Jio adds 1.76 mn customers in Oct; Airtel's customer base shrinks

Vodafone Idea continues its losing streak and shed 964,245 subscribers, says Trai data

Reliance Jio added 1.76 million wireless subscribers in October when Bharti Airtel’s customer base shrank by nearly half a million—the first such loss for the company since May.

Vodafone Idea (Vi) continues its losing streak and shed 964,245 subscribers, according to the data by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.

Jio, which reported losing 19 million customers in September, recouped some of its loss and increasing its base to 426.5 million. The company’s second quarter result in October reported a loss of 11 million customers. It had blamed the loss to an accounting correction and said it didn’t affect its