India’s largest operator Reliance Jio continued its momentum within the telecom market including 31.59 lakh cellular customers whereas rival Bharti Airtel’s subscriber achieve got here in at 3.52 lakh in October 2023, as per month-to-month subscriber knowledge by TRAI.
Troubled Vodafone Concept yielded additional floor on the subscriber entrance, because it misplaced 20.44 lakh wi-fi customers in October.
General, the industry-wide ‘lively’ subscriber base dipped by virtually 14 lakh to 104.5 crore, the information by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) confirmed.
“TRAI’s Oct-23 subscriber knowledge signifies a continuation of muted subscriber developments, with 0.eight million wi-fi web provides. Vi (Vodafone Concept) continued to lose wi-fi subscriber market share to Bharti and R-Jio,” Kotak Institutional Equities stated in a observe.
Based on TRAI month-to-month knowledge, the overall wi-fi subscribers rose to 115 crore on the finish of October, logging month-to-month progress of 0.07%.
With the addition of 31.59 lakh customers, Jio’s whole wi-fi subscriber depend climbed to 45.23 crore in October from 44.92 crore in September.
Sunil Mittal-led Airtel’s wi-fi subscriber achieve of three.52 lakh pushed up the telco’s consumer tally to 37.81 crore in October.
The subscriber losses of Vodafone Concept Ltd (VIL) dragged its wi-fi consumer base to 22.54 crore in October, the information revealed. Money-strapped VIL has been battling fundraising woes and subscriber losses.
General, the overall broadband subscribers rose to 88.eight million on the finish of October 2023, a month-on-month progress of 0.37%.
Within the whole broadband pie on the finish of October 2023, Reliance Jio Infocomm accounted for 462.34 million customers (46.2 crore), Bharti Airtel 258.26 million (25.eight crore), Vodafone Concept 125.68 million (12.5 crore), and BSNL 25.09 million (2.5 crore).
“As on October 31, 2023, the highest 5 wired broadband service suppliers have been Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd 9.97 million, Bharti Airtel 7.17 million, BSNL 3.75 million, Atria Convergence Applied sciences 2.21 million and Oneott Intertainment Restricted 1.13 million,” TRAI stated.
So far as wi-fi broadband companies base goes, Reliance Jio Infocomm had 45.2 crore subscribers, Bharti Airtel 25.1 crore, Vodafone Concept 12.5 crore, and BSNL 2.1 crore customers.
Wireline subscribers elevated to three.1 crore on the finish of October 2023.