Vodafone Idea Lost 3.5 Million Subscribers in January 2019 While Jio Added 9.3 Million

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) has released the monthly subscription data for January 2019. At the end of 2018, top telcos Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel reported a massive dip in the subscriber base, thanks to the introduction of minimum recharge scheme. While the carnage seems to be ended for Bharti Airtel, it isn’t the same for Vodafone Idea as it lost 3.5 million subscribers, which brings its overall subscriber base to around 384 million. On the other hand, Jio continues to add new subscribers as it added a whopping 9.3 million users during the first month of 2019. With this, Jio’ subscriber base reached 290 million, and by the end of March 2019, the Mukesh Ambani-owned telco might report 310 million subscriber base. Bharti Airtel, on the flip side, added just above one lakh subscribers during the month. Going by the numbers reported by telcos at the end of December 2018, Jio is now the second largest telecom operator in terms of subscriber base with 290 million user base, while Airtel’ user base is around 285 million.

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Reliance Jio Continues to Add Subscribers in Massive Number

In what would be a piece of expected news, Jio continues its aggressive subscriber addition for another month. The telecom operator which started operations in September 2016 has added 9.3 million subscribers in January 2019. As noted, Bharti Airtel has added just 103,389 subscribers. Also, the data released by Trai states that Jio has a market share of 24.49% while Airtel is still second on the list with 28.80% share.