Airtel, Jio, and Vodafone Idea: Data Usage Trends and ARPU in Q3FY25

Indian private telecom operators—Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, and Vodafone Idea (Vi)—have been offering generous amounts of data bundled with their plans. While Airtel and Jio have been offering complimentary unlimited 5G on their networks, Vi, on its part, has been offering Unlimited 4G, Free 4G, or generous amounts of 4G data bundled with its plans through various plan components all this while. Every operator reports the total data traffic on its network every quarter according to its own standards.

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Let’s now look at the data traffic and usage parameters of the three telcos in the story ahead, based on the latest reports from each operator as of December 31, 2024.

Data Usage Trends and ARPU 

Bharti Airtel

Bharti Airtel reported an average mobile data consumption per customer per month of 24.5GB. This translates to roughly an average usage of 800MB per day, which is sufficient for serious smartphone users. Additionally, Airtel reported the industry’s highest ARPU of Rs 245, which is close to its immediate short-term goal of Rs 300. Airtel reports its overall data volume on the network in million GBs, amounting to 20,174.

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Reliance Jio

Now, coming to the world’s largest operator in terms of data traffic—Jio. The operator reported an average mobile data consumption of 32.3GB per customer per month. This means an average Jio user consumes slightly over 1GB of data per day. The company claims this as “Industry leading customer engagement.” Jio reported an ARPU of Rs 203.3. Jio reports its overall data volume on the network in billion GBs, which stands at 46.5.