BSNL gains 2.9 million customers in July after private telcos raised tariffs

New Delhi: State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) gained 2.9 million mobile phone customers in July, after private telecom operators such as Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, and Vodafone Idea (Vi) raised tariffs a month earlier.

Market leader Reliance Jio lost 758,000 subscribers in July, while Vodafone Idea lost 1.4 million. Bharti Airtel lost the most, with nearly 1.7 million customers exiting the network during July, data from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) showed.