Reliance Jio, India's largest telecom operator, is likely to beat Airtel in the ARPU (average revenue per user) growth rate in Q1 FY26 (or simply, quarter ending June 2025). Jio's ARPU won't go beyond Airtel's figures, but the quarterly growth rate would be higher for the telco. This is largely driven by the higher FWA (fixed wireless access) additions during the quarter for Jio and also because the effect of... Read More
Reliance Jio, India's largest telecom operator, released its quarterly performance for Q3 FY25. The telecom operator's revenues jumped to Rs 38,750 crore, up 19.2% YoY. While the EBITDA (earnings before interest tax and depreciation) margin remained flat, the amount increased to Rs 16,585 crore. Jio's net profit during the quarter was Rs 6,861 crore. There was a jump in the average revenue per user (ARPU) too, and it has finally... Read More
Reliance Jio, India's largest telecom operator, will likely witness its average revenue per user (ARPU) cross Rs 200 in Q3 FY25. This would be a major milestone for the company. The ARPU will see a boost due to the tariff hikes implemented in July 2024. The ARPU could range between Rs 203 to Rs 206 in the quarter. This is a sequential growth of 4-6% QoQ. Read More - Vodafone Idea... Read More
Bharti Airtel, the second-largest telecom operator in the country, had a larger brand value than its arch-rival, Reliance Jio. In the telecom sector, only three private players remain in India and out of them, Airtel is at the top in brand value in 2022. Jio is in the second position, while Vi is in the third. According to a report published by Brand Finance, Airtel’s brand value in 2022 stood... Read More
The private telecom operators in India might increase the prepaid tariffs by 10% to 12% by Diwali. This means that the tariff hikes might come by October or November 2022. Analysts believe that with this tariff hike, the average revenue per user (ARPU) figure would go up by another 10%. According to an ET Telecom report, Mayuresh Joshi, head of equity research at the Indian unit of US equity research... Read More
Reliance Jio, one of the most profitable subsidiaries of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has reported that its net profit for FY22 jumped to Rs 14,817 crore. Compared to this, Jio had posted a net profit of Rs 12,015 crore in FY21. For the last quarter of FY22, Jio’s net profit stood at Rs 4,173 crore which was more than the preceding quarter’s Rs 3,615 crore. License Fees/Spectrum charges for the... Read More
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), the parent company of Reliance Jio, India’s number one telecom service provider, today released its quarterly earnings report for Q2 FY22. Jio’s gross revenue for the quarter was Rs 24,176 crore ($3.3 billion), which is 13.8% higher YoY (adjusted for IUC). The telco’s EBITDA (earnings before interest tax depreciation and amortisation) stood at Rs 10,008 crore, which is 18% higher YoY during the December 2021 quarter.... Read More
Reliance Jio recently launched the JioPhone Next in India. The pricing of the device didn’t go down well with many in the market. The telco was expected to price the device at or under the Rs 5,000 mark. However, it is now available for Rs 6,499 in the market. Consumers going with the EMI option will have to pay at least Rs 8,000 or more for each plan they opt... Read More
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) recently released its earnings report for the FY2020-21. The conglomerate highlighted the performance of its subsidiary Jio Platforms Limited (JPL), in the report. One of the highlights of the report was Jio’s falling average revenue per user (ARPU) for the last quarter of FY21. The ARPU of India’s number one telco fell to Rs 138.2 from the previous quarter’s Rs 151. This is a significant fall... Read More
Care Ratings on Tuesday said that the “average price for per MHz spectrum unit” acquired by the telecom operators in India was up by 35.4% in the recently concluded spectrum auctions. The credit rating agency in a report said that the average price per MHz spectrum unit hit Rs 90.9 crores in the March, 2021 auction. In the previous spectrum auction held in October, 2016, Care Ratings said that the... Read More
Reliance Jio has released the quarterly performance report for Q3 FY21 (October 31, 2020-December 31, 2020). Key highlights of this quarter performance from Jio include an increase in ARPU to Rs 151, subscriber base boost to 410.8 million, total data traffic increase by 28.4% YoY and total voice traffic increase by 18% YoY. Despite the challenges put by COVID-19, Reliance Jio says it managed to add 25.1 million subscribers during... Read More
The focus of telecom operators at the moment is entirely on increasing the Average Revenue per User (ARPU). Before the entry of Reliance Jio, the ARPU of telcos like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular used to be between Rs 200 and Rs 250. However, it dipped to less than Rs 150 in recent years thanks to the low-cost tariff plans. The effect of tariff hike that happened in December... Read More
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