Bharti Airtel’s Gross Revenues from Wireless Operations in Q2-FY09 [June-Sept] equals combined revenues of BSNL and all the CDMA operators in India [RCom, Tata TeleServices, Shyam and HFCL]. Alternatively, Bharti Airtel’s Revenues also equals to the combined revenues of second and third largest mobile operators [Vodafone India and Reliance Communications]
According to data compiled from TRAI’s release [Wireless Gross Revenues for Q2-FY09],
- Bharti Airtel – Rs 80.1 bn
- Vodafone India – Rs 47.9 bn
- Reliance Communications – Rs 34.1 bn
- BSNL – Rs 25.6 bn
- Idea Cellular – Rs 23.22 bn + Spice Rs 3.1 bn
- Tata Teleservices / Indicom – Rs 20.29 bn
- Aircel – Rs 7.6 bn
Revenue market share of all the GSM operators continue to rise over CDMA service providers. Bharti Airtel had a revenue market share of 29.8% in Dec-07 and now has 32.7%. Vodafone India inched up from 18.5% in Dec-07 to 19.6%. Idea Cellular also grew substantially from 8.1% in Dec-07 to 10%.
BSNL and Reliance Communications were the biggest losers in revenue market share. BSNL’s share dropped from 14.1% to 11.4% while that of Reliance Communications dropped from 15% to 12.4% between Dec-07 and Sept-08. Tata Teleservices / Indicom also lost revenue market share from 8% to 7.5%.
Revenues from Which Circle ?
Across the board, Category-A circles [including Chennai] recorded the highest revenue in Q2-FY09 followed by Category-B Circles. Metro Circles stood third and Category-C circle at the bottom.
Mobile India has an excellent compilation about existing and revised 2G Spectrum Charges and Revenues.