
Telecom Growth Slows: Key Trends in October
October telecom data shows overall growth slowing. Wireless accessibility remains strong, while urban mobile subscribers decline for the first time. Reliance Jio leads in broadband market share.

October telecom data shows overall growth slowing. Wireless accessibility remains strong, while urban mobile subscribers decline for the first time. Reliance Jio leads in broadband market share.

Reliance Jio hits 500M+ users, adds 8.3M in Q3 2025. Focus on AI (JioAICloud, AI Assistant), JioAirFiber expansion, and supporting Digital India. Data traffic soars, solidifying Jio's digital leadership.

Reliance Jio celebrates its 9th anniversary with free data offers for 5G & 4G users, loyalty benefits, and a free 13th month for select recharges. Plus, JioHome Link offer!

Indian mobile market sees subscriber gains driven by Jio and Airtel in Metro & A circles. Vi continues to lose users. Mobile number portability remains high, indicating customer churn. Industry outlook solid.

Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio revolutionized India's telecom, driving down data costs and connecting millions. Jio's success stems from technology, scale, and Ambani's vision of impacting a billion lives, digitizing India.

According to Ookla's study, there are a limited number of countries with multiple telcos offering commercial 5G SA services, resulting in "highly asymmetric access" to the technology across subscribers.

Direct-to-cell communications via satellites — being pioneered by Elon Musk’s Starlink — is unlikely to disrupt Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel’s mobile broadband business anytime soon as the satcoms technology is still at a nascent stage and will also be hugely dependent on telcos to access the latter’s compatible 4G airwaves for connecting with smartphones, say analysts at JM Financial.