Idea Cellular Added 4.4 Million New Subscribers in February 2018, While Aircel Lost 2.5 Million

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has released the monthly subscription data of February 2018. In the Telecom Subscription Data report released, Trai stated that Idea Cellular has added 4.4 million new subscribers during the month, followed by Bharti Airtel with 4.1 million new users and Vodafone managed to grab 3.2 million new subscribers. However, the chart is led by Reliance Jio with 8.7 million new subscribers added in a single month. This news will not surprise many as the telco already revealed that its subscriber base has crossed 175 million as of March 2018. Struggling telecom operator, Aircel lost over 2.5 million subscribers during the same month, but the maximum number of subscribers is lost by Reliance Communications with over 11 subscribers leaving the network.

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State-run telecom operator BSNL added over eight lakh new customers, while another state-run telco MTNL lost 9372 subscribers during the same period.

Thanks to Jio’s aggressive additions, the number of telephone subscribers in India increased from 1175.01 million at the end of January 2018 to 1179.83 million at the end of February 2018, showing a monthly growth rate of 0.41%. Trai also stated that the urban subscription declined from 672.54 million at the end of January to 669.63 million at the end of Feb, however, the rural subscription increased from 502.47 million to 510.20 million during the same period. The monthly growth rates of urban and rural subscription were -0.43% and 1.54% respectively during the month.