Airtel adds 2.74 lakh mobile users in Sept; Jio, VIL lose subscribers: TRAI data

Bharti Airtel added 2.74 lakh mobile subscribers in September even as larger rival Reliance Jio lost 1.9 crore users and Vodafone Idea lost 10.77 lakh subscribers during the month, according to data released by telecom regulator TRAI on Monday.

The subscriber base of Airtel stood at 35.44 crore in September as against 35.41 crore users in August. The net additions for the telco came in at 2.74 lakh users, the monthly subscriber data compiled by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) showed. India’s largest telecom operator Reliance Jio had 42.48 crore mobile subscribers as on September as it lost net 1.90 crore users.