Telecom Subscriber Base Rise Marginally to 1,170.75 Million in Jan 2023: TRAI

The telecom subscriber base within the nation grew marginally to 1,170.75 million in January, pushed by web buyer acquire within the fastened line section, in keeping with a sector regulator TRAI report launched on Friday.

The online acquire within the wireline section was 0.28 million prospects whereas cellular telephony recorded a web acquire of 0.09 million subscribers.

Though Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel collectively added 0.29 million new prospects, the acquire was offset by BSNL and Vodafone Thought (VIL) shedding 0.28 million prospects.

“The variety of phone subscribers in India elevated from 1,170.38 million on the finish of December 2022 to 1,170.75 million on the finish of January 2023, thereby displaying a month-to-month progress fee of 0.03 p.c,” the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India mentioned within the subscriber report for the month of January 2023.

The wireline or fastened line connections within the nation elevated to 27.73 million in January from 27.45 million in December.

The expansion within the wireline section was pushed by Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Quadrant, which added 0.21 million, 0.11 million and 5,949 prospects, respectively.

State-owned MTNL was the largest loser within the section because it misplaced 29,857 prospects. It was adopted by BSNL, which misplaced 19,781 wireline prospects, Tata Teleservices 9,444, VIL 3,727 and Reliance Communications 275 prospects.

Within the cellular telephony or wi-fi section, Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel added 1.65 million and 1.28 million prospects, respectively. BSNL, VIL and MTNL mitigated the expansion within the section by shedding 1.48 million, 1.35 million and a couple of,960 cellular subscribers, respectively.

The broadband subscriber base within the nation grew to 839.18 million in January from 832.2 million in December.

“High 5 service suppliers constituted 98.39 per cent market share of the full broadband subscribers on the finish of January-23. These service suppliers have been Reliance Jio Infocomm (434.02 million), Bharti Airtel (237.40 million), Vodafone Thought (125.03 million), BSNL (27.05 million) and Atria Convergence (2.14 million),” TRAI mentioned.