BSNL market share reaches 10.63 pc on account of network expansion

New Delhi: State-owned telecom firm Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited Friday said its mobile services market share has increased to 10.63 per cent (till February 2019), mainly on account of network expansion. BSNL operates in 20 out of 22 telecom circles in the country. As of March 2018, its market share was 10.22 per cent.

It has gained market share at a time when other incumbent telecom operators have been losing it after entry of Reliance Jio in 2016. Its market share in March 2016 was 9.05 per cent in its licensed service area and 8.35 per cent on pan-India basis.

“BSNL has gained market share on the back of network expansion. At the end of February 2019, BSNL market share was 10.63 per cent in service area where it operates,” Sheetla Prasad, Director (CM), BSNL told .