One Third of Total 4G Subscribers in India are from Rural Regions: CMR

Slowly and steadily India has grown in leaps and bounds when it has been about the expansion of 4G network in the country. Thanks to Reliance Jio, now India is standing at a pedestal and is setting an example as to how rapid and exponential the growth of a network can be. To support similar sentiments, statistics tell the same story. A report by Trai revealed that India had 238 million 4G subscribers by the end of December 2017. Another report by CMR India said it’s expected that India to have 300 million 4G subscribers by the end of 2017, which will be largely driven by feature phones and Reliance Jio. The report by CMR also detailed that out of the 238 million subscribers, 83 million were from rural regions which translates to 35 percent of the total crowd, meaning that every 1 in 3 4G subscriber was from rural areas. With proven track record like this, Reliance Jio has registered a notorious growth story.

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While Reliance Jio can be credited for kicking off this growth spurt of the 4G network in the country it has also kicked off an intense competition between the incumbent telcos in the country like Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular and Vodafone India. A result of this was clearly visible in 2017, as Reliance Jio grew by 122% (88 million) subscribers in the year 2017 totalling its subscriber at 160 million while the incumbent telcos pegged an enormous growth rate of 457% (64 million) as of December 2017, which is more than thrice of what Reliance Jio registered.