2024-04-10 18:58:57
New Delhi: The number of telecom subscribers in the country increased by 0.38 percent in February compared to a month earlier. It increased to Rs 119.7 crore. Telecom regulator TRAI released this data on Monday. The report of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) says that the number of urban telephone subscribers increased by 0.40 percent to 66.37 crore in February. At the same time, rural consumers increased to 53.13 crore with a gradual growth rate of 0.34 percent. According to TRAI’s monthly subscriber report, the total number of broadband subscribers also increased from 91.10 crore at the end of January to 91.67 crore at the end of February.
Who has how much share in the top 5?
The share of the top five service providers in the broadband market is 98.35 percent. These include Reliance Jio (52.2 percent), Bharti Airtel (29.41 percent), Vodafone Idea (13.80 percent), BSNL (2.69 percent) and Atria Convergence (0.24 percent). The report says subscriber base growth was recorded across all circles in both landline and mobile services in February. The number of landline subscribers increased by 1.73 per cent to 3.31 crore at the end of February.
How much did wireless customers increase?
TRAI said that public companies BSNL, MTNL and APSFL had a total share of 28.18 percent in the landline market. According to the telecom regulator, the total number of wireless subscribers increased to 116.46 crore in the month of February with a monthly increase of 0.34 per cent.