Jio Added 9.1 Million Subscribers in October, Taking Its Total Users to 364 Million: TRAI

Vodafone Idea added nearly 1.9 lakh new customers during the period.

By Indo-Asian News Service | Updated: 31 December 2019 15:02 IST

Jio Added 9.1 Million Subscribers in October, Taking Its Total Users to 364 Million: TRAI

Total wireless subscribers increased to 1,183.40 million at the end of October

Highlights

Jio's subscriber base stands at 36.43 crores
Vodafone Idea has a total of 37.27 crore subscribers
The total number of wireless telecom subscribers rose to 118.34 crores

Reliance Jio added over 91 lakh new subscribers in October, taking its total subscriber base to 36.43 crores, according to data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). Interestingly, this increase in the number of subscribers for Jio comes although in the same month it announced to charge calls to other operators. Reliance Industries (RIL), the parent company of Jio on October 9 that it will charge customers 6 paise per minute for voice calls made to other networks to compensate for the interconnect fee.

Further, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea also added to their subscriber base, which have for some time now have mostly reported loss of subscribers.

India's largest operator in terms of subscribers, Vodafone Idea added nearly 1.9 lakh new customers during the period under review to take its overall tally to around 37.27 crores. Around 81,974 subscribers were added by Bharti Airtel and its subscriber base by the end of October stood at 32.56 crores.

The total number of wireless telecom subscribers rose to 118.34 crores in October from 117.37 crores in September, the data showed.

"Total wireless subscribers (2G, 3G, and 4G) increased from 1,173.75 million at the end of September 2019 to 1,183.40 million at the end of October 2019, thereby registering a monthly growth rate of 0.82 percent," said the TRAI statement.

"Wireless subscription in urban areas increased from 659.18 million at the end of September 2019 to 662.92 million at the end of October 2019, and wireless subscription in rural areas also increased from 514.56 million at the end of September 2019 to 520.48 million at the end of October 2019. Monthly growth rates of urban and rural wireless subscription were 0.57 percent and 1.15 percent respectively," it added.

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