Reliance Jio adds 4 million wirelesss subscribers in December 2023, Airtel adds 1.85 million

According to the TRAI data, Jio is the leading service provider (wired+wireless) with a 51.98% market share, with Airtel cornering 29.27% of the market. Vodafone Idea, with a 127.29 million subscriber base, accounts for 14.07% of the market share.

When it comes to states/regions, TRAI stated in its report that all states except Maharashtra, Jammu & Kashmir and West Bengal witnessed a growth in wireless subscribers. Maharashtra declined by 0.08%, J&K by 0.14%, and the Kolkata circle by 0.42%.

According to the TRAI report, the total number of telephone subscribers witnessed a rise from 1.18 billion in November 2023 to 1.19 billion by the end of December 2023, indicating a monthly growth rate of 0.39%. Specifically, TRAI stated, urban telephone subscriptions increased from 659.58 million to 662.56 million during the same period, while rural subscriptions also saw a rise from 526.15 million to 527.77 million. The monthly growth rates for urban and rural telephone subscriptions in December 2023 were 0.45% and 0.31%, respectively.

In the past 12 months, Reliance Jio has added a net total of about 37 million wireless subscribers, Airtel added 32.2 million and Vodafone Idea lost 20.67 million. Reliance Jio clocked its highest subscriber intake in the past 12 months in July 2023 at 3.9 million, while Vodafone Idea lost the most with nearly 3 million.