Bharti Airtel adds more wireless subscribers than Jio, Vodafone Idea in June: TRAI data

NEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel added more wireless mobile subscribers than its private sector rivals, Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea (Vi), in the month of June. State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), too, gained 94,000 wireless users, according to the latest industry data collated by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).

Jio added 2.14 million wireless subscribers, taking the tally to 503.58 million, while Airtel gained 2.98 million wireless subscribers, taking its base to 486.79 million, while Vi’s wireless subscriber count increased by 0.163 million to 198.82 million in June, the telecom regulator’s data showed. BSNL’s wireless subscriber base stood at 93 million in the month.