MUMBAI: Within two years of its launch, Reliance Jio has crossed the 200 million subscriber mark. The Mukesh Ambani-owned telco reached this milestone in the shortest time ever, according to a report from financial Express. 

Earlier Jio reported a subscriber base of 187 million at the end of March. Hence, in the last three months, the company added close to 9-10 million users. Given this speed, Jio is likely to overtake Idea Cellular’s 217-million user base and even Vodafone’s 222 million users. However, Vodafone and Idea are also concluding their merger making it India’s largest telco company.

India’s current largest telco operator Bharti Airtel was the first in the country to cross 200 million subscribers back in 2014 which currently stands with 309 million wireless users.

Jio has seen major success since its launch thanks to free voice calls in domestic territory and competitive data price. While Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular and Vodafone India have been adding around 1.5 to two million users every month, Jio’s addition has been in the range of seven to eight million.

After its launch in September 2016, Jio added 50 million subscribers in November of that year itself.

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