Reliance Jio leads the wireline segment in December 2022 with almost 3 Lakh new customers

The telecommunications subscriber base increased slightly to 1,170.38 million in December 2022 due to an increase in fixed line connections, according to official data.

The total subscriber base in the country was 1,170.17 million in November last year.

“The number of telephone subscribers in India increased from 1,170.18 million at the end of November to 1,170.38 million at the end of December, posting a monthly growth rate of 0.02%,” telecom regulator TRAI said. in its Monthly Subscriber Report for December 2022 published. THURSDAY.

The number of wireline subscribers increased from 27.13 million in November to 27.45 million in December, with a net increase of 0.32 million in the number of wireline subscribers.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) report showed that growth in the wireline segment was driven by Reliance Jio with the addition of 2,92,411 new customers. Bharti Airtel added 1,46,643 new fixed customers, BSNL (13,189) and Quadrant (6,355).

State-owned MTNL lost 110,168 landline customers in December, while Vodafone Idea lost 15,920 landline customers, Reliance Communications (6,292) and Tata Teleservices (5,849).

The mobile subscriber base in the country declined slightly to 1,142.93 million in December from 1,143.04 million in November.

Growth in the wireless segment was negatively affected, with Vodafone Idea (VIL) losing 2.47 million subscribers.

While Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel added 1.7 million and 1.52 million new customers respectively, the loss of subscribers from Vi, BSNL (8,76,429), MTNL (3,450) and Reliance Communications (214) hampered the growth of the wireless segment.

The broadband subscriber base increased slightly to 832.2 million in December from 825.38 million in November, with mobile devices accounting for 798.69 million customers in this segment.

“The top five service providers constituted 98.41% market share of total broadband subscribers at the end of December 22. These service providers were Reliance Jio Infocomm (432.16 million), Bharti Airtel ( 234.46 million), Vodafone Idea (123.87 million), BSNL (26.35 million) and Atria Convergence (2.14 million),” the report said.