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NEW DELHI: The maximum number of TV channels being carried by
any reporting multi-system operator in the first quarter ending
June 2014 of the current fiscal is
386, according to a report by the
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.
In conventional analogue form, the
maximum number of channels being carried by any reporting MSO is 100.
There were a total of 186 pay channels as reported by
broadcasters for which the wholesale channels rates have
been taken on record.
During the quarter ending June 2014, the distribution of “Fox Sports News” channel was discontinued by the broadcaster.
Apart from All India Radio, there are 243 private FM Radio
stations in operation at the quarter ending June, 2014, according to information supplied by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry.
TRAI said no new DTH license was issued during the quarter ending June 2014.
At present apart from the Freedish DTH service of Doordarshan, there are six private DTH Operators.
All the six private DTH Operators are offering pay DTH services.
The total number of registered subscribers and active
subscribers being served by these six private DTH operators, as reported to TRAI, are 67.57 million and 38.24 million respectively as on 30 June 2014.
The total number of Internet subscribers has increased from
251.59 million at the end of Mar-14 to 259.
14 million at the end of Jun-14 there has been a quarterly growth of 3.00 per cent.
Out of which wired internet subscribers are 18.55 million and wireless internet subscribers are 240.60 million.
Number of broadband internet subscribers increased from
60.87 million at the end of March to 68.83 million at the end of June with quarter growth of 13.07 per cent.
The number of narrowband internet subscribers has slightly declined from 190.72 million at the end of March to 190.31 million at the end of June with quarterly growth of -0.21 per cent.
The license fee increased from Rs 3286 crore for the QE March to Rs 3503 crore for the QE June.
The quarterly and the year-on-year (Y-O-Y) growth rates of license fee are 6.62% and 13.30 per cent, respectively in this quarter.
Access services contributed 78.48 per cent of the total Adjusted Gross Revenue of telecom services.
In access services, gross revenue, adjusted gross revenue (AGR), license fee and spectrum usage charges increased by 4.64 per cent, 7.81 per cent, 7.62 per cent and 8.61 per cent, respectively, whereas Pass Through Charges decreased by
2.96 per cent in QE June.
The Monthly Average Revenue per User (ARPU) for AccessnServices based on AGR increased from Rs 115.28 in QE March to Rs122.39 in QE June.
Monthly Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) for GSM service increased by 4.84%, from Rs113 in QE March to Rs 119 in QE June, whereas Y-O-Y increase of 6.72%.
Prepaid ARPU for GSM service per month increased from Rs 99 in QE March to Rs 104 in QE June, and Postpaid ARPU per month increased from Rs 453 in QE March to Rs 469 in QE June.
On an all India average, the overall MOU per subscriber per month for GSM service increased by 0.42% from 389 in QE March to Rs 390 in QE June.
Prepaid MOU per subscriber for GSM service increased from 365 in QE March to 366 in QE June and postpaid MOUs increased from Rs 957 in QE March to Rs 961 in QE June.
The Monthly ARPU for CDMA full mobility service increased by 6.22%, from Rs 105 in QE March to Rs 112 in QE June.
ARPU for CDMA has increased by 13.4% on Y-O-Y basis in this
http://www.indiantelevision.com/regulators/trai/no-mso-carrying-more-than-386-tv-channels-in-first-quarter-of-2014-15-fiscal-traino-mso-carrying-more-than-386-tv-channels-in-first
any reporting multi-system operator in the first quarter ending
June 2014 of the current fiscal is
386, according to a report by the
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.
In conventional analogue form, the
maximum number of channels being carried by any reporting MSO is 100.
There were a total of 186 pay channels as reported by
broadcasters for which the wholesale channels rates have
been taken on record.
During the quarter ending June 2014, the distribution of “Fox Sports News” channel was discontinued by the broadcaster.
Apart from All India Radio, there are 243 private FM Radio
stations in operation at the quarter ending June, 2014, according to information supplied by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry.
TRAI said no new DTH license was issued during the quarter ending June 2014.
At present apart from the Freedish DTH service of Doordarshan, there are six private DTH Operators.
All the six private DTH Operators are offering pay DTH services.
The total number of registered subscribers and active
subscribers being served by these six private DTH operators, as reported to TRAI, are 67.57 million and 38.24 million respectively as on 30 June 2014.
The total number of Internet subscribers has increased from
251.59 million at the end of Mar-14 to 259.
14 million at the end of Jun-14 there has been a quarterly growth of 3.00 per cent.
Out of which wired internet subscribers are 18.55 million and wireless internet subscribers are 240.60 million.
Number of broadband internet subscribers increased from
60.87 million at the end of March to 68.83 million at the end of June with quarter growth of 13.07 per cent.
The number of narrowband internet subscribers has slightly declined from 190.72 million at the end of March to 190.31 million at the end of June with quarterly growth of -0.21 per cent.
The license fee increased from Rs 3286 crore for the QE March to Rs 3503 crore for the QE June.
The quarterly and the year-on-year (Y-O-Y) growth rates of license fee are 6.62% and 13.30 per cent, respectively in this quarter.
Access services contributed 78.48 per cent of the total Adjusted Gross Revenue of telecom services.
In access services, gross revenue, adjusted gross revenue (AGR), license fee and spectrum usage charges increased by 4.64 per cent, 7.81 per cent, 7.62 per cent and 8.61 per cent, respectively, whereas Pass Through Charges decreased by
2.96 per cent in QE June.
The Monthly Average Revenue per User (ARPU) for AccessnServices based on AGR increased from Rs 115.28 in QE March to Rs122.39 in QE June.
Monthly Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) for GSM service increased by 4.84%, from Rs113 in QE March to Rs 119 in QE June, whereas Y-O-Y increase of 6.72%.
Prepaid ARPU for GSM service per month increased from Rs 99 in QE March to Rs 104 in QE June, and Postpaid ARPU per month increased from Rs 453 in QE March to Rs 469 in QE June.
On an all India average, the overall MOU per subscriber per month for GSM service increased by 0.42% from 389 in QE March to Rs 390 in QE June.
Prepaid MOU per subscriber for GSM service increased from 365 in QE March to 366 in QE June and postpaid MOUs increased from Rs 957 in QE March to Rs 961 in QE June.
The Monthly ARPU for CDMA full mobility service increased by 6.22%, from Rs 105 in QE March to Rs 112 in QE June.
ARPU for CDMA has increased by 13.4% on Y-O-Y basis in this
http://www.indiantelevision.com/regulators/trai/no-mso-carrying-more-than-386-tv-channels-in-first-quarter-of-2014-15-fiscal-traino-mso-carrying-more-than-386-tv-channels-in-first
