Dec-12 to `105 in QE Mar-13.
2.3 Prepaid ARPU increased from `83 to `89 and postpaid ARPU decreased from `527 to `519 in this quarter.
Table 2.3: Composition of Revenue (%) - GSM Service
Item QE Dec-12 QE Mar-13
Rental Revenue 18.79 18.12
Revenue from Calls 52.11 52.67
Revenue from SMS 5.84 5.29
Revenue from Roaming 8.99 8.72
Other Revenues * 14.28 15.20
* Other revenue includes revenue from other value added services, installation etc.
Table 2.4: MOU & SMS (per subscriber per month) - GSM Service Circle
category Postpaid Prepaid
Outgoing
MOU Incoming
MOU Total
MOU Outgoing
SMS Outgoing
MOU Incoming
MOU Total
MOU Outgoing SMS
Circle A 546 441 987 75 175 174 349 42
Circle B 525 444 969 52 161 191 352 18
Circle C 512 437 948 46 184 229 413 18
Metro 505 364 869 69 196 172 367 37
All India 527 419 946 66 172 189 361 28
Circle
category BLENDED [Postpaid + Prepaid]
Outgoing MOU Incoming MOU Total MOU Outgoing SMS
Circle A 191 186 377 43
Circle B 168 196 364 19
Circle C 189 233 422 19
Metro 230 193 423 40
All India 185 197 383 30
2.4 On an all India average, the overall MOU per subscriber increased by 6.28% from 360 in QE Dec-12 to 383 in QE Mar-13.
2.5 Prepaid MOU per subscriber increased by 6.62% (from 339 to 361), while postpaid MOUs decreased by 0.76% (from 953 to 946).
2.6 The overall ratio of incoming-outgoing MOUs remained unchanged at 52:48.
2.7 Outgoing SMS per subscriber per month decreased from 39 in QE Dec-12 to 30 in QE Mar-13.
Table 2.5: Outgoing Traffic (MOU) Pattern - GSM Service Circle
Average Subscriber outgo* per minute
2.8 The tariff plans are of bundled nature and the trade-off is generally between monthly fixed charges and Variable (call) charges. The average outgo per outgoing minute (=Rental revenue plus call revenue per outgoing minute), therefore, is a realistic indicator of tariff levels. The table below provides the figures for the quarter ending Mar-13.
Table 2.6: Average subscriber outgo* per outgoing minute - GSM Service
(` per month)
Circle
Category Postpaid Prepaid Blended
Circle A 0.57 0.48 0.49
Circle B 0.59 0.46 0.46
Circle C 0.65 0.42 0.43
Metros 0.66 0.51 0.55
All India 0.60 0.46 0.48
* Includes both Rental and call charges
2.9 All India average subscriber outgo per outgoing minute increased from
`0.47 in QE Dec-12 to `0.48 in QE Mar-13.
Table 2.7: Trends of Key Parameters - GSM Service
2.10 Service Area wise statistics are available at Annexure-2.1.
Parameter Mar-12 Jun-12 Sep-12 Dec-12 Mar-13
1. ARPU (` Per month) 97 95 95 98 105
2. MOU per subscriber per month 346 346 343 360 383 3. Outgoing MOU per subscriber
per month
3.1 Local (Intra-circle) 135 136 133 142 150
3.2 NLD (inter-circle) 32 31 32 33 35
3.3 ILD 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
4. Outgoing SMS per subscriber
per month SMS 37 38 36 39 30
5. Average subscriber Outgo per
outgoing minute (`) 0.49 0.48 0.48 0.47 0.48
Section B: CDMA – Full Mobility Service
Table 2.8: Key Indicators – CDMA Full Mobility Service
Parameter QE Dec-12 QE Mar-13 % Change
Subscriber Base in millions* 65.1 61.5 -5.65
Share of Prepaid (%) 90.8% 90.7% -0.13
Incoming MOUs per subs per month 113 134 18.59
Outgoing MOUs per subs per month 117 141 20.38
Outgoing SMS per subs per month 21 18 -16.89
ARPU (` Per month) 80 95 19.13
* Subscriber figures are closing figures as on last day of the quarter.
