Telecom subscriber base increase marginally as Jio, Airtel gain subscribers in January 2023: TRAI

According to the records launched via way of means of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, the variety of wi-fi smartphone subscribers in India expanded from 1,143.ninety three million on the cease of December 2022 to 1,143.02 million on the cease of January 2023, thereby displaying a month-to-month boom fee of 0.01%.

As of January 31, 2023, the marketplace proportion of wi-fi subscribers held via way of means of the personal telecom operators became 90.55%, at the same time as that of the 2 PSUs (public carrier providers), BSNL and MTNL, became simplest 9.45%.

According to the records, the variety of subscribers climbed in city regions via way of means of 0.05% to 652.seventy two million, and in rural regions via way of means of 0.01% to 518.03 million.

As of January 2023, Bharti Airtel has a 32.27% marketplace proportion, at the same time as Reliance Jio has 37.28% proportion. Vodafone Idea, on the opposite hand, ended up in 1/3 slot with 20.99% proportion and BSNL had 9.21% marketplace proportion.

In all carrier regions besides Bihar, U.P.(W), Gujarat, J & K, Karnataka, Haryana, Punjab, U.P.(E) and Himachal Pradesh carrier, the variety of wi-fi subscribers went up in January 2023.

Besides that, 12.forty million subscribers asked Mobile Number Portability (MNP) at some point of the month. With this, the full variety of MNP requests acquired considering that its inception has risen to 796.eighty four million via way of means of the near of January 2023.

According to records accumulated from 989 operators in January 2023 as compared to 907 operators in December 2022, the full variety of broadband subscribers expanded from 832.20 million on the cease of December 22 to 839.18 million on the cease of January 23. This represents a 0.eighty four% month-to-month boom fee, with Reliance Jio (434.02 million) main the way.