Jio and Vodafone Idea have got a big blow in the new report of TRAI. Lakhs of users of these two telecom companies have decreased. At the same time, the user base of Airtel and BSNL has increased. There has been a huge decline in the number of users since the mobile plans of private telecom companies became expensive in July. However, this time the userbase of Airtel has increased. At the same time, the condition of other companies remains the same. The users of public sector telecom company BSNL are continuously increasing. The total number of users of the company has reached close to 10 crores.
Airtel users increased
TRAI has released the data of October 2024, in which Airtel has added the maximum of 19.28 lakh new users to its network. Although the company had lost 14.35 lakh users in September, but now Airtel is in recovery mode. The company's market share has increased to 33.5 percent. The userbase of the company with the highest ARPU (Average Revenue Per User) is increasing. The main reason for this is better connectivity.
Huge loss to Jio
On the other hand, the userbase of the country's largest telecom company Jio is continuously decreasing. In the new report, Jio has suffered the most loss. The company's users have reduced by 37.60 lakh. However, Jio is still the largest telecom operator in the country. Jio also had a decline of 79.70 lakh users in September. Jio's market share has decreased to 39.9 percent.
Condition of Vi and BSNL
The users of Vodafone Idea, the country's third largest telecom company, have also decreased this time. The company has lost 19.77 lakh users in October 2024. Even in September, the company's users had reduced by 15.5 lakh. Vodafone-Idea's market share is 18.30 percent. The total market share of the three private companies is 91.78 percent. At the same time, the market share of government companies BSNL and MTNL has increased to 8.22 percent. BSNL has added about 5 lakh new users in October. In September, the company had added 8.5 lakh new users.
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