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Reliance Jio adds 5 mn users in May, Airtel still emerges mkt leader

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With current market share, Jio stood 4th in overall base, behind Airtel, Vodafone and Idea LATEST 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 ...

Reliance Jio active subscriber additions slowing down? Airtel wins in April

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However, on net basis, RJio continues to add maximum users Latest news :Reliance Jio has begun to witness a slowdown in active subscriber additions. For the first time since September, when Jio stormed into the market, Bharti Airtel has added more active subscribers than Jio. As per reports by Goldman Sachs and ICICI Securities, Jio added 0.4 million active subscribers in April as compared to 2.6 million by Airtel. During the September-October period of last year Jio was adding around 16 million subscribers a month. However, in terms of net additions, RELIANCE JIO continues to add maximum subscribers. It added 3.87 million subscribers in April followed by 2.85 million by Airtel, 0.81 million by BSNL, 0.75 million by Vodafone and 0.68 million by Idea. All other operators lost subscribers on net basis in April. Jio has witnessed a deceleration in its active subscribers in fourth straight month and since the company has started to charge its users from April, the de...

Airtel pips Reliance Jio in active subscriber additions in April

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However, on net basis, RJio continues to add maximum users Latest news : Reliance Jio (RJio), which has stormed the 4G market in India, is witnessing a slowdown in subscriber additions and for the first time since September last year, Bharti Airtel has added more active subscribers in a month than RJio. However, in terms of net additions, RJio continues to add maximum subscribers. The latest entrant added 3.87 million subscribers in April followed by 2.85 million by Airtel, 0.81 million by BSNL, 0.75 million by Vodafone and 0.68 million by Idea. All the other operators lost subscribers on net basis in April. As per reports by Goldman Sachs and ICICI Securities, RJio added 0.4 million active or VLR subscribers in April as compared to 2.6 million by Airtel. The active subscriber additions by Jio continue to slow down from September-October period of last year, when it was adding around 16 million subscribers a month. RJio has witnessed a deceleration in its act...