- More than 4 lakh homes in over 40 cities are connected with JioFiber in state
- The state-owned telecom operator, BSNL lost over 8,000 users in April 2022 which made Jio the largest operator
NE BUSINESS BUREAU
AHMEDABAD, JUNE 30
In a span of less than three years, Reliance Jio became the largest landline provider in Gujarat. Since commercial launch of JioFiber on September 05, 2019, Jio has reached to over 40 cities, towns and villages of Gujarat with over 4 lakh subscribers.
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— Dhanraj Nathwani (@DhanrajNathwani) June 30, 2022
As per Trai’s latest subscription report, ending on April 30, 2022 the number of fiber to the home (ftth) users of Jio in Gujarat crossed the mark of 4 lakh subscribers for first time. At the same time, the operator become the largest landline provider, surpassing BSNL’s user base of 3.80 lakh.
With consistent rising demand of highspeed broadband at home, Jio added 20,832 new JioFiber users in April 2022, totaling to 4.03 lakh subscribers in Gujarat. In March 2022, landline users of Jio were 3.82 lakh while BSNL was largest with 3.93 lakh subscribers. The state-owned telecom operator, BSNL lost over 8,000 users in April 2022 which made Jio the largest operator.
By the end of April 2022, total number of landline users in state were 10.69 lakh, increased by 7,000 from 10.62 lakh in March 2022. In April 2022, Jio’s customer market share of fixed line users increased to 37.74% followed by BSNL with 36.05%. Airtel has about 1.56 lakh fixed line users with market share of 14.61% while Tata Tele has 7.25% share with over 77,500 users. Vodafone Idea’s landline userbase in April 2022 was over 44,000 with market share of 4.12%.
Presently, JioFiber has presence in over 40 towns in Gujarat, including Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Rajkot, Surat, Jamnagar, Bhavnagar, Junagadh, Morbi, Wadhvan, Gandhinagar, Dholka, Kadi, Mehsana, Unjha, Visnagar, Anand, Nadiad, Bharuch, Dahej, Valsad, Bardoli, Vyara, Bilimora and others. Every month, Jio is adding new towns in state and expanding its reach.
JioFiber currently offers different bouquet of plans providing different kind of services starting from Rs399 per month.
