Jio adds 17.6 lakh users in Oct; Airtel, VIL lose subscribers

TIL Desk/Business/New Delhi/ India’s largest telecom operator Reliance Jio gained 17.6 lakh mobile subscribers in October 2021 while market rivals Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea lost a cumulative 14.5 lakh users during the month, according to the latest data released by TRAI on Monday. Bharti Airtel lost 4.89 lakh mobile users in October, while Vodafone Idea lost 9.64 lakh subscribers during the reported period.

Reliance Jio’s mobile subscriber base surged to 42.65 crore in October, as the telco added 17.61 lakh mobile users in the month, according to data by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). Notably, the increase in subscription in October came after Jio had lost 1.90 crore users in September, previous month’s data showed.

TRAI’s monthly subscription data released on Monday revealed that Bharti Airtel, the second largest telecom operator, lost 4.89 lakh mobile customers during October, and its subscriber base declined to 35.39 crore. Airtel had added 2.74 lakh mobile users in the month of September.