BSNL Loses 50,000 Broadband Subscribers in October, Airtel Gains: TRAI

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Restricted (BSNL) misplaced round 50,000 wired broadband subscribers within the month of October, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) newest report suggests. Airtel and Jio gained subscribers, as Airtel Xstream Fiber’s person base elevated from 2.6 million in September to 2.67 million in October. BSNL, alternatively, noticed a dip in broadband subscriber base from 7.8 million on the finish of September to 7.75 million on the finish of October. BSNL nonetheless continued to rule the wired broadband phase, whereas Reliance Jio topped the wi-fi broadband phase with 406.36 million subscribers.

The TRAI report for the month of October 2020 exhibits that BSNL’s wired broadband subscriber base decreased from 7.8 million in September to 7.75 million in October. This marked a lack of 50,000 subscribers was seen in a single month. Airtel took the second place within the wired broadband house with 2.67 million subscribers, adopted by Atria Convergence with 1.74 million subscribers, Reliance Jio with 1.7 million subscribers, and Hathway cable with 1.05 million subscribers on the finish of October. Reliance Jio had 1.52 million subscribers within the month of September, that elevated to 1.7 million on the finish of October.

Within the wi-fi broadband house, Jio emerged on the prime with 406.36 million subscribers on the finish of October. Airtel got here in second with 167.56 million subscribers, Vodafone Thought got here in third with 120.49 million subscribers, BSNL adopted with 18.12 million subscribers, and Tikona got here final with 0.31 million subscribers. BSNL gained a substantial variety of subscribers within the wi-fi phase, as its September numbers ended at 17.03 million subscribers.

Within the bigger scheme of issues, BSNL solely captured 3.42 p.c of the broadband market share (wired + wi-fi). Reliance Jio captured probably the most quantity of market share at 55.85 p.c and Airtel took the second spot with 22.86 p.c market share. Vodafone Thought had 16.5 p.c market share on the finish of October 2020, and Atria Convergence had 0.24 p.c market share.

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