India’s telecom subscriber base hits 1,205 mn in Feb, thanks to Jio, BSNL

Reliance Jio and state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) together added a net 8.639 million mobile telephone subscribers in February, according to data published by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai).

The other telecom operators, including Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea, lost a big chunk of their respective subscribers. The country’s total subscriber base, thanks to Jio and BSNL, grew marginally, to 1,205 million. The sector, dominated by wireless connection, recorded an increase in the mobile services subscriber base to 1,183.6 million by end-February, from 1,181.9 million in January. Jio added 7.79 million, to a total subscriber base of 297 million. According to a television commercial of the firm, this has since crossed 300 million.