Andrew Bonwick
Vice President of Product Development at Relm Insurance
Madhav Sheth
CEO of Ai+ Smartphone
Stephen Rose
CEO Render Networks


Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel, the two leading Indian telecom operators, continued eating up the market share of their competition. Jio’s overall subscriber base grew by the largest number followed by Airtel. BSNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) and Vodafone Idea (Vi) lost wireless users and saw a decline in market share. Jio’s subscriber market share expanded while Airtel’s remained constant as the previous month.
Even when it came to the active subscribers, Jio and Airtel were the only ones that saw an increase. Vi and BSNL lost VLR subscribers too. The data has been published by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in its performance indicator report for January 2024. Let’s take a look at the data.
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Wireless Subscriber Addition: Jio and Airtel Continue to be the Only Ones to Add Users
In January 2024, Jio’s overall wireless subscriber base grew by 4.17 million users while Airtel’s grew by 0.75 million users. BSNL and Vodafone Idea lost 1.18 million and 1.52 million users, respectively.
The wireless subscriber market share of Jio grew from 39.69% in December 2023 to 39.79%. Airtel’s market share remained constant at 32.95%. Vi’s market share fell from 19.25% to 19.09% MoM (Month over Month). BSNL’s market share declined from 7.94% to 7.82%.
Let’s take a look at the number of active users or VLR users.
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