Out of total 360 internet service providers, the top 10 service providers together hold 99.51 percent of the total internet subscriber base at the quarter ending March 2020.

(Milcah Anila, Intern Journalist) Mumbai, India: Reliance Jio-led India’s internet user base has increased 16.72 percent from 636.73 million for the quarter ending March 2019 to 743.19 million at the end of March 2020, according to the latest data by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).

The quarterly growth has been 3.40 percent from 718.74 million users at the end of December 2019, showed the report on the sector’s quarterly performance by TRAI. Jio’s share in the user base for the quarter ending March 2020 stood at 52.26 percent with over 38.83 crore subscribers followed 23.64 percent share of Bharti Airtel with more than 17.56 crore subscribers.

 Vodafone Idea controlled 18.77 percent share with nearly 14 crore subscribers.

Bharat Sanchar Nigam (with 4.16 percent market share), followed by Atria Convergence Technologies (0.22 percent), Mahanagar Telephone Nigam (0.14 percent), Hathway Cable & Datacom (0.13 percent), You Broadband India (0.11 percent), GTPL Broadband (0.05 percent) and Excitel Broadband (0.05 percent) were the other top 10 ISPs in India. 

“Out of total 360 internet service providers, top 10 service providers together hold 99.51 percent of total internet subscriber base at the QE Mar-20,” the report noted.

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