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  • Reliance Jio adds 3.11 mn mobile subscribers in May: Trai

    Reliance Jio adds 3.11 mn mobile subscribers in May: Trai

    Mumbai: Reliance Jio added 3.11 million mobile subscribers in the month of May followed by Bharti Airtel at 1.02 million, as per subscription data by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). Vodafone Idea lost 0.75 million subscribers during the same period.

    The total number of mobile subscribers increased from 1,142.66 million to 1,145.50 million registering a growth of 0.25 per cent. The wireless subscription in urban areas increased from 623.78 million to 624.55 million and in rural areas increased from 518.88 million to 520.96 million.

    There were a total of 1145.50 active mobile subscribers (VLR subscribers) during the month. Reliance Jio had the greatest number of VLR subscribers at 383.31 million followed by Bharti Airtel at 362.18 million and Vodafone Idea at 220.04 million.

    As per data received from 664 operators in May, the total broadband subscribers increased from 788.77 million to 794.68 million. Out of which, 28.10 million were wired subscribers, 765.55 million were mobile device users and 1.03 million were fixed broadband users.

    The top five wired broadband service providers were Reliance Jio Infocomm at 5.89 million, followed by Bharti Airtel at 4.74 million, BSNL at 3.82 million, Atria Convergence Technologies at 2.10 million and Hathway Cable and Datacom at 1.11 million subscribers.

    The top five wireless broadband service providers were Reliance Jio Infocomm at 408.79 million, Bharti Airtel at 212.35 million, Vodafone Idea at 123.23 million, BSNL at 21.70 million and Intech Online at 0.21 million.

    The total number of wireline subscribers increased from 25.16 million to 25.23 million in May.

    The number of telephone subscribers in India increased from 1,167.82 million to 1,170.72 million. Urban subscription grew from 646.99 million to 647.81 million and rural subscription grew from 520.82 million to 522.92 million.

  • Bharti Airtel added 17.06 mn subscribers in 2021: Trai

    Bharti Airtel added 17.06 mn subscribers in 2021: Trai

    Mumbai: Bharti Airtel’s wireless subscribers increased and stood at 17.06 million last year, as per the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (Trai) performance indicator report for 2021. Its subscriber base surged from 338.71 million to 355.77 million with yearly growth rate of 5.07 per cent.

    Reliance Jio continued to be the market leader with 36 per cent market share of total wireless telephone subscriber base followed by Bharti Telemedia at 30.81 per cent. Reliance Jio added only 6.94 million subscribers during the year bringing its subscriber count from 408.77 million to 415.72 million at a growth rate of 1.70 per cent.

    On the other hand, Vodafone Idea lost 18.74 million subscribers during the year, bringing its subscriber base from 284.26 million to 265.51 million. The company saw a 6.59 per cent rate of decline.

    Reliance Jio had the greatest number of rural wireless subscribers at 179.93 million, as per the data. It was followed by Bharti Airtel at 170.15 million and Vodafone Idea at 134.33 million.

    The total number of wireless subscribers increased from 1153.77 million to 1154.62 million with a net addition of 0.85 million wireless subscribers.

    Internet penetration

    The number of internet subscribers in India increased from 795.18 million to 829.30 million, as per the report. It showed that the total number of broadband internet subscribers increased from 747.41 million to 792.08 million and the number of wireless internet subscribers increased from 769.64 million to 802.72 million.

    Out of total broadband subscribers, 26.43 million are wired broadband subscribers while 765.65 million are wireless broadband subscribers.

    More than 96 per cent of total internet subscribers use wireless mobile technology to access internet services, as per Trai data.

    The number of rural internet subscribers increased from 308.17 million to 333.10 million and the number of urban internet subscribers also increased from 487.01 million to 496.20 million.

    Reliance Jio Infocomm was the biggest internet service provider with 50.68 per cent market share and 420.28 million subscribers. It was followed by Bharti Airtel with 27.81 per cent share and 230.65 million subscribers. Vodafone Idea had 16.43 per cent share 136.25 million subscribers.

    Revenue and usage

    The average revenue per user (ARPU) from wireless subscribers in the telecom sector increased from Rs 94.87 in 2020 to Rs 108.40 an increase of 14.25 per cent.

