Page 2 - Mobile Subscribers

All 26 Airtel telecom circles show identical subscriber fall of 1.3% in May

At an all-India level, Airtel subscribers were down in May by 4.6 million, or 1.3%

Mobile subscriber additions muted in Apr due to Covid lockdown: Analysts

The telecom sector's mobile subscriber net additions moderated to about 2.2 million (22 lakh) in April this year, with analysts blaming the 'muted' numbers on the second wave of COVID and lockdowns. After a strong fourth quarter of 2020-21, where the industry added 27.2 million subscribers, April was a "weak month" with only 2.2 million net additions, UBS said in its report on Tuesday. "We attribute this to the beginning of the second wave of COVID," a UBS note said. As per data released by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Bharti Airtel added only 0.5 million (5 lakh) subscribers in April, against 4.8 million net additions by larger rival Reliance Jio. Troubled Vodafone Idea Ltd (VIL) shed 1.8 million subscribers in April after showing some improving momentum in February and March. While Jefferies' report observed that the sector's reported subscriber additions had "moderated" to 2 million due to lockdowns, a note by ICICI Securities said user addition had slowed on .

Indian women less likely than men to own a mobile, but are catching up

Goa is the state where the highest number of women use mobile phones themselves

Airtel adds 4.37 mn users in Nov, Voda Idea loses subscribers: TRAI data

India''s largest telecom operator Reliance Jio''s subscriber base stood at 40.82 crore as on November 2020, as per monthly telecom subscription data released by sector regulator TRAI

Reliance Jio looks beyond mobile operations to monetise digital platforms

With subscriber additions slowing, the price-competitive player is looking beyond its mobile operations to monetising its digital platforms. But that's where the competition is acute

Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel losses were gains for Jio and BSNL in December

Vodafone Idea and Airtel lost 3.6 million and 11,050 users, respectively

AGR order: Why Jio is set to gain more than Airtel as Voda faces collapse

Vodafone has 304 million subscribers of which 45 per cent are data subscribers

India to have 920 mn mobile users by 2025, 88 mn 5G among them: GSMA

It said there were close to 750 million unique subscribers at the end of 2018 and expected to reach almost 920 million by 2025

Mobile user base dips 22 mn in March, suffers biggest fall since April 2018

Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio, however, continued to add wireless subscribers; gains 9.49 million users during the month under review

India's mobile subscriber base to touch 1.42 bn by 2024; 80% to use 4G

Significant uptake of much talked about 5G services is expected to commence from 2022 in India

Jio's subscriber base widens to 252 mn, Airtel, Voda & others lose 10 mn

Jio's subscriber base was 239 million in August this year, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's (Trai) data for August showed

Mobile subscriber base swells to 975 mn in November

Bharti Airtel continues to hold the top position with 29.68% market share