Reliance Jio Dominates Telco Subscriber Growth in July

Sep. 18, 2018

Reliance Jio added a staggering 11.7 million new subscribers in July, while Vodafone and Airtel only managed to add 0.6 million and 0.3 million new subscribers in the same period, which indicates the pace at which Reliance Jio is on route to becoming the largest telecom operator in India.

Vodafone is placed a close third with 19.30% market share, while Idea occupies the fourth spot with 19.07% share of the market. But now that themergerof Vodafone and Idea is complete, the joint entity called Vodafone Idea Ltd may as well be regarded as the domain leader with a combined market share of 38.70%.

As per the report, PSU service providers (BSNL and MTNL) only commanded a 10.10% market share at the end of July, while privately-owned telecom operators enjoy a hefty 89.90% share of the segment.

Another area where Reliance Jio leads the market is wireless broadband services. As per TRAI’s report, Reliance Jio is the top wireless broadband service provider in the country with an astounding 49.33% of market share and over 227 million subscribers, while Airtel remained a distant second with 20.71% market share.