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VSNL continues to lose market share

Submitted by Karthik on 28 September, 2005 - 09:26

According to figures released by the TRAI, VSNL/Tata Indicom has been steadily losing subscribers to other ISPs. With a loss of 24% of its subscriber base in the quarter ending March 2005, and a further loss of 9% in the quarter ending June 2005, VSNL's share has now slipped down to a measly 10.88%.

Summarised figures of the top five ISPs (quarter ending June 2005) were reported as follows:

ISP Subscribers
(Millions)
Share
(%)
Quarterly
Growth (%)
BSNL 2.017 34.24 9.69
MTNL 1.111 18.85 9.74
Sify 0.846 14.36 4.21
VSNL 0.641 10.88 -9.00
Reliance 0.284 4.82 15.03

Total Internet subscriber base: 5.9 million
The above figures include all modes of Internet access.

Total broadband subscriber base: 399, 253
DSL Subscribers: 66, 040

Complete figures: TRAI [PDF]
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