Telecom Services | NER Databank

Status of Telecom Facilities in NER, 2020:

(As on 31.08.2020)

Sl. No	State	Telephone Exchange (Wire-line)	Total Capacity (Wire-line + Wireless) in Lakh Line	Total DELs (Wire-line + Wireless) in Lakh	Broadband Connection (Wire-line) In Nos	VPTs in Nos
1	Assam	545	24.879	29.538	38730	105
2	NE-I	184	18.394	10.255	31444	513
2 (a)	Meghalaya	49	6.465	3.359	31444	279
2 (b)	Mizoram	55	3.410	2.441		12
2 (c)	Tripura	80	8.519	4.456		222
3	NE-II	188	13.074	4.204	18940	1539
3 (a)	Arunachal Pradesh	84	5.736	2.138	18940	1054
3 (b)	Manipur	43	3.896	1.150		418
3 (c)	Nagaland	61	3.443	0.916		67
4	Sikkim	32	1.561	0.502	2157	376
	NE Region	949	57.908	44.499	91271	2533

Source: Department of Telecommunication, Govt of India

Status of Telephone Connections and Tele-Density in NER, 2020:

(As on 31.08.2020)

State	Projected Population as 31.08.2020 (in thousand)	Telephone Connection of BSNL	Tele-density due to BSNL's phones	Tele-density by all Operators	% Market share of BSNL
Assam	35745	2953796	8.26	66.42	12.44
NE-I	8395	1025546	12.2	78.71	12.03
NE-II	6879	420448	6.11	78.71	12.03
Sikkim	608	50161	8.25	*	*
NE Region	51627	4449951	8.62	-	-

*: The figure of Tele-density by all operator and market share for Sikkim is not available separately as this information is compiled for LSA viz. West Bengal.

Source: Department of Telecommunication, Govt of India

Telephone per 100 Population in NER, 2020:

(As on November 2020)

State	Tele-Density			Telephones			% of Rural Phones to Overall Phones
State	Overall	Urban	Rural	Overall	Urban	Rural	% of Rural Phones to Overall Phones
Assam	68.66	167.16	50.88	23994397	8931356	15063041	62.78%
NE Region	79.29	116.54	60.66	12233415	5996097	6237318	50.99%
All India	86.55	139.01	59.08	1175224141	648826996	526397145	44.79%

Source: Department of Telecommunication, Govt of India

Service Area wise Total Internet Subscription, 2019:

(Millions)

State	Rural	Urban	Total
Assam	5.68	5.85	11.53
North East*	2.78	3.92	6.70
All India	227.01	409.72	636.73

*: Excluding Assam

Source: Telecom Statistics India 2019

Service Area wise Total Broadband Subscription, 2019:

(Millions)

State	Rural	Urban	Total
Assam	4.94	5.11	10.05
North East*	2.42	3.51	5.93
All India	190.03	373.28	563.31

*: Excluding Assam

Source: Telecom Statistics India 2019

Service Area wise Total Broadband (Wireline & Wireless) Subscription, 2019:

(Millions)

State	Wireline	Wireless	Total
Assam	0.08	9.96	10.05
North East*	0.07	5.86	5.93
All India	18.42	544.89	563.31

*: Excluding Assam

Source: Telecom Statistics India 2019

Service Area wise Wireless Internet Subscription, 2019:

(Millions)

State	Rural	Urban	Total
Assam	5.67	5.76	11.44
North East*	2.76	3.80	6.56
All India	225.12	389.93	615.05

*: Excluding Assam

Source: Telecom Statistics India 2019

Year-wise Telecom Subscribers in Assam and Northeast, 2008 to 2019:

(As on 31st March) (In Millions)

