Dhan Dhana Dhan Jio aads 9.1 Million new Subscribers :-

Jio adds 9.1 million new subscribers despite IUC charges in October 2019, Vodafone Idea and BSNL follow :-

The latest telecom subscription data from TRAI suggests that Jio has added 9.1 million subscribers in October 2019, with BSNL and Vodafone Idea also gaining some new subscribers.

HIGHLIGHTS

• BSNL has gained 2.8 lakh new subscribers at the same time.
• Vodafone Idea is still the leader in terms of market share.
• Jio has gained additional 9.1 million subscribers in October 2019.

The last few months have been quite tensed for telecom operators as each one of the new operators has been increasing prices in order to offset the losses. Before the Supreme Court's judgement regarding AGR was delivered, Jio came up with a new way to solve the debate related to the IUC charges. Jio introduced IUC charges for off-net calls and that led the industry to believe that it could end up losing customers because of that move. However, that didn't happen so far.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released the telecom subscription data for the month of October 2019 and it suggests that Reliance Jio was the topmost gainer in terms of new subscriptions. Jio managed to get an additional 9.1 million new subscribers in October 2019, despite the implementation of IUC charges. In fact, other telecom operators also gained new subscribers in October 2019.

State-run BSNL, which has been in financial trouble for most of 2019, also managed to get 2.8 lakh subscribers in October 2019. Vodafone Idea sat in the third position by gaining 1.9 lakh new subscribers whereas Airtel gained 81,974 new subscribers.

With all these new subscriptions, Vodafone Idea still leads in terms of market share with a total of 31.49 per cent. Reliance Jio comes in the second spot with a share of 30.79 per cent whereas Airtel secures a share of 27.52 per cent. BSNL and MTNL combined have a share of 10.2 per cent.

Out of all the players, Reliance Jio is the only one that doesn't offer truly unlimited calls with any of its plans. Jio is currently offering free calls only for Jio subscribers whereas Airtel and Vodafone Idea are still offering truly unlimited plans. However, Jio is also compensating for the IUC charges by offering additional data benefits. On top of that, with the latest All-in-One plans, Jio is offering more data along with lots of free IUC minutes to its subscribers.