Chart 2.3: Outgoing Traffic Pattern – CDMA Full Mobility Service
Chart 2.4: Proportion of prepaid subscribers – CDMA Full Mobility Service
2.11 Market share of Prepaid segment slightly declined from 90.78% in QE Dec-12 to 90.66% in QE Mar-13.
Table 2.9: Monthly ARPU – CDMA Full Mobility Service
(` per month)
Circle category Postpaid Prepaid Blended ARPU
Circle A 460 66 113
Circle B 386 51 69
Circle C 409 54 69
Metro 490 64 121
All India 453 59 95
2.12 The All India blended Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) per month has shown an increase of 19.14% from Rs.79.95 in QE Dec-12 to Rs.95.25 in QE Mar-13. ARPU for Prepaid service increased by 20.05% from Rs.49.08 in QE Dec-12 to Rs.58.92 in QE Mar-13. ARPU for Postpaid service has increased by 1.24% from Rs.447.72 in QE Dec-12 to Rs.453.28 in QE Mar-13.
2.13 M/s Tata Teleservices have closed CDMA operations in Assam, North East and J&K service areas in the month of Jan-13 and M/s Sistema Shyam Teleservices have discontinued the services in Andhra Pradesh, Assam, North East, J&K, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Bihar, Haryana and Punjab service area in the month of Mar-13. M/s Reliance Communication Ltd also disconnected a substantial number of inactive subscribers in the month of Dec-12. As a result, significant impact can be seen in the related parameters i.e. ARPU, MOU etc. in this quarter.
Table 2.10: Composition of Revenue (%) – CDMA Full Mobility Service
Item QE Dec-12 QE Mar-13
Rental Revenue 20.2 20.4
Revenue from Calls 42.2 42.7
Revenue from SMS 1.8 1.6
Revenue from Roaming 4.2 4.8
Other Revenues* 31.6 30.5
* Other revenue includes revenue from other value added services, installation etc.
Table 2.11 : MOU & SMS (per subscriber per month) – CDMA Full Mobility Service
Circle
category Postpaid Prepaid
Outgoing
MOU Incoming
MOU Total
MOU Outgoing
SMS Outgoing
MOU Incoming
MOU Total
MOU Outgoing SMS
Circle A 270 158 428 15 108 117 225 22
Circle B 430 209 639 14 120 134 254 14
Circle C 622 335 957 12 164 177 341 10
Metro 295 152 447 19 126 123 249 21
All India 325 174 499 16 122 130 252 18
Circle
category Blended (postpaid + prepaid) Outgoing incoming MOUs increased by 20.38% and 18.59% respectively.
2.15 Prepaid and postpaid MOUs increased by 20.63% and 3.90%
respectively in this quarter.
2.16 Outgoing SMS per subscriber per month declined from 21 in QE Dec-12 to 18 in QE Mar-13.
Table 2.12: Outgoing Traffic Pattern – CDMA Full Mobility Service Circle
Table 2.13: Average subscriber outgo* per outgoing minute – CDMA Full Mobility Service
[` Per min]
Circle
Category Postpaid Prepaid Blended
Circle A 1.04 0.47 0.62
Circle B 0.63 0.35 0.40
Circle C 0.45 0.30 0.32
Metros 0.89 0.45 0.56
All India 0.84 0.40 0.49
* Includes both Rental and call charges
2.17 All India average subscriber outgo per outgoing minute remained unchanged at `0.49 in QE Mar-13.
Table 2.14: Trends of Key Parameters – CDMA Full Mobility Service
Parameter Mar-12 Jun-12 Sep-12 Dec-12 Mar-13
1. ARPU (` Per month) 75 75 78 80 95
2. MOU per subscriber per
month 229 229 225 230 275
3. Outgoing MOU per subscriber per month
3.1 Local (Intra-circle) 95 96 93 96 114
3.2 NLD (inter-circle) 22 19 20 21 26
3.3 ILD 0.37 0.15 0.16 0.17 0.23
4. Outgoing SMS per
subscriber per month SMS 16 22 25 21 18
5. Average subscriber Outgo
per outgoing minute (`) 0.47 0.47 0.49 0.49 0.49
Service Area wise statistics are available at Annexure-2.2.
Section C: Internet Service
Revenue of SPs
2.18 The Revenue of the Internet Services (excluding internet access by wireless phone subscribers) as reported by SPs was `3083.62 crores for the quarter ending Mar-13 as compared to `2,978.85 crores for the quarter ending Dec-12, showing an increase of 3.52% over the previous quarter.
Internet Telephony
2.19 As per report submitted to TRAI, 32 SPs are providing Internet Telephony service presently. Total Minutes of Usage (MOU) for Internet Telephony decreased from 260.31 million in QE Dec-12 to 249.57 million registering a negative growth of 4.12% in QE Mar-13.
Chart 2.5: Trends in MOU for Internet Telephony
Note : MTNL and Zylog System (India) Ltd. have stopped Internet Telephony Service.