Gross revenue of TSPs rises to INR 73,344 crore
Q. Gross revenue of TSPs rose by what percent in April-June 2016 as against previous year?- Published on 05 Dec 16a. 12.59
b. 12.69
c. 12.79
d. 12.89
ANSWER: 12.79
Gross revenue of TSPs (Telecom Service Providers) rose by 12.79 percent to INR 73,344 crore in April-June 2016 period as against a year ago.
Gross revenue and Adjusted Gross Revenue of Telecom Service Sector for the quarter ended June 2016 has been INR 73,334 crore and INR 53383 crore, according to TRAI.
AGR and GR increased by 10.34 and 7.33 percent in the reported quarter as compared to the previous quarter.
YOY growth in GR and AGR over the same Q1 in the previous year INR 65,030.31 crore and 47,134.27 crore respectively.
Access Services contributed to 83.84 percent of the total AGR of telecom services.
In Access Services, GR, AGR, License Fee and SUC rose by 9.2, 12.21, 13.35 and 12.42 percent.
Pass Through charges, which are revenues earned by telecom operators and passed into the account of the other operator such as interconnection charges and roaming revenue fell by 0.67 percent in Q1 2016.
Monthly Average Revenue per User for Telecom services based on AGR rose from INR 126.91 in quarter ending March 2016 to INR 140.88 in the reported quarter.
Prepaid ARPU for GSM service per month rose to INR 108 in reported quarter form INR 107 in Jan-March period and postpaid ARPU per month rose to INR 495 in June quarter from INR 488 in previous quarter.
License fee paid rose to INR 4314 crore during this period; quarterly and YOY growth rates were 11.43 and 14.05 percent.
