Reliance Jio adds 6.5 mn users in July, Vodafone Idea sheds 1.4 mn

Airtel subscribers up 1.9 mn in July

Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel continued their subscriber addition streak by onboarding 6.5 million and 1.9 million users, respectively, in July, according to the latest data by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai).

Vodafone Idea, however, lost 1.4 million users in the same month.

The total wireless subscribers grew 0.51 per cent from 1,180.83 million at the end of June to 1,186.84 million at the end of July.

While wireless subscriptions in urban areas increased from 646.29 million at the end of June to 650.10 million at the end of July, the subscription in rural areas grew from 534.54