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May 2019
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Comparision of Jio with Other Telecom Network
MR.DEEPAK BANSAL, MR. GAGAN VIJAY ,MR.GOPAL MAMODIA
Institute of Engineering &Technology Alwar (Raj.)
DR. O P PATHAK
HOD Department of Management studies- Institute of Engineering &Technology Alwar (Raj.)
OVERVIEW
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released the highlights for telecom
subscription data for the month of May. It has been noted that the total number of telephone
subscribers has now reached 1204.98 million out of which 1180.82 million are wireless
subscriptions and 24.16 million are wireline, indicating the ever increasing demand for wireless
telephone connections. The number of active wireline subscriptions stood at 1019.55
million. The wireless broadband service also holds a major share with 273.38 million subscribers
as compared to 18.23 million wireline subscribers of the total 291.61 million broadband
subscribers.
The total number of telephone subscribers in India has seen a growth from 1198.89 million in
April’17 to 1204.98 million in May’17 showing a monthly growth rate of 0.51 per cent. Rural
subscription is growing at a steady rate rising from 502.90 million to 507.92 million during the
same period growing at 1 per cent. The telephone density in India is recorded at 93.61 per cent
with Delhi holding the highest share among all the states in the country. The wireless
subscription in urban areas increased from 675.48 million at the end of Apr’17 to 676.65 million
at the end of May’17; wireless subscription in rural areas also increased from 499.12 million to
504.18 million during the same period. The monthly growth rates of urban and rural wireless
subscription were 0.17 per cent and 1.01 per cent, respectively.
As of May 31, 2017, the private access service providers held 90.96 per cent market share of
the wireless subscribers whereas BSNL and MTNL, the two PSU access service providers, had a
market share of only 9.04 per cent. Here’s a look at the graph of service providers and their
share in the market.
Jio beats Airtel, Vodafone with highest number of new users
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Reliance Jio has added 4.78 million users in May, reveals a TRAI report. The company has
repiped down its rivals like Airtel and Vodafone by bringing the highest number of new
subscribers on its connection.
Airtel which is the largest telecom company in the country has recorded a 2.09 million of users
addition in May while the state-owned BSNL has added 1.35 million new subscribers. Vodafone
acquires the fourth position with 1.3 million, followed by Idea with 0.19 million users in May.
Telco’s received 5.37 million Mobile Number Portability requests in April. With this the
cumulative MNP requests rose from 277.72 million at the end of April, 2017 to 283.09 million at
the end of May, 2017. The number of broadband subscribers also increased in May from 284.23
million to 291.61 million. According to the report, the top five Wired Broadband Service
providers, as on May 31, 2017, are BSNL with 9.80 million users, Bharti Airtel on second with
2.09 million users, Atria Convergence Technologies with 1.20 million users, MTNL with 0.99
million and YOU Broadband with 0.64 million user base.
Jio leads in the category for wireless service providers with 117.34 million users while Airtel and
Vodafone stood second and third with 51.21 million and 40.42 million users respectively.
However, Airtel has added the highest number of subscribers to wireless service between April
to May with more than 2 million users. Jio stands behind Airtel with 171299 users. Reliance Jio
also topped the TRAI charts in April for delivering the highest download speed of 19.12
megabit per second. The company is now looking forward to its July 21 AGM meet where it is
expected to make some big announcements. There are also rumors that company may launch a
4G Volte support feature phone. The device is likely to cost under Rs 1500. In a separate story,
Jio recently revamped its existing plans above Rs 309 for its prepaid and post-paid users. The
company is now offering more data and longer validity at same prices.
PAST DATA (i.e 2017) JIO AIRTEL
S.NO MONTH GROWTH(Million) GROWTH(Million)
1. January 96.75 281.22
2. February 100 278.06
3. March 104.25 273.65
4. April 108.68 265
5. May 113.29 259.21
6. June 118.11 245.92
7. July 123.13 228.66
8. August 128.367 216
9. September 133.82 207.44
10. October 139.51 194.57
11. November 145.44 189.25
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BAR GRAPH
LINE GRAPH
COMBINATION OF LINE AND BAR GRAPH
12. December 151.62 182.51
