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Reliance Jio topples BSNL as largest wired broadband provider, states TRAI reportReliance Jio's wired broadband customer base increased to 4.34 million in November from 4.16 million in October 2021
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In about two years of the commercial roll-out of its wired broadband services, Reliance Jio has toppled 20 -year-old state-run telecom company BSNL as the top service provider in the segment.

According to a monthly telecom subscribers report released by the telecom regulator TRAI [Telecom Regulatory Authority of India] on Tuesday, Jio now leads the wired broadband segment with 4.34 million customers. The segment had been dominated by the state-run telecom since its inception about 20 years ago.

Reliance Jio wired broadband customer base increased to 4.34 million in November from 4.16 million in October. BSNL's customer base declined to 4.2 million in November from 4.72 million in October, while Bharti Airtel's wired broadband customer base stood at 4.08 million in November.

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Jio started the commercial roll-out of wired broadband service, JioFibre, in September 2019. While Jio started from scratch, 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 grew by about 70 per cent 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.

The broadband subscribers in the country grew to 801.6 million in November from 798.95 million in October with Reliance Jio maintaining its lead in the segment, according to the TRAI subscribers report. "Top five service providers constituted 98.68 per cent market share of the total broadband subscribers at the end of November," TRAI said.

Reliance Jio's total broadband subscriber base, including wired, wireless and mobile device users, stood at 432.96 million in November, followed by Bharti Airtel at 210.10 million broadband customers, VIL at 122.40 million, BSNL at 23.62 million and Atria Convergence at 1.98 million.

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(Published 19 January 2022, 11:37 IST)