    The share of prepaid subscribers declined from 95.21 per cent to 93.62 per cent in 2021.

    Revenue from data usage per subscriber increased from Rs 81.81 in 2020 to Rs 96.71 in 2021. The total volume of wireless data usage increased from 103,522 million GB to 135,657 million GB with a yearly growth of 31.04 per cent.

    The average revenue per user for wireless data usage per data subscriber per month has been in an upward trend since 2014 where it stood at Rs 71.25 climbing till Rs 139 in 2021.

    The average wireless data usage per wireless data subscriber per month increased from 11.76 GB during the year 2020 to 14.04 GB during the year 2021.

  • Akash Ambani to take over as the chairman of Reliance Jio as Mukesh Ambani steps down

    Akash Ambani to take over as the chairman of Reliance Jio as Mukesh Ambani steps down

    Mumbai: Reliance Jio Infocomm, the telecom arm of Reliance Industries, announced on Tuesday that Reliance Industries chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani has resigned his position at the company effective from 27 June. Akash Ambani, who is a non-executive director on the board of the company, will take over as the chairman of Indian telecom conglomerate.

    Further, Pankaj Mohan Pawar will take over as the managing director of the company, according to the decisions taken at Jio’s board of directors meeting held on 27 June 2022. The appointment is for a period of five years commencing from 27 June 2022, subject to approval of the shareholders.

    In a regulatory filing, Reliance Jio said the company’s board at a meeting on 27 June, “approved the appointment of Akash M Ambani, non-executive director, as chairman of the board of directors of the company.”

    Among other decisions taken by the company’s board of directors at the meeting held on Monday were appointing Raminder Singh Gujral and KV Chowdary as independent directors of the company for a period of five years commencing from 27 June 2022.

    The board noted the resignation of Mukesh D Ambani as director of the company effective from close of working hours on 27 June, even as it approved the appointment of Akash M Ambani, non-executive director as chairman of the board of directors of the company.

  • Vodafone Idea loses 2.81 million wireless subscribers in March: Trai

    Vodafone Idea loses 2.81 million wireless subscribers in March: Trai

    Mumbai: Bharti Airtel added 2.25 million wireless subscribers in the month of March, as per data by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). Reliance Jio added 1.26 million wireless subscribers and Vodafone Idea lost 2.81 million wireless subscribers during the same period, the data revealed.

    The total number of wireless subscribers increased from 1141.53 million to 1142.09 million in March. The wireless subscription in urban areas decreased from 625.19 million to 624.23 million, however, wireless subscription in rural areas increased from 516.34 million to 517.86 million during the same period.

    As per Trai data, there were 1021.29 million active wireless subscribers during the month of March accounting for 89.42 per cent of the total wireless subscriber base. Reliance Jio had 378.95 million active wireless subscribers followed by Bharti Airtel at 355.78 million and Vodafone Idea at 226.08 million. BSNL had 59.82 million active wireless subscribers.

    As per information from 653 operators, Trai reported an increase in total broadband subscribers from 783.37 million to 788.30 million in March. Out of these, 759.87 million were mobile device users, 27.25 million were wired subscribers and 1.18 million were fixed wireless subscribers i.e. Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Max, Point-to-Point and VSAT (very small aperture terminal).

    The top five broadband service providers were Reliance Jio at 409.28 million, Bharti Airtel at 215.27 million, Vodafone Idea at 122.48 million, BSNL at 27.19 million and Atria Convergence at 2.08 million and accounted for 98.48 per cent of the market.

    The top five wired broadband service providers were Reliance Jio at 5.28 million, Bharti Airtel at 4.53 million, BSNL at 3.85 million, Atria Convergence Technologies at 2.08 million and Hathway Cable and Datacom at 1.11 million.

    The top five wireless broadband service providers were Reliance Jio at 403.99 million, Bharti Airtel at 210.75 million, Vodafone Idea at 122.48 million, BSNL at 23.34 million and Intech Online at 0.21 million.

    The number of telephone subscribers increased from 1166.05 million to 1166.93 million. Urban telephone subscriptions decreased from 647.76 million to 647.11 million and rural subscriptions increased from 518.29 million to 519.82 million in March.

    Wireline subscribers increased from 24.52 million to 24.84 million in March.