Year	Assam							NER*
Year	Total	Wireline	Wireless	Rural	Urban	Public	Private	Total	Wireline	Wireless	Rural	Urban	Public	Private
2008	4.34	0.43	3.91	1.12	3.22	1.35	2.99	2.46	0.34	2.12	0.53	1.93	1.05	1.41
2009	6.16	0.35	5.81	2.39	3.77	1.32	4.84	3.69	0.34	3.35	0.95	2.73	1.10	2.58
2010	9.06	0.31	8.76	4.76	4.31	1.45	7.61	5.64	0.33	5.31	2.52	3.12	1.40	4.24
2011	11.93	0.26	11.67	6.23	5.70	1.74	10.19	7.45	0.27	7.18	3.24	4.21	1.71	5.75
2012	14.44	0.23	14.21	7.45	6.99	1.49	12.95	8.77	0.25	8.52	3.77	5.00	1.87	6.90
2013	14.58	0.19	14.39	8.25	6.33	1.43	13.15	9.15	0.19	8.96	4.13	5.02	1.95	7.20
2014	15.46	0.18	15.28	9.20	6.27	1.46	14.00	9.55	0.14	9.41	4.39	5.17	1.66	7.89
2015	17.32	0.17	17.15	10.58	6.74	1.43	15.89	10.63	0.13	10.50	5.29	5.34	1.65	8.98
2016	18.72	0.16	18.56	11.83	6.90	1.50	17.22	11.20	0.12	11.07	5.64	5.56	1.75	9.45
2017	21.99	0.16	21.84	13.81	8.19	1.69	20.30	12.69	0.12	12.57	6.37	6.32	1.79	10.90
2018	25.52	0.14	25.38	15.87	9.65	2.75	22.76	13.97	0.11	13.86	7.08	6.89	1.75	12.23
2019	23.08	0.11	22.97	11.82	11.26	2.67	20.41	12.12	0.10	12.01	4.73	7.39	1.73	10.39

*: Excluding Assam

Source: Telecom Statistics India 2017 and 2019

Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communication, GoI

Year-wise Percentage Share to total Telecom Subscribers in Assam and Northeast, 2008 to 2019:

(As on 31st March) (In %)

Year	Assam							NER*
Year	Total	Wireline	Wireless	Rural	Urban	Public	Private	Total	Wireline	Wireless	Rural	Urban	Public	Private
2008	1.45	1.09	1.50	1.47	1.44	1.70	1.36	0.82	0.87	0.81	0.69	0.86	1.32	0.64
2009	1.43	0.92	1.48	1.93	1.23	1.48	1.42	0.86	0.88	0.86	0.77	0.89	1.23	0.76
2010	1.46	0.83	1.50	2.37	1.02	1.37	1.48	0.91	0.88	0.91	1.25	0.74	1.32	0.82
2011	1.41	0.74	1.44	2.21	1.01	1.38	1.41	0.88	0.78	0.89	1.15	0.75	1.36	0.80
2012	1.52	0.71	1.55	2.25	1.13	1.15	1.58	0.92	0.78	0.93	1.14	0.81	1.43	0.84
2013	1.62	0.64	1.66	2.36	1.15	1.10	1.71	1.02	0.63	1.03	1.18	0.91	1.50	0.94
2014	1.66	0.65	1.69	2.43	1.13	1.22	1.72	1.02	0.49	1.04	1.16	0.93	1.38	0.97
2015	1.74	0.63	1.77	2.54	1.16	1.42	1.77	1.07	0.48	1.08	1.27	0.92	1.64	1.00
2016	1.77	0.64	1.79	2.64	1.13	1.38	1.81	1.06	0.49	1.07	1.26	0.91	1.61	0.99
2017	1.84	0.64	1.87	2.75	1.18	1.38	1.89	1.06	0.50	1.07	1.27	0.91	1.46	1.02
2018	2.11	0.60	2.13	3.02	1.41	2.09	2.11	1.15	0.49	1.17	1.35	1.00	1.33	1.13
2019	1.95	0.53	1.98	2.30	1.68	2.00	1.94	1.02	0.48	1.03	0.92	1.10	1.29	0.99

*: Excluding Assam

Source: Telecom Statistics India 2017 and 2019

Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communication, GoI

Year-wise Tele density of Telecom Subscribers in Assam and Northeast, 2008 to 2019:

(As on 31st March) (Per 100 Inhabitants)

