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- Reliance Jio crosses the bar of 40 cr clients - But not everything is rosy because of that
Everything goes to Reliance Jio (Reliance Jio Infocomm). It became the first mobile service provider to break the Rs 40 crore customer mark in India with a total addition of more than 35 lakh subscribers in July. According to the monthly report of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), the country's total telecom subscribers increased to 116,4 crore in July from 116 crore in June. This is only a marginal increase. Reliance Jio increasing the number was the point of contention. Despite increasing competition from Airtel and Vi, Reliance has managed to stay ahead and grow its numbers. Reliance Jio now dominates the Indian mobile market with a 35,03 percent market share at 40.08.03,819 subscribers. Bharti Airtel and BSNL added 32,6 lakh and 3,88 lakh mobile clients respectively in July. Vodafone Idea has lost more than 37 lakh customers. Crown MTNL Corporation also lost 5.457 wireless customers. Overall, mobile phone connections in the country increased to 114,4 crore in July from 114 crore in June, with urban and rural connections at 61,9 crore and 52,1 crore respectively.
Increase in fixed connections
Interestingly, after many years, landline connections increased to 1,98,20,419, with private telecom operators led by Jio leading the way. The demand for landlines may be due to the increased work-from-home standard introduced due to the pandemic. But while companies like Jio, Airtel have shown promise in the segment, alumni like state-owned BSNL and MTNL and private downtime companies Reliance Communications and Tata Teleservices have continued to see numbers fall. online customers. The broadband segment rose 1,03 percent to Rs 70,54 crore in July from Rs 69,82 crore in June. The top five service providers accounted for 98,91 percent of the market share of the total number of broadband subscribers at the end of July. Reliance Jio had broadband customers of 40,19 crore, Bharti Airtel 15,57 crore, Vodafone Idea 11,52 crore, BSNL 2,3 crore and Atria Convergence 16,9 lakh subscribers in July.
Trouble for Jio
But still, not everything is perfect for Reliance Jio. The decline in the proportion of active clients of Reliance Jio, also known as Visitor Location Record (VLR), is certainly a cause for concern. VLR refers to subscribers who are active on the network, can send or receive calls, do not have their mobile turned off and are not outside the coverage area. According to TRAI data, only 78,09% of the Reliance Jio user base was active. By comparison, Bharti Airtel's active user base was 97%, while Vodafone-Idea's was 89,33. The market claim is that Jio has exited the market with cheap phones and telecom plans. But they sold them to people who can't make subsequent payments to be active users. Reliance Jio is aware of the criticism and is therefore now focusing on postpaid accounts with attractive features like the credit renewal plan. He hopes to overcome the image that it is a network of poor people. Certainly the high end users are more with Airtel and Vodafone. Source: TRAI