In Q4 FY25, Sunil Bharti Mittal’s Bharti Airtel reported a modest 0.1% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) increase in sales to Rs 36,735 crore. Prior to this, Reliance Jio announced a 2.3% QoQ increase in revenue, outpacing Airtel and indicating an industry-leading revenue growth.<\/p>\n
Even with Airtel’s consistent expansion in the postpaid and home broadband markets, competitor Reliance Jio continues to lead in a number of important performance indicators.<\/p>\n
In addition, Jio added 5 times as many active customers in FY25 (20.6 million) as Airtel (4.3 million in Q4 FY24). Jio has 488.2 million customers overall, compared to 424 million for Airtel.<\/p>\n
Jio was once again the undisputed leader in terms of consumer engagement. In comparison, Airtel’s per capita data usage increased 11.1% YoY to 25.1 GB\/month, while its increased 17.4% YoY to 33.5 GB\/month. Jio saw a 3% increase in voice usage, while Airtel remained stagnant with only 0.4% YoY growth. Jio leads in both heavy data consumption and customer engagement.<\/p>\n
The fixed-line market is another area where Jio is clearly dominant. In FY25, Jio built 6.4 million new residences compared to 2.4 million for Airtel. Jio attracted 5 million users in the rapidly expanding Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) market, while Airtel added 1.1 million. In the fixed-line market, Jio is surpassing Airtel by a factor of two to five.<\/p>\n
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