India adds 0.57 million active DTH subscribers in 4Q 2017
Monday, March 26th, 2018
Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicator Report” for the Quarter ending October-December, 2017
NEW DELHI — The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) today has released the “Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicator Report” for the Quarter ending December, 2017. This Report provides a broad perspective of the Telecom Services in India and presents the key parameters and growth trends of the Telecom Services as well as Cable TV, DTH & Radio Broadcasting services in India for the period covering 1st October, 2017 to 31st December, 2017 compiled mainly on the basis of information furnished by the Service Providers.
Satellite TV
Since its introduction in the year 2003, Indian DTH service has displayed a phenomenal growth. DTH has attained net pay active subscriber base of around 67.56 million. This is in addition the viewership of the free DTH services of Doordarshan. As on QE Dec-17, there are 6 pay DTH service providers in the country.
Active DTH subscribers (millions):
2016 ------------------------------------------ End-March End-June End-Sept. End-Dec. --------- --------- --------- --------- 58.53 60.50 61.90 62.65 2017 ------------------------------------------ End-March End-June End-Sept. End-Dec. Q4 Adds YoY Adds --------- --------- --------- --------- ------- -------- 63.61 65.31 66.99 67.56 0.57 4.91
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