Why Reliance Jio bought more spectrum than Airtel, Vi Jio has bid aggressively to bridge the gap between spectrum market share and subscriber market share as it was facing network constraints with strong subscriber growth, said Credit Suisse Manu Kaushik | March 3, 2021 | Updated 18:57 IST Jio purchased 488.35 MHz spectrum across three bands The just-concluded spectrum auctions have received higher-than-expected participation from telecom operators, primarily Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel. Jio purchased 488.35 MHz (megahertz) of airwaves across three bands (800 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2300 MHz) for Rs 57,122.65 crore. This was highest among all telco who collectively bought 855.7 megahertz (MHz) of airwaves for Rs 77,814 crore over two days.