Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel cumulatively gained around 25 lakh mobile customers in November, while troubled Vodafone Idea lost around 18.3 lakh subscribers, according to data from sector regulator TRAI. India’s largest telco Reliance Jio consolidated its lead in the market by adding 14.26 lakh net subscribers in November, while Airtel added 10.56 lakh users.
At the end of November 2022, live’s The number of mobile subscribers stood at 42.28 crore, which has increased from 42.13 crore in the previous month.
Bharti Airtel The subscriber gain took the Sunil Mittal-led company’s mobile user count to 366.00 million in November.
Conversely, cash crunch vodafone idea Losing 18.27 lakh subscribers during the month, its subscriber base declined to 24.37 crore in November.
According to Try Data, the total broadband subscribers increased to 82.53 crore at the end of November 2022 with a monthly growth rate of 0.47 per cent.
The top five service providers constituted over 98 per cent market share at the end of November 2022.
The list includes Reliance Jio (43 cr), Bharti Airtel (23 cr), Vodafone Idea (12.3 cr) and BSNL (2.6 crore), among others.
As of November 2022, the top five wired broadband service providers were Reliance Jio (73.8 lakh), Bharti Airtel (55.6 lakh), BSNL (40.2 lakh), Atria Convergence Technologies (21.4 lakh) and Hathway Cable & Datacom (11.3 lakh).
The top five wireless broadband service providers as per TRAI’s latest subscription data were Reliance Jio (42.28 crore), Bharti Airtel (22.5 crore), Vodafone Idea (12.34 crore), BSNL (2.18 crore) and Intec Online (2.3 lakh).
Total wireless subscribers declined to 1,143.04 million at the end of November 2022 from 1,143.63 million at the end of October 2022, falling 0.05 percent.
“The monthly growth rates of urban and rural wireless subscription were 0.24 per cent and -0.39 per cent, respectively,” it said.