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on) Vodafone Idea BSNL / MTNL Dec'19 % Dec'18 Mar'19 Jun'19 Sep'19 Dec'19 % Dec'18 Mar'19 Jun'19 Sep'19 Dec'19 % 488 30 190 154 142 103 88 (54) 43 73 54 58 53 24 312 25 420 415 405 351 314 (25) 85 79 126 93 94 11 501 44 1,006 1,018 959 927 988 (2) 166 187 277 137 144 (13) 923 19 512 505 479 449 473 (7) 211 198 289 224 181 (14) 509 36 445 442 443 312 292 (34) 61 82 187 30 45 (26) 914 19 634 627 586 573 603 (5) 209 268 289 158 241 15 466 27 242 241 219 202 225 (7) 95 67 122 45 97 2 210 60 685 691 644 626 626 (9) 122 137 160 129 119 (2) 276 36 372 370 343 286 295 (21) 69 98 110 98 137 98 271 37 325 323 306 273 270 (17) 63 72 121 72 66 4 1,020 18 330 330 318 307 323 (2) 156 197 155 152 160 3 533 27 254 233 201 229 246 (3) 178 179 166 139 191 7 280 30 208 214 194 205 218 5 93 93 127 116 106 14 317 47 458 442 397 389 442 (3) 249 288 241 249 285 15 208 16 70 66 54 44 45 (36) 63 69 76 60 56 (10) 193 24 98 95 85 72 72 (27) 34 39 28 48 30 (12) 99 47 114 116 99 97 115 1 (40) 77 87 53 89 (322) 179 33 597 595 607 593 631 6 238 193 271 254 217 (9) 165 21 194 193 179 175 194 (0) 18 22 22 17 27 49 82 (29) 21 18 16 6 8 (63) 18 30 30 17 39 113 120 43 40 36 34 30 31 (21) 19 25 33 23 24 28 77 24 10 10 12 11 12 18 21 28 35 26 24 15 8,143 26 7,224 7,133 6,721 6,260 6,511 (10) 2,172 2,498 3,006 2,200 2,427 12 3,107 (5) 2,959 3,015 2,906 2,813 3,011 2 574 956 1,606 463 772 34 457 13 195 199 182 188 350 80 117 22 40 43 35 (70) 20 0 0 0 0 0 3 71 29 54 107 29 0 10 16 5 0 3 9 7 12 7 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 1 0 3 3,613 (3) 3,153 3,215 3,088 3,001 3,362 7 697 1,068 1,698 578 922 32 11,757 16 10,377 10,348 9,809 9,261 9,873 (5) 2,869 3,566 4,704 2,777 3,349 17 10 (0) (5) (6) 7 24 32 (41) 21 Telecom Fundamentals Strong www.telecomlive.com 35 Telecom LIVE April 2020 conduct 5G trials based on design and technology developed by the company. If the trials are success- ful, Jio could outsource design and technology for the equipment to third-party players. Jio has designed its own hardware for the 5G technology, which could be made in India once 5G trials are successful. To strengthen its position in 5G and IoT, Reliance Industries merged subsidiary Rancore Technologies, a developer of 4G software, with Jio in 2017 and acquired US-based software company Radisys in 2018. Jio's own IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) solution (vIMS) for VoLTE and VoWiFi has been live since October 2019. It was previously using Nokia's and Oracle's IMS and related technol- ogy to offer 4G voice service. Jio has now developed every- thing end-to-end around 5G technology. This may be the first time in the world a mobile phone company has developed such in- house technology to replace external equipment providers. The inhouse tech could help Jio race further ahead of its rivals. The other two telcos - Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea – must keep themselves ready for fierce competition in 5G also instead of later pleading with the govern- ment for bailouts.