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Of the total registered subscriber base of 60.71 million of the six DTH companies as on 30 September, 2013, the number of active subscribers was just 34.26 million (or 56 per cent), according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s quarterly report titled ‘The Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicators’.
The DTH subscriber base as on 30 September 2013 was three per cent more than a quarter ago.
The report said the number of internet subscribers (excluding internet access by mobile devices) has increased 1.38 per cent from 21.89 million at the end of June 2013 to 22.19 million at the end of September 2013.
The report also mentions that the number of private satellite TV channels as permitted by the Information and Broadcasting Ministry is 784, of which 187 are pay channels. The maximum number of TV channels (Pay, FTA and Local) being carried by any of the reported Multi System Operators (MSOs) is 218 whereas in the conventional analogue form, maximum number of channels being carried by any of the reported MSOs is 100 channels.
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