Reliance Jio, BSNL Only Telcos to Add Subscribers in October: TRAI

Reliance Jio, BSNL Only Telcos to Add Subscribers in October: TRAI 

Telecom major Reliance Jio led the membership race in October with an addition of around 1.05 crore subscribers, trailed by BSNL, as the various major players enlisted a decrease in their endorser base. 

The endorser base of the Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio expanded to around 26.27 crores, from 25.22 crores subscribers detailed in September, information discharged by the Telecom Regulators' Authority of India (TRAI) on Wednesday appeared. 

Add up to remote subscribers, including GSM, CDMA and LTE, expanded by 0.6 percent from 116.92 crore in September 2018 to 117 crore toward the end of October, the statement from TRAI said. 

"The remote membership in urban zones expanded from 647.70 million (64.77 crores) toward the end of September 2018 to 648.24 million (64.82 crores) toward the end of October 2018, and in rustic regions additionally it expanded from 521.59 million (52.15 crores) to 521.77 million (52.17 crores) amid the month," it said. 

The state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) was the only telecom specialist co-op after Jio to observe an addition in its supporter base amid the month. It added around 3.64 lakh subscribers to take its aggregate membership base to 11.34 crore. 

The nation's biggest administrator as far as subscribers and income, Vodafone Idea lost 73.61 lakh memberships, to bring its aggregate base down to 42.76 crore subscribers, the information appeared. 

Bharti Airtel's aggregate supporter base remained at 34.16 crore toward the end of October, as around 18.64 lakh Airtel memberships were lost amid the month.