The new entrant in the Indian telecom sector, Reliance Jio is continuing its disruptive expansion. According to the latest Telecom Subscription Data as on 31st December 2017 published by TRAI, Jio was able to add a whopping 8.01 million new subscribers to its 4G only network.
When we compare this massive subscriber addition by Jio to other established telcos, Idea was only able to add around 2.4 million subscribers in the month. Whereas, Vodafone India managed to grab 1.5 million new subscribers. However India’s top telco Artel only able to add mere 5.7 lakh new subscribers to its network in December 2017. State-run telco BSNL was also able to expand itself with 4.2 lakhs new subscribers in the month.