Correct Answer : Reliance Jio
Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio became the largest landline service provider in the country for the first time, in August 2022. With 7.35 million landline connections as on August 31, 2022.
Reliance Jio beat state-owned telecom operator and hitherto market leader BSNL’s 7.13 million connections, according to the latest data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai).
Third-placed MTNL provided 2.6 million connections.
Trai had earlier pointed out the declining number of landline connections in the country as a cause for concern since the same network is also used to deliver fixed-line broadband services.
Largely dominated by BSNL and MTNL, the number of landline connections declined from
36.76 million in 2010 to
20.58 million in 2020..
Source : Business Standard
