Reliance Jio has claimed at reaching "16 million users" in 26 days since its launch, claiming that it has "created a world record by crossing 16 Million subscribers in its first month of operations (September, 2016)." Aside of the immaterial "world record" PR, it is worth remembering that this growth has come on the basis of giving free mobile Internet connectivity and calls, and that many potential Jio customers were struggling to even get connections, owing to inordinately high wait times often stretching into hours. They could possibly have gotten more. Jio also hasn't clarified about how many of these customers were already using the service prior to commercial launch, since it did a staggered rollout. The 16 million users in 26 day claim will possibly not hold up to deeper scrutiny. That said, the rollout, as it was initially for…