  • Reliance Jio loses 9.3 million wireless subscribers in January: Trai

    Reliance Jio loses 9.3 million wireless subscribers in January: Trai

    Mumbai: Telecom major Reliance Jio lost 9.3 million wireless subscribers at the end of January, as per subscription data released by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). 

    Bharti Airtel added 714,199 wireless subscribers during the same period. Vodafone Idea and BSNL lost 389,082 and 377,520 wireless subscribers, respectively at the end of January, the data revealed.

    The total wireless subscribers decreased from 1,154.62 million to 1,145.24 million at the end of January. The wireless subscription in urban areas decreased from 633.34 million to 627.12 million. Similarly, rural subscriptions also declined from 521.28 million to 518.13 million during the same period.

    According to Trai, there were 1006.57 million active wireless subscribers in the month of January out of which Reliance Jio had 368.53 million, Bharti Airtel had 349.99 million, Vodafone Idea had 228.81 million and BSNL had 58.64 million active subscribers.

    During the month, as per information received from 616 broadband operators, Trai reported a decrease in broadband subscribers from 792.08 million to 783.43 million. Out of these, 26.65 million were wired subscribers, 755.66 million were wireless subscribers and 1.12 million were fixed wireless subscribers i.e., Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Max, point-to-point radio, and VSAT.

    The top five broadband service providers constituted 98.46 per cent market share of the total broadband subscribers at the end of January. These service providers were Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd at 411.23 million, Bharti Airtel at 210.75 million, Vodafone Idea at 121.08 million, BSNL at 26.25 million, and Atria Convergence at 2.04 million subscribers.

    The top five wired broadband service providers were Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd at 4.83 million, Bharti Airtel at 4.33 million, BSNL at 3.90 million, Atria Convergence Technologies at 2.04 million, and Hathway Cable & Datacom at 1.10 million subscribers.

    The top five wireless broadband service providers were Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd at 406.39 million, Bharti Airtel at 206.42 million, Vodafone Idea at 121.07 million, BSNL at 22.35 million, and Intech Online at 0.21 million subscribers.  

    The total number of telephone subscribers in India decreased from 1178.41 million to 1169.46 million. Urban telephone subscriptions decreased from 655.20 million to 649.38 million and rural subscriptions decreased from 523.21 million to 520.08 million.

    Wireline subscribers increased from 23.79 million to 24.21 million at the end of January.

  • Reliance Jio’s IAX project to land in the Maldives

    Reliance Jio’s IAX project to land in the Maldives

    Mumbai: Reliance Jio Infocomm has announced that it will land the next generation multi-terabit India-Asia-Xpress (IAX) undersea cable system in Hulhumale, Maldives.

    The high capacity and high-speed IAX system will connect Hulhumale’ directly with the world’s major internet hubs in India and Singapore.

    “This is the first stride towards enhancing our connectivity infrastructure and opening vast opportunities for our people through providing secure, affordable and high-quality services,” said minister of economic development Uz Fayyaz Ismail. “We also aim to diversify our economy and establish ourselves as a key communications hub in South Asia. Aside from economic development, this will accelerate social development through high-speed internet access throughout the Maldives allowing us to attain the equitable development we seek.”

    “Today’s global economy is driven by low-latency broadband, connecting people, businesses, content, and services. IAX will not only connect Maldives to the world’s content hubs, but it will also support the explosive growth in data demand expected from the new initiatives being launched by the government of Maldives,” said Reliance Jio president Mathew Oommen. “Jio is very pleased to be working with the government of the Maldives to help realize this ambition by providing high-quality, terabit capacity supporting Web 3.0-capable internet services.”

    The IAX system originates in Mumbai in the west and connects directly to Singapore, with branches including additional landings in India, Malaysia, and Thailand. The India- Europe-Xpress (IEX) system connects Mumbai to Milan, landing in Savona, Italy, and includes additional landings in the Middle East, North Africa, and the Mediterranean. IAX is expected to be ready for service by the end-2023, while IEX will be ready for service in mid-2024.

    These high capacity and high-speed systems will provide more than 200Tb/s of capacity at speeds of 100Gb/s, over 16,000 kilometers. Employing open system technology and the latest wavelength switched RoADM/branching units ensures rapid upgrade deployment and the ultimate flexibility to add/drop waves across multiple locations.

