Telecom Subscriber Base

Arpu vs users: Telecom tariff hikes in July trigger surprising trends

The hike's biggest impact has been the customer churn: India's mobile service market has lost 16.81 million connections since July

Telecom subscriber base rises by 5.6 mn in March 2024, led by Jio, Airtel

Reliance Jio clocked in 3.6 million new subscribers and Bharti Airtel added 2.8 million subscribers in March 2024, while Vodafone Idea loss 0.6 million

AT&T beats Q1 estimates for wireless subscriber additions, free cash flow

AT&T added 349,000 net monthly bill-paying wireless phone subscribers in the first quarter, flying past expectations of 286,800 additions, according to five analysts polled by FactSet

5G subscribers in India at 159 million: Bank of America global research

The report says this figure could grow to more than 490 million subscribers (42 per cent penetration) by 2028. 5G user growth has surpassed expectations over the past few months

BSNL on verge of falling under 100-million-subscribers mark soon: Trai data

This year, the Union Cabinet approved the third revival package, allocating Rs 89,047 crores, to help the state-owned telecom operator deploy 4G and 5G services

Mobile user base dips for third month straight, down 0.6 mn in Nov

Vodafone continues to lose subscribers, Airtel's additions at 6-month high, Jio retains the highest user base

Subscriber base dipped to 11.7 mn in Oct after VIL customer loss: Trai

The telecom subscriber base in the country declined by 117 crore in October due to Vodafone Idea losing a large number of mobile customers during the month, as per a report of sector regulator Trai published on Monday. Only Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel added new customers in October while all other players mainly Vodfone Idea and state-owned BSNL lost a large customer base. Reliane Jio and Bharti Airtel jointly added 22.1 lakh mobile customers while Vodafone Idea (VIL) lost 35 lakh mobile customer, BSNL lost 5.19 lakh and MTNL lost 3591 mobile subscribers. "The number of telephone subscribers in India decreased from 1,171.92 million at the end of September '22 to 1,170.45 million at the end of October '22, thereby showing a monthly decline rate of 0.12 per cent," the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said in the subscribers report for October 2022. Total mobile subscribers decreased to 114.36 crore at the end of October from 114.54 crore at the end of September.

Airtel may end cheap subscription plans but decision has risks: Analysts

Telecom company discontinues its Rs 99-recharge offer in Haryana and Odisha circles

Tariff hike boost helps Reliance Jio log 24% jump in net profit

Jio gained 9.7 million mobile subscribers in the June quarter, after witnessing a decline for three consecutive quarters

Telecom subscribers' base declines to 1.16 billion in February

Telecom subscribers' base declined to 1.16 billion in February this year, with Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea losing customers in the mobile services segment during the period.

Jio leads active wireless subscriber base, adds 6.1 mn users in July

Reliance Jio led active wireless subscriber additions in July at 6.1 million, while Bharti Airtel's active user adds stood at 2.3 million, according to latest data by TRAI. Riding on the strong gains, Jio has scaled up its active subscriber market share, with its user tally on this count pegged at 346.49 million, analysts said crunching July telecom subscription numbers released by the sector regulator. Motilal Oswal, in its report, said that Reliance Jio had active subscriber additions of 6.1 million (as against 2.4 million additions in June) reaching about 346 million users in July. "RJio gained 40 basis points in active subscriber market share and now shares market leadership position with Bharti," it said. Bharti saw active subscriber additions of 2.3 million to touch 346 million, although its active users adds were slower than last month (2.4 million additions in June). Its active subscriber market share improved by 10 basis points to 35 per cent, the report said. "VIL's ...

Reliance Jio adds 3.5 million users in May, Vodafone Idea & Airtel lose big

Both Airtel and Vi lost 4.6 million and 4.3 million subscribers, respectively

Voda Idea cuts loss by 39.5% to Rs 7,022 cr on lower exceptional expenses

Posts highest-ever EBITDA margin, on the back of lower operating and exceptional expenses; lags peer on ARPU

Mumbai helps Vodafone Idea add 1.56 million subscribers after 20 months

The company's subscriber base in Mumbai went up from 8.9 million in January this year to 10.47 million in February

Voda Idea's subscriber growth surprises analysts, based on one UP region

Western UP alone accounted for over 3.7 million of the 3.8 million plus gross subscriber addition in January

Telco subscriber base dips marginally in Dec; Airtel, Jio add new customers

Telecom subscriber base in the country fell marginally to 1,173 million in December 2020

Sun TV profit up 18% at Rs 442 cr, revenues rise by 19% in Dec quarter

The Sun TV stock ended 0.71 per cent down, at Rs 549 per share, on BSE on February 8

Telecom industry's active subscriber tally up by 2.5 mn in October: Report

The telecom industry's 'active' subscriber base rose by nearly 2.5 million in October 2020 to touch about 961 million

Jio adds 6.25 mn users, Vodafone Idea loses 3.5 mn in February: Trai

Subscribers of Bharti Airtel and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) rose by 922,946 and 439,318, respectively.

Vodafone Idea posts Rs 6,439-cr Dec-quarter loss; subscriber base falls 21%

Posts sixth straight quarterly loss in Q3