JIO + 6 MILLION NEW CUSTOMERS

As per the most recent figures released by TRAI ( Telecom Regulatory Authority of India), the market share of Reliance Jio has crawled up to 10.39 % with new additions of around 6 million customers in just 30 days (June-2017). Now the total subscriber base is 12.3 crore. With recent launch of Reliance Jio Phones, a much faster growth can be expected in subsequent months. The pre-bookings will start from 24th August, however the official website for Jio has already displayed a page for the interested public to submit interest into this new 4G phone which is being provided at an affordable price of zero Indian rupees. Please click our previous blog " JIOPHONE - INDIA KA SMARTPHONE" for more details.

The other major players like Bharti Airtel topped the market share table with 23.65 market share, followed by Vodafone at 17.86 per cent and Idea at 16.54 per cent. In the wireless category, Bharti Airtel added over 2 million customers in June, followed by BSNL and Vodafone, at nearly 1 million each.

As of 30th June, 2017, the private access service providers held 90.92 per cent market share of the wireless subscribers whereas BSNL and MTNL, the two PSU access service providers, had a market share of only 9.08 per cent.

The total wireless subscribers (GSM, CDMA & LTE) increased from 1,180.82 million at the end of May-17 to 1,186.84 million at the end of Jun-17, thereby registering a monthly growth rate of 0.51%. The Wireless subscription in urban areas increased from 676.65 million at the end of May-17 to 680.66 million at the end of Jun-17, and wireless subscription in rural areas also increased from 504.18 million to 506.18 million during the same period. The monthly growth rates of urban and rural wireless subscription were 0.59% and 0.40% respectively

The wireless tele-density (%) in India increased from 91.74 at the end of May-17 to 92.12 at the end of Jun-17. The Urban Wireless Tele-density increased from 167.24 at the end of May-17 to 167.97 at the end of Jun-17, and Rural Wireless Tele-density increased from 57.12 to 57.31 during the same period. The share of urban and rural wireless subscribers in total number of wireless subscribers was 57.35% and 42.65% respectively at the end of Jun-17.