Telco subscriber base dips marginally in Dec; Airtel, Jio add new customers

Telecom subscriber base in the country fell marginally to 1,173 million in December 2020 with Vodafone Idea and state-run telecom firms BSNL and MTNL losing the bulk of their customers, according to data released by sector regulator Trai on Thursday.

Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio were the only gainers of new customers in December.

“The number of telephone subscribers in India decreased from 1,175.27 million at the end of November 2020 to 1,173.83 million at the end of December 2020,” Trai’s telecom subscribers report for December 2020 said.