Reliance Jio becomes the fourth largest wireless telecom operator in India

According to the latest subscription data released by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio has amassed 9.29% subscriber market share as on March 31. The company’s market share was 8.83% in February. Reliance Jio has added 58.39 lakh subscribers in March.

Airtel tops the list with a share of 23.39% followed by Vodafone at 17.87%. Idea Cellular with 16.70% was a close third while Jio stands fourth with 8.83%.

The data revealed that as of March 31, Jio with 10.86 crore subscribers was the top in the wireless broadband service provider list followed by Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Services. Jio said that as on March 31, they have garnered 7.2 crore Prime subscribers out of the total.

Reliance Jio’s free offers launched in September 2016 ​had helped ​them cross 100 plus million subscribers in 170 days. Their entry to the scene started a fierce competition in the telecom sector.

The telecom giant after six months of free offers launched the Jio Prime membership that gave its subscribers dis​counts on application usage and data benefit​s​ for a year for a one time recharge of Rs 99. They later ​launched the Dhan Dhana Dhan offer which had minimum recharges of around Rs 300​ for benefits for three months​.