Wireless broadband subscriber base surges to 532 million in February: ICRA

25 Apr 2019 Evaluate

Rating agency ICRA in its latest report said the wireless broadband subscriber base continues to maintain its strong growth trajectory in the month of February 2019. Wireless broadband subscriber base rose to 532 million in February, onboarding 10.2 million users during the month. The report highlighted Reliance Jio leads the wireless broadband market, with market share of 56%, followed by Bharti and Vodafone-Idea at 21% each.

It noted that 100% of Reliance Jio's subscribers are broadband subscribers, while the same ratio for Vodafone-Idea stood at 27% and for Bharti at 32%. Besides, the report mentioned the wireless subscriber base in India increased to 1,183.7 million in February 2019, adding 1.7 million subscribers over the previous month. The active wireless subscriber base remained steady at 1,023 million.

It added to the wireless broadband subscriber base maintained strong momentum, demonstrating a growth of two percent during the month of February. The growth in subscriber base in February was mainly driven by Reliance Jio, which added 7.8 million subscribers. State-owned BSNL or MTNL (Bharat Sanchar Nigam/ Mahanagar Telephone Nigam) was the only other telco gaining subscribers in the month, adding 0.9 million users.

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