Airtel beats Reliance Jio in data, voice usage per customer

Indicating a strong resurgence, Bharti Airtel has for the first time beaten Reliance Jio, both in terms of data and voice usage per customer, while also narrowing the gap in average revenue per user (ARPU) in fourth quarter of FY19.

Airtel’s ARPU for fourth quarter stood at `123, which is just a tad lower than Rs 126.2 of Reliance Jio.

Sharing details for the January-March quarter, Airtel said its data usage per customer increased 4.9% to 11.04 GB, compared to 10.5 GB in the preceding quarter, whereas voice usage per customer increased to 858 minutes, against 726 minutes in third quarter.