Jio tops subscriber race in April, Vodafone Idea user base erodes

TIL Desk/Business/New Delhi/ Reliance Jio topped the subscription chart for April as it added over 47.56 lakh users during the month. With this addition, Jio’s subscriber base has increased to over 42.76 crore users, showed data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).

Bharti Airtel added over 5.17 lakh users during the month under review, taking its subscriber base to over 35.29 crore. Vodafone Idea, on the other hand, eroded its subscriber base by over 18.10 lakh users to more than 28.19 crore.

State-run BSNL also witnessed a decline its user base by nearly 13.05 lakh to 11.72 crore. “Total wireless subscribers increased from 1,180.96 million at the end of March-21 to 1,183.11 million at the end of April-21, thereby registering a monthly growth rate of 0.18 per cent,” said the TRAI statement.