Year	Assam							NER*
Year	Total	Wireline	Wireless	Rural	Urban	Public	Private	Total	Wireline	Wireless	Rural	Urban	Public	Private
2008	14.74	1.46	13.28	4.44	76.30	4.58	10.16	19.32	2.69	16.63	5.42	64.59	8.26	11.06
2009	20.65	1.18	19.47	9.36	87.00	4.44	16.21	28.60	2.60	25.99	9.70	89.46	8.57	20.02
2010	29.99	1.02	28.97	18.47	96.55	4.80	25.20	43.22	2.50	40.71	25.36	100.09	10.73	32.49
2011	38.98	0.84	38.14	23.93	124.46	5.69	33.30	56.50	2.04	54.46	32.36	132.55	12.95	43.55
2012	46.61	0.74	45.87	28.35	148.57	4.82	41.79	65.72	1.89	63.83	37.38	153.90	14.00	51.72
2013	46.51	0.62	45.89	31.13	130.91	4.56	41.95	67.78	1.41	66.37	40.57	151.51	14.42	53.36
2014	48.74	0.58	48.16	34.36	126.27	4.61	44.13	69.97	1.03	68.94	42.68	153.01	12.17	57.79
2015	53.95	0.52	53.43	39.18	132.26	4.45	49.50	77.00	0.92	76.07	51.09	154.91	11.93	65.06
2016	57.64	0.49	57.15	43.40	131.88	4.63	53.01	80.22	0.89	79.33	54.01	158.15	12.55	67.67
2017	66.97	0.47	66.50	50.25	152.63	5.14	61.83	89.94	0.86	89.08	60.51	176.42	12.68	77.25
2018	76.87	0.41	76.46	57.29	175.45	8.30	68.57	98.06	0.79	97.27	66.81	188.77	12.27	85.79
2019	68.81	0.34	68.47	42.36	199.72	7.97	60.84	84.17	0.72	83.44	44.30	198.62	12.01	72.16

*: Excluding Assam

Source: Telecom Statistics India 2017 and 2019

Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communication, GoI

Number of Mobile Towers in NER as on 25 July 2018:

Sl. No.	State	Mobile Towers (In Nos)
1	Arunachal Pradesh	0
2	Assam	18
3	Manipur	3
4	Meghalaya	36
5	Mizoram	6
6	Nagaland	0
7	Sikkim	11
8	Tripura	188

Source: Lok Sabha unstarred question no. 1344, (25 July 2018)

Base Transceiver Station (BTS) & Telecom tower count as on 31.08.2017:

Name of LSA	BTS-count	Tower-count
Assam	31917	10155
North East*	20521	6528
All India	1594420	452919

*: Excluding Assam

Source: Telecom Statistics India 2017

Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communication, GoI

Wireline connections in the North East vis a vis All India, 2010-11 to 2015-16:

(As on 31st March)

Year	North East			All India
Year	PSUs	Pvt.	Total	PSUs	Pvt.	Total
2010-2011	524819	2259	527078	28688874	6040975	34729849
2011-2012	479358	2869	482227	25925461	6246010	32171471
2012-2013	383799	480	384279	23906111	6307631	30213742
2013-2014	322781	1140	323921	22030222	6468623	28498845
2014-2015	293138	1560	294698	19964111	6630228	16594339
2015-2016	282949	1920	284869	18266458	6958110	25224568
% age change in 2015-16 over 2010-11	-46.09%	-15.01%	-45.95%	-36.33%	-15.18%	-27.37

Source: Telecom Statistics India 2017

Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communication, GoI

State wise wireline (Rural/Urban) connections in the North East, 2014 to 2016:

(As on 31st March)

State	2014		2015		2016
State	Rural	Urban	Rural	Urban	Rural	Urban
Arunachal Pradesh	7547	17289	7490	16965	6821	17271
Assam	34644	149340	30360	137074	29213	131329
Manipur	5391	14656	5252	15273	5422	16026
Meghalaya	3746	18518	3122	17131	2456	16953
Mizoram	2782	17866	2133	16646	1757	16601
Nagaland	1897	15931	1362	12708	1325	12173
Sikkim	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Tripura	13056	21258	10219	18963	8787	19035

Source: Telecom Statistics India 2017

Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communication, GoI

Wireless connections in the North East vis a vis All India, 2010-11 to 2015-16:

