According to the monthly telecom subscribers report published by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Reliance Jio has overtaken Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited known as BSNL to become the top service provider in the fixed landline broadband segment.
Reliance Jio’s fixed-line broadband customer base increased to 4.34 million in November 2021 from 4.16 million in October 2021.
At the same time, BSNL’s customer base decreased to 4.2 million in November 2021 from 4.72 million in October 2021. Bharti Airtel’s fixed line broadband customer base stood at 4.08 million in November.
While Jio was a new player, BSNL had 8.69 million wired broadband customers in September 2019 which reduced to less than half in November 2021.
Bharti Airtel’s wired broadband subscriber base has grown by about 70% to 4.08 million in November 2021 from 2.41 million in September 2019 and at a similar growth pace it is expected to overtake BSNL soon.
Reliance Jio’s total broadband subscriber base stood at 432.96 million in November. Bharti Airtel with 210.10 million broadband customers, Vodafone India was at 122.40 million and BSNL with 23.62 million.
