We have the first official telecom report from a government source, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) after Reliance Jio started its commercial operation on 5th September 2016. During the month of September 2016, Reliance Jio added 15.9 million new subscribers to its 4G LTE network. That’s more than seven times the subscriber addition when compared to incumbent telcos. Airtel only managed to add 2.4 million new subscribers, followed by Idea Cellular with 1.9 million new subscriber addition.
The government run telecom operator BSNL maintained its fourth position in the Indian telecom sector. The govt PSU was able to add around 1.4 million new subscribers to its mobile network. According to the latest telecom subscription data as on 30th September 2016, the number of telephone subscribers in India slightly increased and now stands at 1,074.24 million.
This post was last modified on December 17, 2016 10:16 am