Airtel, Vodafone Idea lose 30 mn customers; Jio adds 9.4 mn users in Mar

NEW DELHI: Mobile subscriber base of Vodafone IdeaNSE 1.69 % and Bharti AirtelNSE 0.50 % shrunk by nearly 14.5 million and 15.1 million, respectively, as of March over the previous month, while Reliance Jio added 9.4 million users in the month, according to the TRAI data.

India’s total wireless subscriber base fell to 1,161.8 million on March 31, 2019, shedding 21.87 million users over the previous month. The overall tele-density in India declined to 90.11 at the end of March, from 91.86 in February.