Key highlights:

  • JioFi data cards continued its lead in the market as it posted a 97% growth in Q2
  • Reliance Jio captured 91% of the data card market
  • MiFi data cards popularity is by Jio's gaining acceptance in Tier II and Tier III cities and towns

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Reliance Retail's JioFi data cards continued its lead in the market as it posted a 97% growth in the second quarter of 2017. This comes on the back of a 96% growth in Q1 2017 and a 94% growth in Q4 2016.

The launch of consecutive free data services followed by the availability of Mi-Fi data cards at different prices aided the consistent growth of Reliance Jio to capture 91% of the data card market, according to a CMR India Research report.

Huawei, which came in second, had a distant 3% market share in the same quarter, followed by Alcatel with 2% market share.

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