Telecom Subscriber Base in India Grew Marginally to 1,173.89 Million at June Finish: TRAI

Telecom subscriber base within the nation grew marginally to 1,173.89 million on the finish of June on account of latest buyer additions led by Reliance Jio, sector regulator TRAI stated on Thursday. 

The subscriber base progress was pushed by cellular telephony the place Reliance Jio added over 2.27 million new clients and Bharti Airtel added 1.4 million clients.

“The number of telephone subscribers in India increased from 1,172.57 million at the end of May-23 to 1,173.89 million at the end of June-23, thereby showing a monthly growth rate of 0.11 percent,” the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) stated in its month-to-month subscriber report.

However, the general progress was mitigated by the lack of subscribers by state-owned BSNL, MTNL and Vodafone Idea (VIL).

BSNL misplaced 1.87 million cellular subscribers, VIL misplaced 1.28 million subscribers and MTNL (1,52,912 subscribers).

The web addition in wi-fi subscribers of telecom operators within the month of June was 3,73,602.

“Total wireless subscribers increased from 1,143.21 million at the end of May-23, to 1,143.58 million at the end of June-23, thereby registering a monthly growth rate of 0.03 per cent,” Trai stated.

After a marginal decline in May, wireline connections elevated in June.

The progress within the wireline phase was led by APFPL which added 6,56,424 new connections. It was adopted by Reliance Jio with the addition of two,08,014 connections, Bharti Airtel (1,34,021), V-Con Mobile and Infra (13,100), Tata Teleservices (12,617) and Quadrant added 6,540 connections in June.

The whole broadband subscribers elevated to 861.47 million on the finish of June 2023 from 856.81 million on the finish of May with a month-to-month progress price of 0.54 per cent, the report stated.

“Top five service providers constituted 98.37 per cent market share of the total broadband subscribers at the end of June-23. These service providers were Reliance Jio Infocomm 447.75 million, Bharti Airtel 248.06 million, Vodafone Idea 124.90 million, BSNL 24.59 million and Atria Convergence 2.16 million,” the report stated.