India’s largest telecommunications operator, Reliance Jio, continued to expertise important subscriber losses for the third consecutive month, with 7.96 million wi-fi customers leaving in September 2024. It was adopted by Vodafone Concept and Bharti Airtel by way of subscriber losses. Throughout the identical interval, state-owned BSNL stood out as the one wi-fi subscriber gainer, in accordance with knowledge from TRAI as of September 30, 2024.
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Non-public Operators Report Declines
Surprisingly, Reliance Jio has been steadily dropping wi-fi subscribers, marking September because the third consecutive month of decline. The operator reported losses of roughly 0.75 million subscribers in July, 4.01 million in August, and seven.96 million in September. Equally, Airtel has additionally confronted three straight months of subscriber losses, with declines of 1.7 million in July, 2.4 million in August, and 1.43 million in September. As for Vodafone Concept (Vi), subscriber losses have been a constant pattern for months, with 1.55 million subscribers leaving in September alone, in accordance with TRAI.
BSNL’s Subscriber Development Development
Conversely, BSNL has proven a constructive pattern, including wi-fi subscribers since July. The operator gained roughly 2.92 million subscribers in July, 2.53 million in August, and 0.84 million in September.
In keeping with TRAI, Reliance Jio’s wi-fi subscriber base now stands at 463.78 million, adopted by Airtel with 383.48 million, Vi with 212.45 million, and BSNL/MTNL with a mixed base of round 93.8 million. This offers Reliance Jio a market share of 40.20 p.c, Bharti Airtel 33.24 p.c, Vodafone Concept 18.41 p.c, and BSNL/MTNL roughly 8.15 p.c.
Circle Particular Tendencies
Reliance Jio reported subscriber losses throughout all telecom circles. In distinction, Airtel managed to achieve wi-fi subscribers in Delhi, Gujarat, Kerala, and Odisha. Vodafone Concept gained subscribers in Karnataka, Mumbai, and Odisha. In the meantime, BSNL recorded losses in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Assam, Haryana, Karnataka, Kolkata, and Mumbai however gained subscribers in all different circles.
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VLR Share
Airtel continued to report the best Customer Location Register (VLR) proportion in September at 99.27 p.c, adopted by Jio at 95.84 p.c, Vodafone Concept at 84.50 p.c, BSNL at 59.47 p.c, and MTNL at 27.08 p.c.
Wi-fi Market Share
The entire variety of wi-fi subscribers decreased from 1,163.83 million on the finish of August 2024 to 1,153.72 million by the tip of September 2024, registering a month-to-month decline of 0.87 p.c.
As of September 30, 2024, personal entry service suppliers held 91.85 p.c of the wi-fi subscriber market share, whereas BSNL and MTNL, the 2 PSU entry service suppliers, accounted for less than 8.15 p.c.
Broadband Wi-fi Subscribers
Throughout the identical interval, the recorded subscriber base of wi-fi broadband service suppliers exhibits Reliance Jio main with 463.78 million subscribers, adopted by Airtel with 276.68 million. Vodafone Concept held a subscriber base of 126.35 million, whereas BSNL recorded 33.50 million subscribers.
