Reliance Jio Becomes India’s Number Four Telecom Operator with 9.29 Percent Market Share

Reliance Jio, the 4G entrant, has cornered 9.29 percent subscriber market share as on March 31, up from 8.83 percent in February, becoming the fourth largest wireless telecom operator in India, according to TRAI’s latest data.

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Reliance Jio was also the top wireless broadband service provider in March with 108.68 million users, followed by Bharti Airtel (47.04 million), Vodafone (37.71 million), Idea Cellular (24.70 million) and Reliance Communications (14.01 million).

Reliance Jio, which launched services on September 5, 2016, added over 100 million subscribers in 170 days with the help of free services, leading to a data war and consolidation in the market.

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The Mukesh Ambani-led 4G service provider has added maximum 58.39 lakh subscribers in the month of March, ahead of Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular and BSNL that have added 29.99 lakh, 20.9 lakh and 20,77 lakh wireless subscribers, respectively.

Vodafone India, which currently is the second largest telecom operator, had added 18.34 lakh new users, TRAI data suggested.

Total wireless subscribers (GSM, CDMA & LTE) increased from 1,164.20 million at the end of February 2017 to 1,170.18 million at the end of Marc 2017, thereby registering a monthly growth rate of 0.51 percent. The Wireless subscription in urban areas increased from 671.63 million at the end of February to 672.42 million at the end of March, and wireless subscription in rural areas increased from 492.57 million to 497.76 million during the same period. The monthly growth rates of urban and rural wireless subscription were 0.12 percent and 1.05 percent, respectively.