Reliance Jio adds over 79 lakh mobile subscribers, extends lead in net mobile user additions: TRAI data

CHENNAI : Reliance Jio beat rival Bharti Airtel in March for the second month in a row after lagging behind the latter in terms of net mobile user additions for six straight months. However, Jio continues to record the largest inactive user base at 91 million, compared to Airtel’s 8 million and Vodafone Idea’s 21 million. According to data released by sector regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), March saw all four major telecom service providers recording an improvement in net additions to their wireless user base. Reliance Jio saw a sharp increase in this metric during the month, adding a net 7.92 million wireless users compared to the 4.26 million addition in the previous month of February.