Post-tariff hike impact BSNL adds users for second straight month, private telcos lose

State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) continued to add mobile subscribers for the second straight month with users’ porting out from the private telecom operators like Jio, Airtel, and Vodafone Idea, post recent tariff hikes by them.

In August, BSNL added 2.5 million mobile users, taking its user base to over 91 million, according to data by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai). Infact, BSNL also led the addition of active users during the month. The telecom operator added nearly 4.1 million active subscribers — its record high — taking its active subscriber base to 53.5 million.