Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Broadband Subscribers Leap 36% in India in 3 Months Because of Reliance Jio

The total number of broadband subscribers in India increased from 136.53 million at the end of december 2015 to 140.10 million at the end of January 2016. But Reliance Jio, and the responses to it by the other leading mobile service providers, has vastly increased the rate of growth.

In fact, Reliance Jio added more than 50 million  net new mobile broadband accounts in just three months, starting early in September 2016. Essentially, Reliance Jio, by itself, grew the broadband market 36 percent in three months.

Top five largest broadband service providers, with 83 percent market share of broadband subscribers at the end of January 2016, were Bharti Airtel (32.70 million), Vodafone (26.24 million), Idea Cellular Ltd (22.04 million), BSNL (20.16 million) and Reliance Communications Group (15.49 million).

Among fixed network providers, BSNL has 9.9 million customers, followed by Bharati Airtel with 1.68 million fixed network customers.

Top Five Wireless Broadband Service providers, January 2016:
1.   Bharti Airtel (31.02 million)
2.   Vodafone (26.23 million)
3.   Idea Cellular (22.04 million)
4.   Reliance Communications (15.37 million)
5.   BSNL (10.26 million)

Top Five Wired Broadband Service providers, January 2016:
1.   BSNL (9.9 million)
2.   Bharti Airtel (1.68 million)
3.   MTNL (1.12 million)
4.   Atria Convergence Technologies (0.89 million)
5.   YOU Broadband (0.51 million)

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