The company reported a 10.8% year-on-year dip in its consolidated net profit to Rs 16,011 crore owing to weak profitability seen in the O2C business
Digital services company Jio Platforms on Friday posted a 12.5 per cent year-over-year rise in net profit at Rs 5,098 crore in the June 2023 quarter on account of subscriber additions and better realisation per user. The company had posted a net profit of Rs 4,530 crore in the same period a year ago. The revenue from operations of Jio Platforms came in at Rs 26,115 crore during the reported quarter, up 11.3 per cent from 23,467 crore over the year-ago period. The net subscriber addition of the company surpassed 90 lakh with total data traffic jumping over 28 per cent YoY to 33.2 billion gigabytes for the quarter. The average revenue per user, measured in terms of ARPU, improved by 2.8 per cent YoY to Rs 180.5 fuelled by better subscriber mix and ramp up of wireline business. Jio Platforms comprises telecom arm Reliance Jio Infocomm, a host of startups, and music and video streaming apps. "5G adoption and FTTH ramp-up drive strong 28.3 per cent Y-o-Y growth in data usage as monthl
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Regulator TRAI has taken a view that tariffs offered by Reliance Jio are not in violation of the tariff orders after it received a complaint that live TV channels on the telco's broadband offering amounted to predatory pricing, Parliament was informed on Friday. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) received a complaint from a telecom service provider, where it was alleged that Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd (RJIL) is offering services in contravention of the Tariff orders issued by the regulator. "On receipt of the complaint, TRAI sought response from RJIL. On examination of the complaint and the response received from RJIL, TRAI is of the opinion that the tariffs offered by RJIL are not in violation of the Tariff orders," Minister of State for Communications Devusinh Chauhan said in a written reply in Rajya Sabha. Under the provisions of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Act, 1997, TRAI regulates tariffs for the telecommunications sector in the country. The .
Reliance Jio's total income during the first quarter rose to Rs 24,127 crore from Rs 21,995 crore a year ago
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