Jio gains 649,000 users in August, Airtel adds 138,000, shows Trai data

India’s largest telecom operator Reliance Jio gained 649,000 mobile users in August, leading the subscriber addition tally, according to latest data by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). Bharti Airtel added 138,000 users while Vodafone Idea lost 833,000 subscribers during August.

Reliance Jio’s mobile base stands at 443.8 million, that of Bharti Airtel’s is 354.1 million and Voda Idea 271 million.

In July, Reliance Jio gained 6.5 million subscribers, cem­enting its market lead, while Bharti Airtel added 1.9 million customers during the month. Jio’s subscriber base stood at 443.2 million in July, according to the data. Airtel’s total wireless subscriber count rose to 354 million in July.