Vodafone Idea lost 4.95 million subscribers in August: Trai report

Reliance Jio added 8.44 million mobile phone subscribers in August, while Airtel and Vodafone Idea lost users, according to the latest Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) report.

Vodafone Idea lost 4.95 million subscribers in August and Bharti Airtel, country’s third-largest telecom operator in terms of wireless subscribers, lost 0.56 million customers. Now, Jio’s overall subscriber base stands at 348.2 million, Vodafone Idea at 375 million and Airtel at 327.9 million.

State-owned operators BSNL and MTNL lost 0.21 million and 6,701 subscribers, respectively. Total number of wireless subscribers increased by 2.68 million to 1.17 billion in August.