Reliance Jio, along with Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular, continue to add a good number of subscribers to their respective bases but despite that overall additions turned negative because operators like Reliance Communications, Aircel, Tata Teleservices lost users in large numbers.
As per data shared by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), total wireless subscribers (GSM, CDMA & LTE) declined to 1,162.47 million at the end of November from 1,178.20 million in October, registering a monthly decline rate of 1.33 per cent.
The decline in overall wireless base happened despite Reliance Jio adding 6.11 million subscribers in November followed by Bharti Airtel,