Reliance Jio’s dominance in the telecom sector continues. According to the latest data of TRAI, Jio has added a record 34.8 lakh customers in a month. Airtel has also added 13.2 lakh new customers during this period.
On the other hand, Vodafone-Idea (Vi) and government telecom company BSNL are continuously losing their customers.
The telecom regulator on Wednesday released the figures for the month of September, according to which BSNL lost 23.3 lakh customers in September, while Vi (Vodafone Idea) lost 7.5 lakh customers.
Jio-Airtel had won in August also
According to TRAI, in August also, Reliance Jio had added 32,45,569 new subscribers, while Bharti Airtel had got 12,17,704 new subscribers in August. BSNL lost 22,26,548 subscribers in August, while Vodafone-Idea lost 49,782 subscribers.
1.26 crore customers got MNP done
In September 2023 alone, more than 1.26 crore customers got Mobile Number Portability (MNP) done, after which the total MNP requested MNP figure increased from 8.77 crore in August to 8.90 crore by the end of September.
Broadband and telephone connections increased rapidly
The number of broadband connections in the country is also increasing rapidly. According to TRAI, by the end of September, the number of broadband connections in the country has crossed 88.5 crore.
At the same time, 19.2 lakh new telephone connections have also been made in September and with this the total number of telephone subscribers in the country including urban and rural has increased to 118 crore. These include 65.8 crore urban connections while 52.2 crore rural connections.
