India's Broadband Subscriber Base Hits 726 Million; BSNL Bharat Fiber Crosses 1 Million

The latest data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of Bharat (TRAI) shows that the full number of broadband users in the country now stands at over 726.32 million (72.6 crores). While the wired broadband market remained largely stagnant with 21.12 meg connections, the wireless marketplace at present stands at 705.20 1000000 every bit information technology continues to gain customers across the spectrum.

Reliance Jio continued to lead the wireless market with 404.13 meg subscribers every bit of September 30, 2020, while Bharti Airtel with 163.41 million, Vodafone Idea (Vi) with 119.84 1000000, BSNL with 17.03 million and Tikona with 0.31 million subscribers rounded out the summit five. Stock-still wireless subscribers, including Wi-Fi, Wi-Max, Point-to-point radio and VSAT, likewise increased 0.04% to 640,000 nationwide.

The wired broadband market also saw no change in leadership, with BSNL nevertheless at the superlative with vii.80 million subscribers, followed past Bharti Airtel with 2.60 1000000, Human activity with 1.73 million, JioFiber with 1.52 million, and Hathway with i.05 meg. It is worth noting that compared to the previous month, BSNL saw a drib of fifty,000 subscribers, while Jio and Airtel increased their subscriber base past 270,000 (ii.vii lakh) and 70,000 respectively.

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Meanwhile, BSNL has also announced that its Bharat Fiber FTTH service has crossed one one thousand thousand subscribers as it continues to jostle for marketplace share against newer and more than nimble individual-sector players like Jio, Airtel, ACT, and others. The service offers up to 300Mbps connections with gratis Disney+ Hotstar subscriptions, but the entry-level 50Mbps programme is priced at only Rs. 430 per month, while a promotional 30Mbps plan with a massive 3300GB FUP is priced at Rs. 449. The new plans too come up with unlimited local and national long-distance (STD) calls.