RIL’s telecom arm Jio adds 5.8 mn users in March

Date: 22-05-2017

Reliance Industries’ (RIL) telecom arm - Reliance Jio Infocomm (Jio) has added a whopping 5,839,734 subscribers and controlled 9.29% of the telecom market as of March 31, 2017.

Last year, the company had entered highly competitive telecom space with a free preview plan that offered unlimited free 4G high-speed data, VoLTE calls, SMS and app services for a period of 6 months. The free services helped the new entrant score more that 100 million subscribers within a span of 6 months, most of which came from competitors.

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RIL’s telecom arm Jio adds 5.8 mn users in March