Reliance Jio adds 5 mn users in May, Airtel still emerges mkt leader
With current market share,
Jio stood 4th in overall base, behind Airtel, Vodafone and Idea
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NEWS : Reliance
Jio added nearly 5 million users ( 4,786,324 subscribers ) and controlled 9.94 per cent of the telecom
market in May, shows the latest report by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of
India (Trai).
In May, Airtel led in terms of
overall telecom market share, with 23.59 per cent subscribers. It was followed
by Vodafone with a 17.86 per cent share, and Idea with 16.62. Reliance Jio was
a distant fourth with 9.94 per cent subscribers.
According to the report, the
telecom industry saw a net addition of 6,228,813 customers in May. While
Airtel, Vodafone, BSNL, Reliance Jio and Idea Cellular continue to add
subscribers to their base, telecom operators such as Telenor and Tata lose most
of their subscribers.
Last year, Reliance Jio had entered
the highly competitive telecom space with a free preview plan that offered
unlimited free 4G high-speed data, VoLTE calls, SMS and app services for a
period of six months.
After offering free services under
its network-testing phase, Reliance Jio offered Prime membership under which
the subscriber get 4G high-speed data at an ultra-affordable price. Also, the
VoLTE calls, SMS, and app remains free and the customers are asked to pay only
for the data services.
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