    “IEX and IAX together will be one of the most important developments in telecommunications infrastructure in this decade, linking India, Europe to Southeast Asia, and now the Maldives,” said the statement.

  • Jio loses 12.9 mn wireless subs in Dec ‘21, Airtel gains 0.47 mn: Trai

    Jio loses 12.9 mn wireless subs in Dec ‘21, Airtel gains 0.47 mn: Trai

    Mumbai: Reliance Jio lost as many as 12.9 million wireless subscribers in December 2021, according to subscription data provided by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). Vodafone Idea also lost 1.6 million subscribers.

    However, Bharti Airtel emerged as a clear winner in December, as it went on to add 0.47 million subscribers during the same period, along with BSNL, which also saw wireless subscriber additions of 1.16 million.

    The total number of wireless subscribers decreased from 1167.50 million to 1154.62 million. Wireless subscriptions in urban areas decreased from 638.46 million to 633.34 million while in rural areas it also decreased from 529.04 million to 521.28 million.

    As per Trai data, Reliance Jio had 364.34 million active wireless subscribers followed by Bharti Airtel at 348.69 million and Vodafone Idea with 229.45.  

    In December, Trai received information from 616 broadband operators compared to 592 operators in the previous month. The total broadband subscribers decreased from 801.60 million to 792.08 million.

    In the broadband segment, wired subscribers increased from 24.42 million to 26.43 million, mobile device users decreased from 775.93 million to 764.52 million and fixed wireless subscribers decreased from 1.26 million to 1.13 million. The top five broadband service providers were Reliance Jio Infocomm at 420.28 million followed by Bharti Airtel at 210.07 million, Vodafone Idea at 122.62 million, BSNL at 25.54 million and Atria Convergence at 2.01 million.

    The top five wired broadband service providers were Reliance Jio Infocomm at 4.57 million, Bharti Airtel at 4.20 million, BSNL at 4.07 million, Atria Convergence at 2.01 million and Hathway Cable and Datacom at 1.08 million. The top five wireless broadband service providers were Reliance Jio Infocomm at 415.72 million, Bharti Airtel at 205.87 million, Vodafone Idea at 122.14 million, BSNL at 21.47 million and Intech Online at 0.20 million.

    The number of telephone subscribers decreased from 1191.05 million to 1178.41 million. Urban telephone subscription decreased from 660.08 million to 655.20 million and rural subscription also decreased from 530.96 million to 523.21 million during the same period.

    During the period, wireline subscribers increased from 23.55 million to 23.79 million.

  • Vodafone loses 1.89 mn subs in Nov; Jio, Airtel post strong gains: Trai

    Vodafone loses 1.89 mn subs in Nov; Jio, Airtel post strong gains: Trai

    Mumbai: Reliance Jio added 2.01 million and Bharti Airtel added 1.31 million wireless subscribers in November 2021 according to subscription data by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). Vodafone Idea lost 1.89 million subscribers during the same period, the data revealed.

    The total number of wireless subscribers increased from 1166.30 million to 1167.50 million with a net addition of 1.19 million subscribers. Wireless subscription in urban areas increased from 637.44 million to 638.46 million and in rural areas it increased from 528.86 million to 529.04 million.

    Trai reported 996.38 million active wireless subscribers out of which Reliance Jio had 359.59 million followed by Bharti Airtel at 347.89, Vodafone Idea at 231.59 million and BSNL at 56.71 million.

    In November, Trai received information from 592 operators as compared to 577 operators last month, the total broadband subscribers increased from 798.95 million to 801.60 million. This comprised mobile device users at 775.93 million, wired subscribers at 24.42 million and fixed wireless subscribers at 1.26 million.

    The top five wireless broadband service providers were Reliance Jio at 428.62 million, Bharti Airtel at 206.02 million, Vodafone Idea at 122.39 million, BSNL at 19.41 million and Tikona Infinet at 0.30 million subscribers.

    The top five wired broadband service providers were Reliance Jio at 4.34 million, BSNL at 4.20 million, Bharti Airtel at 4.08 million, Atria Convergence Technologies at 1.98 million and Hathway Cable and Datacom at 1.07 million subscribers.

