Reliance Jio and Airtel Surge as Vodafone Idea Falters in November Subscriber Race

30 Jan 2024 , 11:58 AM

Vodafone Idea experienced a loss of 10.7 lakh subscribers in November 2023, whereas Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel gained 34.5 lakh and 17.5 lakh subscribers, respectively.

The total number of wireless subscribers increased from 1,150.98 million in October to 1,154.17 million in November 2023, indicating a monthly growth rate of 0.28 %, according to TRAI data.

Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd led the wired broadband service providers in November 2023 with 10.15 million subscribers, followed by Bharti Airtel with 7.28 million subscribers and BSNL with 3.80 million subscribers. Atria Convergence Technologies and Oneott Intertainment Limited had 2.21 million and 1.14 million subscribers, respectively.

The top five Wireless Broadband Service providers in November were Reliance Jio with 455.82 million subscribers, Bharti Airtel with 255.07 million subscribers, Vodafone Idea with 126.63 million subscribers, BSNL with 20.85 million subscribers, and Intech Online Pvt Ltd with 0.24 million subscribers.

Urban wireless subscriptions rose from 630.36 million in October to 630.72 million in November, while rural wireless subscriptions increased from 520.62 million to 523.45 million during the same period.

The monthly growth rate of urban and rural wireless subscriptions was 0.06 % and 0.54 %, respectively.

Private access service providers held 91.85 % market share of the wireless subscribers, while PSU access service providers BSNL and MTNL had a market share of only 8.15 %, as per TRAI data.

In November, 11.95 million subscribers submitted their Mobile Number Portability (MNP) requests, increasing the cumulative MNP requests from 902.80 million at the end of October to 914.75 million at the end of November.

With the exception of Assam, Kerala, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, J & K, and Odisha, all other service areas exhibited growth in wireless subscribers in November, according to TRAI data.

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