The rise in ARPU came with higher customer engagement, partly offset by promotional offers for unlimited 5G and Fixed Broadband services, the company said in a regulatory filing. On a YoY basis, ARPU growth stood at 5.1%.
Jio’s EBITDA margin rose 170 bps YoY to 51.8%, led by higher ARPU and operating leverage. Its operating revenue (net of GST) growth is driven by robust subscriber addition, ARPU growth and scale-up of digital services.
The company’s EBITDA jumped 16.4% YoY to Rs 19,303 crore.
Per capita data consumption was 40.7 GB/ month with total data traffic growth of 34% YoY during Q3. Monthly churn was stable at 1.8% with net subscriber addition of 8.9 million during the quarter.
The total 5G subscriber base reached 253 million as of December 2025. 5G now accounts for 53% of total wireless traffic, driven by a consistent increase in customer engagement. During the quarter, total connected premises with fixed broadband increased to 25.3 million. JioAirFiber continued to accelerate the pace of subscriber additions with a base of over 11.5 million as of December 2025.
“Jio’s over 500 million subscriber base, deep customer insights and pan-India distribution network will empower Reliance Intelligence to achieve its aim to make India not just AI-enabled but AI-empowered – where every citizen and enterprise can harness AI tools to create, innovate and grow. This will drive sustained value creation for all stakeholders in the coming years,” RIL Chairman Mukesh Ambani said.Jio said its market share in fixed broadband has improved by 800bps over the last 12 months to 41% as of November 2025. The company has been driving industry growth with 70% share of incremental fixed broadband subscriber additions.
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