The Indian telecom market underwent a major transformation in September, with Reliance Jio continuing to dominate the customer base. But unexpectedly, Geo lost nearly 2 crore customers in September.
Airtel and Vodafone Idea have decided to increase their telecom service charges by 15 to 25 per cent, as telecom companies have a four-year moratorium on arrears.
The September data is shocking in this context.
Reliance Jio
Reliance Jio lost about 19 million or 1.9 crore wireless customers in September alone. As a result, Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio has reduced its total customer base to 424.83 million.
Airtel – Vodafone Idea
Bharti Airtel, meanwhile, has added 2.7 lakh new wireless customers to its network. This brings Airtel’s total customer base to 354.46 million. And Vodafone Idea lost 10.7 lakh customers and gained only 269.99 million customers.
20.7 million customers
As a result, about 20.7 million subscribers left in September alone, bringing the total number of telecom subscribers in the country to 1.16 billion. Troy has announced as the Telecom Regulatory Authority.
Reliance jio Project
Reliance Jio has recently scrapped several of its low-cost telecom service plans in a bid to boost revenue. Due to this the number of customers in September decreased.
Average income
But at the same time Reliance Jio increased the average per capita income (ARPU) of its customers from Rs 138 to Rs 144 as planned. This was to the advantage of Reliance Jio. In September, Geo lost more rural and downtown customers than city customers.
Jio sidelines Airtel .. New peak in customer numbers ..!
All the telecom companies are experiencing sustainable growth as the central government has saved the Indian telecom market from collapse through its relaxation schemes.
With Airtel and Vodafone Idea planning to raise telecom tariffs, July’s customer numbers data came as a shock to everyone.
Telecom companies
Reliance Jio has sidelined Airtel and Vodafone in bulk in terms of customer numbers in July amid stiff competition among telecom companies.
Jio vs Airtel
In July 2024, Geo added 6.1 million new customers and increased its total customer base to 347 million. Similarly, Airtel had about 2.3 million customers, but the total number of active customers increased to 346 million.
Active customers
Generally, a telecom company’s revenue and business will be based on the number of active customers, with Geo paying the largest number of customers in July.
Jio dominates
The number of customers continues to increase due to the fact that Geo has lower telecom tariffs than other companies in the market, Geo phone sales are better and Internet Date prices are much lower.
Vodafone Idea
Vodafone Idea lost 3.3 million customers in July 2024 to 238 million. This reduced the total number of active customers to 24.06 percent.
Continuous decline
Most importantly, Vodafone Idea’s customer base has been steadily declining for 32 months.
