<p><strong>By Arshad Khan</strong></p><div>Telenor’s active Internet subscriber base has fallen and the company reported 22 per cent of its connections were active Internet connections for the quarter ended September 30.</div><div> </div><div>While the company hasn’t disclosed any specific number on Telenor’s active Internet base in the country, Telenor reports a total connection base of 40.855 million for the quarter. This translates to an Internet subscriber base of 8.99 million. The telecom operator had reported an Internet base of 10.36 million connections in the preceding quarter.</div><div> </div><div>Telenor witnessed one million net additions for the quarter, as compared to 1.3 million net additions in the preceding quarter.</div><div> </div><div>“Telenor added 1 million subscriptions in India during the third quarter. At the end of September, the subscription base was 19 per cent higher than the same quarter last year. The company continues to build on Internet users as part of Internet for All strategy and reported 41 per cent increase in data users’ year-on-year. Currently Telenor has over 22 of users accessing data services on its network," said Vivek Sood, Telenor (India) Communications CEO. </div><div> </div><div>On the financial side the Telecom group has reported total India revenues of Norwegian Krone (NOK) 1.41 billion (around Rs 1,083.74 crore as per current rates) for the quarter, registering an impressive 31.38 per cent growth from NOK 1.074 billion in the same quarter last year.</div><div><br>However, the company reported a negative EBITDA of NOK 58 million for the quarter. It had reported an EBITDA profit of NOK 24 million in the preceding quarter and loss of NOK 136 million in the same quarter last year. Telenor attributed the fall in EBITDA to the rebranding exercise it undertook this September.</div>
