Voda Idea's subscriber growth surprises analysts, based on one UP region

Western UP alone accounted for over 3.7 million of the 3.8 million plus gross subscriber addition in January

Vodafone Idea (Vi) reported growth in subscriber base for first time in 14 months, but the bigger surprise for analysts was the fact that the bulk of this growth came from one region alone, western Uttar Pradesh.
 
Four regions (Haryana, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh and western Uttar Pradesh) contributed to positive growth, but western UP alone accounted for over 3.7 million of the 3.8 million gross subscriber additions in January.
 
Its total subscriber addition in January was 1.7 million as the telecom company lost over 2.1 million subscribers in eighteen other regions.
 
Vi had a total of 286