Jio leads over Voda Idea, Airtel on revenue front in Jan-Mar quarter: TRAI

KOLKATA: Reliance Jio Infocomm consolidated its lead over the country’s two older carriers on revenue in the March quarter, FY19, during which the government’s licence fee and spectrum usage charge (SUC) collections fell marginally sequentially, data collated by the telecom regulator showed.

Mukesh Ambani-led Jio’s adjusted gross revenue (AGR), or revenue from licensed services, rose 3.76% on-quarter to Rs 9,838.91 crore. By contrast, Bharti AirtelNSE 0.31 % and Vodafone IdeaNSE 2.22 % suffered 8.07% and 1.25% sequential falls in their AGR to Rs 5,920.22 crore and Rs 7,133.40 crore respectively.