The two giants in the Indian telecom sector looks to opportunitize the fall of VI and BSNL, and that trend continues says the latest TRAI Subscriber report as of November 2021. The report shows Reliance Jio is continuing its form to gain a lot of subscribers and in this case, a whopping 20 lakh new subscribers i.e. 2 million as of November 30th 2021.
The biggest rival to Jio is Bharti Airtel which is still standing strong against Jio, Airtel has added a handsome 13 lakh new subscribers or 1.3 million. While as we see the graphs show a chunk of people are switching from VI to Airtel and the remaining loyal BSNL customers are no longer opting to be limited to 3G.
Vodafone Idea & BSNL lost 18.9 lakh & 2.3 lakh subscribers respectively and that translates to a significant number of people who are likely to prefer the two giants because they fear these companies would shut down someday. The no-longer existent MTNL also lost 4,318 subscribers and that definitely confirms its exit is sooner.
Reliance Jio now has the highest active subscriber base amongst all telecom operators and is alone the biggest wireless subscriber provider with a 36.71% market share. This goes to show its dominance, also the service it is building is alone making users switch to Jio while its JioPhone is also a key factor in gaining even more subscribers.
However, we also have to highlight on Airtel’s connectivity speed and services are no doubt even better or comparable to Jio which is why they are able to handle Jio’s dominance, standing strong with a 30.43% market share. The main challenge or say the fight will happen this year with 5G as India finally plans to roll out the 5G spectrum.
