Reliance Jio continues to top in user additions in June; Idea rebounds

The overall wireless subscriber base increased to 1.14 billion at the end of June

Even though Reliance Jio has continued its subscriber-adding spree with maximum additions in June, Idea Cellular too has rebounded after losing customers in May. According to data shared by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Jio added 9.71 million subscribers in June followed by Idea Cellular, which added 6.36 million customers.

The Kumar Mangalam Birla-led Idea Cellular had lost 2.53 million users in May. In fact, barring May, Idea has been continuously adding second highest number of subscribers in the past few months. As a result of healthy additions, the difference between Idea and Vodafone in