BSNL adds 2.9 mn users after telecom rivals hiked tariffs in July

After continuously bleeding subscribers for nearly two years, state-owned telecom services provider BSNL added 2.9 million users in July when its private-sector rivals raised tariffs by nearly 20 per cent. With BSNL keeping tariffs unchanged, many subscribers using entry-level plans shifted from Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea (Vi), said analysts. BSNL had lost 0.74 million users in June, according to the data provided by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai).