Jio wireless market share surpasses Airtel, Voda still leads race

Airtel inches forward on broadband base

Reliance Jio has surpassed Bharti Airtel to have the second largest market share in terms of wireless subscribers in the country, according to subscription data shared by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).

While Vodafone Idea (VIL) still leads with 33.36 per cent market share, Jio now has 27.80 per cent and Airtel has 27.58 per cent market share, respectively. Bharti Airtel’s market share was 27.6 per cent in May and VIL had 33.4 per cent of the wireless market.

Total wireless subscribers marginally declined from 1,162.30 million at the end of April to 1,161.86 million at the end