Jio vs Airtel vs Vi: the Battle of ARPU and Who’s Winning

Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) are the leading telecom operators in India. For all of them, a key metric to measure their performance every quarter is to see how well their ARPU (average revenue per user) is growing. Airtel has been the leading telco for the longest time when it comes to having the highest ARPU. But after Q3 FY24, the difference in ARPU between Airtel, Jio and Vi has become even larger. Airtel’s ARPU is growing in a pretty healthy manner, while for Jio, the growth has stunted because of no tariff hikes. Here’s what you should know.

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Airtel vs Jio vs Vi: ARPU

At the end of Q3 FY24, Airtel’s ARPU was Rs 208 (in Q2, it was Rs 203). Jio’s ARPU was Rs 181.7 in both Q2 and Q3 of FY24. This means, there was no growth in ARPU for Jio. For Vi, the ARPU went up from Rs 139 (Q2) to Rs 145 (Q3).

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Airtel is the winner here, pretty evidently. Without any major tariff hike, Airtel has achieved an ARPU of Rs 208. Yes, the telco did remove the Rs 99 base plan and now the new base plan costs Rs 155. But a full-scale tariff hike, expected in FY25, will help Airtel in reaching the ARPU target of Rs 250 in the short-term.

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