Reliance Jio factor in telecom: Challenging incumbents, changing goalposts

Jio wants to grab 50 per cent revenue share in the mobile market within three-four years of its launch (it has been on for 18 months)

Will the private mobile telecom landscape in India be dominated by two players in a few years? Or, as it looks currently, will it be a three-cornered contest with Reliance Jio locking horns with Airtel and the new Idea-Vodafone combine (state-owned BSNL will be a bit player)? Or will there be two big boys fighting neck and neck and a third, smaller operator in terms of market share?

Many analysts and telecom watchers, especially after the dismal results of Airtel (the first loss in 15 years in its Indian operations) and Idea (the sixth quarterly consecutive loss) last week and