Jio drives India’s core wireless subscriber adds in Sept, Airtel sees slowdown: Analysts

NEW DELHI: India’s mobile core wireless subscribers, excluding machine-to-machine (M2M), grew by 2.2 million month-on-month in September to 1.15 billion, driven largely by Reliance Jio, analysts said.

Bharti Airtel’s mobile core wireless subscriber additions of 0.2 million were the lowest in recent months, attributed to the discontinuation of the affordable ₹299 prepaid plan in August, they added, analysing the latest industry data collated by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).