Reliance Jio, Airtel add users, Vi user base shrinks in September: TRAI report

Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel added users on month-over-month basis even as Vodafone Idea’s (Vi) subscriber base shrank in the month of September, a new report by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has revealed. India’s total mobile subscriber base fell by 3.6 million in September 2022.

According to the telecom regulator, India’s largest mobile operator Jio added 7,20,000 wireless subscribers during September. Airtel increased its mobile users’ base by 4,12,000 subscribers. Vi subscriber count fell by 40,00,000.

“Total wireless subscribers decreased from 1,149.11 million at the end of August 22 to 1,145.45 million at the end of September 22, thereby registering a monthly decline rate of 0.32%,” the report by TRAI noted.