(As on 31st March)

Year	North East			All India
Year	PSUs	Pvt.	Total	PSUs	Pvt.	Total
2010-2011	2923516	15931772	18855288	97310270	714285047	811595317
2011-2012	2881727	19844665	22726392	104345386	814829149	919174535
2012-2013	2992760	20355446	23348206	106205976	761599031	867805007
2013-2014	2802706	21886644	24689350	98021781	806494512	904516293
2014-2015	2781845	24872596	27654441	80376282	889159591	969535873
2015-2016	2973060	26662674	29635734	90383478	943725185	1034108663
% age change in 2015-16 over 2010-11	1.69%	67.36%	57.17%	-7.12%	32.12%	27.42%

Source: Telecom Statistics India 2017

Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communication, GoI

State wise wireless connections for all North-Eastern States, 2014 to 2016:

(As on 31st March)

State	2014		2015		2016
	Rural	Urban	Rural	Urban	Rural	Urban
Assam	916807	6116401	10550794	6600097	11742614	6789750
Arunachal Pradesh	9411142		744425		957729
Manipur			2481740		2569768
Meghalaya			1946587		1902567
Mizoram			1036601		1071387
Nagaland			1661007		1720471
Sikkim			572062		585456
Tripura			2518988		2761750

Source: Telecom Statistics India 2017

Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communication, GoI

Broadband and Internet connections in North East, 2010-11 to 2015-16:

(As on 31st March)

Year	North East		All India
Year	Broadband	Internet	Broadband	Internet
2010-2011	0.2	1.1	11.89	19.67
2011-2012	0.6	2.4	13.81	22.86
2012-2013	0.9	4.9	15.05	164.81
2013-2014	1.27	7.11	60.87	251.59
2014-2015	2.25	9.03	99.2	302.35
2015-2016	4.43	10.82	149.75	342.66

Source: Telecom Statistics India 2017

Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communication, GoI

State wise Internet connections in North Eastern Region, 2014 to 2016:

(As on 31st March)

State	2014		2015		2016
State	Rural	Urban	Rural	Urban	Rural	Urban
Arunachal Pradesh	99211	2805721*	187498	197769	304737	491763
Assam	348439	3759047	3248398	2226175	3212725	3540018
Manipur	644	8023	503548	427938	391817	394006
Meghalaya	657	36268	291462	283250	220611	293619
Mizoram	647	37674	243767	234942	237195	239212
Nagaland	509	8703	290354	197673	377898	322778
Sikkim	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Tripura	682	16030	400732	312844	433614	356724

*: Some service providers (including BSNL) have not provided the separate figures of subscribers in North-Eastern States. Thus the same has been included in Arunachal subscribers base.)

Source: Telecom Statistics India 2017

Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communication, GoI

Operator-wise Telephone connections and market share of Assam and North-East as on 31.07.2016:

Operator	Assam				North East*
Operator	Landline	Share in landline (%)	Mobile	Share in mobile (%)	Landline	Share in landline (%)	Mobile	Share in mobile (%)
BSNL	155938	98.8	1375070	7.11	122753	99.88	1692793	14.74
Bharti Airtel	0	0	6130263	31.71	0	0	3952201	34.42
Aircel	0	0	5494490	28.42	0	0	3359472	29.26
Vodafone	1890	1.2	3802782	19.67	150	0.12	1596240	13.9
Reliance	0	0	1387226	7.17	0	0	380801	3.32
Idea	0	0	1145245	5.92	0	0	501315	4.37
	157828		19335076		122903		11482822

*: Excluding Assam

Source: Telecom Statistics India 2017

Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communication, GoI

Operator-wise Telephone connections and market share of North Eastern Region (all states) as on 31.07.2016:

Operator	Landline	Share in landline (%)	Mobile	Share in mobile (%)
BSNL	278691	99.27	3067863	9.95
Bharti Airtel	0	0	10082464	32.72
Aircel	0	0	8853962	28.73
Vodafone	2040	0.73	5399022	17.52
Reliance	0	0	1768027	5.74
Idea	0	0	1646560	5.34
	280731		30817898

Source: Telecom Statistics India 2017

Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communication, GoI