India adds 5.5 million mobile users in August; Jio, Airtel drive bulk of gains: TRAI

India added 5.5 million mobile subscribers in August, taking the country’s wireless subscriber base to 1.29 billion, with Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel accounting for more than 4.5 million of the net additions, according to data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).

The wireless subscriber base rose from about 1.28 billion in July, registering monthly growth of 0.43%. The increase was led largely by urban areas, where wireless subscriptions grew 0.70% to 748.84 million. Rural wireless subscriptions rose just 0.06% to 544.58 million during the month.