Lockdown blues: Airtel, VIL lose 5.26 m, 4.51 m users in April , Jio adds 1.57 m

KOLKATA: Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea NSE -2.33 % lost a whopping 5.26 million and 4.51 million customers respectively in April 2020, as many migrant workers and low-income users are reckoned to have surrendered their mobile connections amid economic hardship caused by the nationwide pandemic-induced lockdowns.

Market leader Reliance Jio managed to add 1.57 million customers even in these tough market conditions, but this was well below its near 4.7 million subscriber adds in March 2020.