Reliance Jio beats Airtel, Vodafone in new subscribers for October

Reliance Jio added 91 lakh new subscribers in October, taking its total subscriber base at 36.51 crore, according to the latest data released by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
Vodafone Idea added 1.9 lakh new subscribers while Airtel added 81,974 subscribers, TRAI said.
In October, 40.8 lakh subscribers submitted their requests for mobile number portability (MNP). With this, the cumulative MNP requests increased from 45.7 crore at the end of September to 46.1 crore at the end of October since the implementation of MNP.
Total wireless subscribers (2G, 3G and 4G) increased from 117.3 crore at the end of September to 118.3 crore at the end of October, thereby registering a monthly growth rate of 0.82 per cent.