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TRAI Data Shows 7.29 Million MNP Requests in October 2021
Airtel Keeps Significant Lead Over Jio, Vi in VLR Subscribers in October
Airtel, Jio, Vi Prepaid Plans With 84 Days Validity Under Rs 500: Comparison
Broadband Plans With 40 Mbps Speed Offering Best Benefits in India

TRAI Data Shows 7.29 Million MNP Requests in October 2021

Posted: 20 Dec 2021 10:53 PM PST

TRAI

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Monday released its monthly performance report for the telecom sector, which revealed that a total of 7.29 million MNP requests were made during October 2021. Out of the total MNP requests, 4.20 million requests were made in Zone-1, and the other 3.09 million requests came from Zone-2. For the unaware, Zone-1 is Northern and Western India while Zone-2 is Southern and Eastern India.

Maharashtra Has the Highest MNP Requests Till Date

Maharashtra, one of the most heavily populated states of the country present in the Zone-1, has the highest number of MNP requests recorded to date. A total of 53.36 million MNP requests have been made in Maharashtra so far. In Zone-1, the second region having the highest number of MNP requests is Uttar Pradesh-East (UP-East), which has seen around 47.24 million MNP requests being made.

In Zone-2, Karnataka has the highest number of MNP requests made to date (about 50.89 million), followed by Andhra Pradesh (about 49.12 million).

The Intra-service area Mobile Number Portability (MNP) was first implemented in the Haryana service area from November 25, 2010, and in the rest of the country from January 20, 2011. Since then, a total of 645.54 million MNP requests have been made. Out of this, 305.98 million MNP requests were made in the Zone-1, and 309.07 Map requests were made in Zone-2.

With the MNP system in place, wireless telephone subscribers can retain their mobile numbers when they relocate from one service area to another. They can also retain their current mobile numbers in case they are porting out to another telecom network provider in the same service area.

As compared to September 2021 (about 10.10 million MNP requests), in October 2021 (about 7.29 million MNP requests), lesser MNP requests were made, which is a healthy sign for the telecom sector. However, post the tariff hikes, the number of MNP requests should grow signficantly.

Airtel Keeps Significant Lead Over Jio, Vi in VLR Subscribers in October

Posted: 20 Dec 2021 09:38 PM PST

Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator in the country, has retained its lead over Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea (Vi) when it comes to VLR subscribers or active subscribers in October 2021. Airtel had 346.11 million active subscribers out of its total subscriber base of 353.98 million, which equates to 97.78% of the telco's subscriber base has been active.

According to the monthly performance report from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Airtel's arch-rival, Reliance Jio, had 358.49 million active subscribers out of its total subscriber base of 426.60 million. This equates to over 84.03% of Jio's subscriber base being active.

Coming to the third private telecom operator, Vodafone Idea (Vi) had 234.33 million active subscribers out of its total subscriber base of 269.03 million, imputing that 87.10% of its subscribers were active.

Reliance Jio's Active Subscribers Percentage Grew Significantly

Airtel and Vodafone Idea's VLR subscriber percentage didn't move much, but Jio has seen a significant gain in the last few months. This is primarily because the telco scraped off some of the inactive numbers from its user base in the September quarter.

The increase in the percentage of VLR subscribers would help Reliance Jio in increasing its average revenue per user (ARPU) figure. All the telcos would want their active subscribers to grow each month that goes by. This improves their ARPU ultimately resulting in a higher ARPU.

Bharti Airtel has always had better VLR subscriber percentage than Vodafone Idea (Vi) and Reliance Jio. Airtel's VLR users are close to its active user base. This is something that Jio has never been able to beat Airtel in.

However, Jio is closing in on Vodafone Idea and this is something that the third-largest private telecom operator in India needs to keep a close eye at. Vodafone Idea needs more 4G users at a faster rate to improve ARPU further after the tariff hikes.

Airtel, Jio, Vi Prepaid Plans With 84 Days Validity Under Rs 500: Comparison

Posted: 20 Dec 2021 08:20 PM PST

Airtel Vi Jio

All major telecom service providers, including Airtel, Vodafone Idea (Vi) and Reliance Jio, offer their prepaid plans primarily in three validity structures – 28 days, 56 days and 84 days. The plans with 84 days validity are convenient for subscribers who do not wish to take the hassles of recharging every month but aren't looking for annual plans either.

At a glance, not many plans are available in this price range and validity. Each telecom service provider has one plan each, under the category with limited data (of up to 6GB) and service provider's own OTT platform access as offerings. Users can check out prepaid plans under Rs 500 with 84 days validity from Jio, Airtel and Vi below.

