Reliance Jio overtakes BSNL as the largest fixed-line broadband provider

Tags: Economics/Business

Reliance Jio has toppled 20 -year-old state-run telecom company BSNL as the largest fixed-line broadband provider, in just about two years of its commercial rollout.

• The segment had been dominated by the state-run telecom since its inception about 20 years ago
• Jio now leads the fixed-line broadband segment with 4.34 million customers, according to a monthly telecom subscribers report released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India(TRAI)
• BSNL stands second in the list with 4.2 million subscribers, whereas Sunil Bharti Mittal-led Bharti Airtel ranks third with a 4.08 million customer base.