Incumbent telcos increase market share in November, Reliance Jios active subscriber base improves
With competition in the telecom space heating up, the operators have been quick to roll out attractive tariff plans and woo subscribers. TRAI data reflects improvement in market share of incumbents during November 2017.
Telecom operators in the month of November amassed higher subscribers than the month before with Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel and Idea leading the pack.
Market share of Indian telecom major, Airtel stood at 24.91% in November as compared to 24.21% in October, 2017, TRAI data released on Thursday revealed.
Second to rank in terms of market share during the month was Vodafone with 17.68% share.
Idea and Reliance Jio ranked third and fourth with 16.69% and 13.08% share respectively.
Airtel’s subscriber base nearly touched 30 crore in November, as per TRAI data.
Zeebiz reported that Jio's active subscriber base amounted to nearly 70% of its total subscriber base till last year.
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