Airtel's prepaid plan at Rs 455 offers up to 6GB of data, 900 SMS and unlimited calls for a period of 84 days. Post limit, the service provider will charge Rs 1 for local SMS and Rs 1.50 for STD text messages. The data, post-quota completion, will be charged at 50 paise per MB. Besides Amazon Prime mobile subscription free trial of 30 days and Airtel Thanks App benefits, the plan does not have many additional offers.

For Reliance Jio, a similar plan to Airtel, offering 6GB of data with 1000 SMS and unlimited calls, comes at Rs 395 under the affordable category. Post data limit, the speed will get reduced to 64 Kbps. As OTT benefits, Jio offers JioTV and JioCinema access.

For Vi, the prepaid plan offering 6GB of data costs Rs 459. Truly unlimited calls, up to 1000 SMS and access to Vi Movies & TV are the other offerings under the plan.

84 days pre-paid plans in the price range from Rs 500-Rs 1000

If the subscriber can extend the price band a little, Airtel has a plan at Rs 719, offering 1.5GB of data per day, along with 100SMS/day and unlimited calls. Similar to Rs 455 plan, there is no OTT subscription coming with the plan other than a 30-day free trial to Amazon Prime Mobile along with Airtel Thanks app benefits. If the user wants a 2GB/day plan with 84 days validity, the same comes at Rs 839.

Vi too has an Rs 839 plan (offering the same 2GB/day, 100 SMS/day and unlimited calls) and a Rs 719 plan (offering 1.5GB/day, 100 SMS/day and unlimited calls) as that of Airtel. Vi's flagship benefits — binge-all-night benefit of free data from 12 to 6 am, weekend data rollover, access to Vi Movies and TV, and additional 2GB data backup — make them better plans than that of Airtel's.

Jio's 1.5GB per day plan costs Rs 666, and the 2GB per day plan comes at Rs 719.

Broadband Plans With 40 Mbps Speed Offering Best Benefits in India

Posted: 20 Dec 2021 05:28 PM PST

FTTH Broadband

The demand for home internet has grown exponentially in the past couple of years. The unprecedented events of Covid-19 forced a lot of people to work from home and even learning for students went online resulting in increased consumption of data. Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the country have been providing various broadband plans to suit the needs of their users. The demand for low priced broadband plans has certainly increased recently as a wide range of users from students to individuals or small families, are looking for plans that are affordable as well as beneficial. Particularly when the industry leader Reliance Jio is offering exciting perks, the rival ISPs have come up with the benefits of their own. Mentioned below are some of the 40 Mbps plans provided by Connect Broadband, Netplus Broadband and Airtel Broadband to match the need of their user base.

Connect Broadband

Connect Broadband is a popular company that provides FTTH connections in a few of the northern states of India such as Punjab, Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir. There are a few 40 Mbps plans offered by Connect broadband for its users which comes at different prices with different benefits. The most basic 40 Mbps plan comes with a price tag of Rs 499 per month and offers fully unlimited data along with completely unlimited Local and STD calls.

Further at a price tag of Rs 666 users can get another 40 Mbps plan that offers unlimited data and calling which also comes with a subscription to four OTT platforms including Zee5 Premium, Sony Liv and more. This plan also comes with an antivirus key. The last plan from Connect broadband offering 40 Mbps of internet speed is priced at Rs 888 and with the same benefits as above, it offers a subscription to 8 OTT platforms with the addition of Eros Now and a few more.

Netplus Broadband

Netplus is another ISP that offers its services in seven Indian states in the North. Netplus is capable of providing up to 1 Gbps of internet connection. However, the company also provides a truly unlimited plan offering 40 Mbps of internet speed at a price tag of Rs 499 per month which is exclusive of taxes. Users get unlimited data and calling benefits with this plan. Netplus offers only one 40 Mbps plan and OTT subscriptions are available with only higher-priced plans offered by the ISP. Data offered by Netplus is truly unlimited and no FUP data is levied.

Airtel Broadband

Airtel is one of the most popular brands when it comes to the list of ISPs in India. Airtel with its Xstream Fiber connection is capable of providing high-speed internet up to 1 Gbps, however, the telco offers some affordable plans as well. Using Fibre Optic internet connection Airtel allows one of the fastest broadband connections and users can get access to the 'Basic' pack which provides 40 Mbps of internet speed at a monthly cost of Rs 499 exclusive of taxes.

Users get 3.3TB or 3300GB of monthly fair-usage-policy (FUP) data with this plan. The plan offers unlimited internet up to the set limit as well as unlimited local and STD calls. Airtel also provides 'Airtel Thanks Benefits' with its broadband plans which in this case includes a subscription to Wynk Music and Shaw Academy.

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