NEW DELHI: Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio added 85.39 lakh mobile users in July, while arch rivals Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea lost a cumulative 60 lakh users during the month, according to TRAI data.
The overall telephone subscribers in India, mobile and landline combined, increased to 118.9 crore at the end of July, registering a monthly growth of 0.2 per cent.
The mobile subscriber base of Reliance Jio stood at 33.97 crore, as the company added 85.39 lakh users during July. In contrast, the two older operators Airtel and Vodafone Idea continued to experience subscriber churn.
Sunil Mittal-led Bharti Airtel (including Tata Teleservices numbers) lost 25.8 lakh mobile users during the month, bringing down its subscriber base to 32.85 crore.
Vodafone Idea, on the other hand, lost 33.9 lakh customers as its base fell to 38 crore users.
Fund-starved Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), that has been in news over delay in salary and vendor payments, was the only other operator besides Jio to acquire subscribers during July.
BSNL added an impressive 2.88 lakh mobile users in July, shoring up its user base to 11.6 crore subscribers. (AGENCIES)
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