Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Thought (Vi) are the foremost postpaid cellular gamers in India. Reliance Jio doubtless does not have half the variety of postpaid cellular subscribers that Airtel and Vi have. Since Jio does not report its postpaid person depend within the annual or quarterly report, it is onerous for us to pinpoint a precise quantity, however two years again, the quantity was not even 5 million. This was a time when Jio had a Rs 199 postpaid plan. CLSA had mentioned in 2022 that Jio has the poorest postpaid cellular subscriber base amongst the non-public telcos, and for the reason that firm refrains from giving out a quantity, that’s nonetheless doubtless the case.
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However there are two telecom firms that disclose their postpaid numbers – Airtel and Vi. These two are combating head-on to be the primary postpaid cellular providers supplier in India. Again in 2022, and for a number of years now, Vi was main the figures right here. However now, Airtel has taken over Vi to grow to be the telco with the most important postpaid cellular subscriber base.
Airtel and Vi Postpaid Subscriber Base
On the finish of Q2 FY25, Airtel had 24.66 million postpaid cellular customers, whereas Vi had 24.5 million customers. So the distinction between the 2 firms is negligible at this level. Nevertheless, Airtel has been rising its postpaid cellular person base aggressively. Postpaid cellular subscribers are extra loyal than pay as you go customers and are additionally much less affected by value modifications.
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These are high-paying clients and including extra postpaid customers will assist the telcos enhance their ARPU (common income per person) determine. Reliance Jio’s technique within the postpaid phase is unclear. The telco has aggressive plans however hasn’t been capable of compete with Airtel and Vi within the phase. With Vi anticipated to launch 5G quickly, its postpaid subscriber base may develop from right here. The battle of postpaid customers will probably be fascinating to notice within the coming quarters.
