Vodafone Idea December active user losses less than in November

New Delhi: Vodafone Idea’s (Vi’s) loss of 5.7 million subscribers in December 2020, its highest since March, indicates a cleaning-up of its active subscriber base and does not signal a reversal in Vi’s continual trend of arresting its subscriber losses, telecom sector analysts say.

The telecom regulatory authority of India (Trai) posted a 9-month high decline of 5.7 million in Vi’s gross subscribers to 284 million, whereas active users felly by 1.5 million to 26.3 million. Meanwhile, as per Vi’s October-December quarter results, its gross mobile subscribers fell only by 2 million. The company reported 270 million subscribers at December-end.