    The number of telephone subscribers in India increased from 1189.62 million to 1191.05 million. Urban subscription increased from 658.83 million to 660.08 million and rural subscription increased from 530.79 million to 530.96 million. The number of wireline subscribers increased from 23.32 million to 23.55 million at the end of November.

  • Reliance Jio adds 1.76 million wireless subscribers in Oct

    Reliance Jio adds 1.76 million wireless subscribers in Oct

    Mumbai: Telecom giant Reliance Jio has added 1.76 million net wireless subscribers in October, according to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) subscription data. Vodafone Idea lost 0.96 million subscribers followed by Bharti Airtel at 0.48 million, the data revealed.

    The total number of wireless subscribers increased from 1166.02 million to 1166.30 million. In urban areas, wireless penetration decreased from 637.89 million to 637.44 million. Wireless subscriptions in rural areas increased from 528.13 million to 528.86 million.

    Trai reported 996.47 million active wireless subscribers out of which Reliance Jio had the highest share with 358.49 million followed by Bharti Airtel at 346.11 million, Vodafone Idea at 234.33 million and BSNL at 56.93 million.

    The number of telephone subscribers increased from 1189.15 million to 1189.62 million. Urban subscription decreased from 659.09 million to 658.83 million whereas rural subscription increased from 530.06 million to 530.79 million.

    In October, Trai received information from 577 broadband operators viz-a-viz 522 in the previous month. It reported that total broadband subscribers increased from 794.88 million to 798.95 million. The number of mobile device users increased from 769.22 million to 773.09 million. Wired subscribers increased from 24.39 million to 24.55 million and fixed wireless subscribers increased from 1.28 million to 1.31 million.

    At the end of October, the top five broadband service providers stood as follows Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd at 430.75 million subscribers, Bharti Airtel at 208.71 million subscribers, Vodafone Idea at 122.47 million subscribers, BSNL at 24.57 million subscribers and Atria Convergence at 1.97 million subscribers.

    The top five wired broadband service providers were BSNL at 4.72 million subscribers, Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd at 4.16 million subscribers, Bharti Airtel at 3.98 million subscribers, Atria Convergence Technologies at 1.97 million subscribers and Hathway Cable & Datacom at 1.07 million subscribers.

    The top five wireless broadband service providers were Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd at 426.60 million subscribers, Bharti Airtel at 204.73 million subscribers, Vodafone Idea at 122.47 million subscribers, BSNL at 19.85 million subscribers and Tikona Infinet Ltd. at 0.30 million subscribers.

    The number of wireline subscribers increased from 23.13 million to 23.32 million with a net increase of 0.19 million. BSNL and MTNL held 45.07 per cent of the wireline market share.

  • Jio announces new unlimited plans, hikes prepaid mobile tariffs by 21 per cent

    Jio announces new unlimited plans, hikes prepaid mobile tariffs by 21 per cent

    Mumbai: After Bharti Airtel and Vodafone India, Reliance Jio on Sunday has announced upto 21 per cent hike in its prepaid tariffs effective next month. The new unlimited plans will go-live on 1 December.

    “In line with its commitment to further strengthen a sustainable telecom industry, where every Indian is empowered with a true digital life, Jio has announced its new unlimited plans,” the largest mobile operator said in a statement. “These plans will provide the best value in the industry. Jio customers will continue to be the biggest beneficiaries.”

    The tariff hikes cover the Jio Phone plan, unlimited plans, as well as data add ons.

    Despite the increase in rates, Jio has kept the price of plans lower than its competitors Airtel and Vodafone Idea, who had hiked up their prepaid plans by upto 25 per cent last week. The company has kept its lowest rate for 28 days’ validity plan at Rs 91 for Jio phone users which is the lowest among private telecom operators. Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea have hiked the entry-level plan with 28 days validity to Rs 99.

    The tariff hikes were announced across 15 plans, which include one for Jio phone users, 11 in unlimited category and three in data top up category. The popular unlimited category plan offering 1.5 GB daily data usage plan with 84 days’ validity will go up by about 20 per cent to Rs 666 from Rs 555 at present.

    While the annual unlimited category plan offering 2 GB daily usage at 4G speed will be priced at Rs 2,879 instead of Rs 2,399 at present.