Jio tops net subscriber additions in May; Airtel trails, Vodafone Idea & BSNL continue to lose users

Reliance Jio outpaced Bharti Airtel by a big margin on net subscriber additions in May, while state-run BSNL and cash-strapped Vodafone Idea continued losing subscribers, showed data issued by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.

Jio added 2.7 million net subscribers in May while Bharti added 275,621 wireless subscribers, TRAI data showed. In the same period, Vi lost 274,103 subscribers while BSNL’s subscriber base fell by 1.35 million.