Top 10 Internet Service Providers

Top 10 Internet Service Providers

TRAI, which is doing a good job but with little bit of inertness has published the Internet and Broadband subscriber numbers.

At the end of June-2008, India had 11,160,000 million Dial-Up Internet subscribers and 4.38 million Broadband subscribers.

The Top 10 Broadband service providers in India are as follows.

• BSNL - 2.32 mn subscribers and 53.15% market share.
  
• MTNL - 0.59 mn subscribers and 13.56% market share. MTNL operates only in the lucrative circles of Delhi NCR and Mumbai.
  
• Bharti Airtel - 0.58 mn subscribers with 13.25% market share.
  
• Hathway Cable - 204K subscribers.
  
• Tata Communications - pathetic 193K subscribers [Tata Indicom + Tata WiMax]
  
• You Telecom - 146K subscribers.
  
• Reliance Communications - 85K subs.
  
• Sify Broadband - 64K subs.
  
• Asianet Communications - 43K subs.
  
• HFCL Infotel - 19K.

That is pretty slow growth considering broadband was at 3.13 million subscribers at the end of December 2007

One must watch Airtel that one is growing preety fast

Originally Posted by Manish

One must watch Airtel that one is growing preety fast

I doubt that. Way back in July, 2007, I checked with Airtel for BB. That time they said that they do not have my area covered but they are expanding rapidly.

A month ago, when I was suffering, I checked with them again. Same reply.

My residence area in Pune is the main hub of commercial retail activity and Airtel has no presence still.

Even I enquired Airtel in April 2007 asking for broadband connection.
They said they will laying out the cables in my area in next 3 months.
Then I took BSNL broadband in May 2007.
Two weeks back I again enquired Airtel regarding the connection.
They are still laying out the cable it seems....

^^ Same here. I had also asked them 6 months ago and today also they are giving the same reply.

And the problem with most ISPs in India is that their so-called customer care has 0 technical knowledge.

It means Airtel ho ya BSNL, India mein sab chalta hai