India adds 1.4 million active DTH subscribers in 3Q 2016
Friday, December 30th, 2016NEW DELHI — The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today released the “Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicator Report” for the Quarter ending September 2016. The Report provides a broad perspective of the Telecom Services and presents the key parameters and growth trends for the Telecom Services as well as Cable TV, DTH and Radio Broadcasting services in India for the period covering 1st July to 30th September, 2016 and is compiled on the basis of information furnished by the Service Providers.
Cable TV Sector
Digitization, with addressability, of cable TV sector is under progress, in a phased manner. It is envisaged to be executed in four phases. The time line of the plan was subsequently revised and the revised time-table and schedule is as below: –
Migration Schedule – Digital Addressable Cable TV Systems
Sunset date Phase Areas for analog ---------- --------------------------------------------------------- ----------- Phase –I Four Metros of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai 31.10.2012 Phase –II Cities with population more than one million (38 cities) 31.03.2013 Phase –III All Urban areas (Municipal Corporation/ Municipalities) 31.12.2015 Phase –IV Rest of India 31.12.2016
Direct-to-Home (DTH) Sector
Since its introduction in the year 2003, Indian DTH service has displayed a phenomenal growth. DTH has attained a registered pay subscriber base of around 94.61 million (including 61.90 million active subscribers). As on 30th September, 2016, there are 6 pay
DTH service providers. This is besides the viewership of the free DTH services of Doordarshan.
* The net active subscriber base includes number of temporarily suspended subscribers who have been inactive but for not more than 120 days.
DTH subscribers (millions)
2015 ------------------------------------------ End-March End-June End-Sept. End-Dec. --------- --------- --------- --------- Registered 76.05 78.74 81.47 84.80 Active 41.15 39.74 41.05 55.98 Inactive 34.90 39.00 40.42 28.82 2016 ------------------------------- End-March End-June End-Sept. 3Q Adds YoY Adds --------- --------- --------- ------- -------- Registered 88.64 91.53 94.61 3.08 13.14 Active 58.53 60.50 61.90 1.40 20.85 Inactive 30.11 31.03 32.71 1.68 -7.71
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