India Crosses 700Mn Broadband Connections as Jio Hits 400Mn Mobile Subscribers

Oct. 13, 2020

Do note that the figures include the combined wireless and fixed-line broadband usage numbers. However, the latter still represents a small segment of the overall market with just 20.13 million subscribers, while the total number of wireless connections hit a whopping 684.64 million. It is worth noting that the rate of growth in fixed-line services is higher than the wireless sector, but it’s still not substantial enough to change the status quo any time soon.

Another major takeaway from the report is thatReliance Jiohas become the first telecom operator in the country to register 400 million(40 crore) mobile subscribers, although, a large chunk of them are apparently not active. That said, the TRAI data suggests that the company has about 312.9 million active subscribers, which is also substantially higher than the combined total of the other two telecom giants.

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