Recently recharge plans have been made expensive by Jio, Airtel and Vodafone-Idea. After this, some good and bad experiences are being seen. It has been good for Jio Airtel and Vodafone-Idea that revenue growth has increased in the second quarter of the financial year. However, after recharge became expensive, the users of these three companies have decreased. In such a situation, it has been a sweet and sour experience of expensive recharge.
How long will BSNL‘s lead continue?
The loss making BSNL has seen an increase in its user base, but how long will this increase continue? It is difficult to say, because recently the parliamentary committee has reprimanded BSNL for poor network. In such a situation, if BSNL’s network does not improve, then this lead will not be maintained, because ultimately mobile users need a good network for calling and internet. However, BSNL officials have claimed that there will be improvement in network quality in the next 6 months, because 1 lakh 4G mobile towers are being installed by them.
Users are choosing plans like this
According to ET report, the number of mobile broadband users has increased after mobile recharge plans became expensive. Meaning mobile users are taking broadband plans instead of expensive recharge. Also providing cheap mobile recharge.
BSNL benefited
AirTel has got the maximum benefit from making recharge plans expensive. However, the disadvantage is that there has been a sharp decline in its user base. There has been growth in the average revenue per user of telecom companies. However, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has gained in terms of userbase. This is the first time that the company’s user base has seen an increase after a long time.
ARPU of companies increased
According to experts, the impact of the July tariff increase will be visible till the December quarter. Due to tariff increase, Airtel’s ARPU has increased by about 9.2 percent. Similarly, 6 percent growth can be recorded in the ARPU of Jio and Vodafone-Idea.