Reliance Jio led the subscription race in November 2018 adding around 880.10mn subscribers across the country, the highest among all the telecom service providers.
Data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Friday evening showed that the subscriber base of Reliance Jio by November 30 was around 271.60mn.
The total number of mobile phone subscribers in the country by the end of November was 1,171.80mn, with a net addition of 173.90mn customers during the month, as per the data.
“Total wireless subscribers (GSM, CDMA and LTE) increased from 11,700.20mn at the end of October 2018 to 1,171.76mn at the end of November 2018, thereby registering a monthly growth rate of 0.15%,” TRAI said in its statement.
“As on November 30, 2018, the private access service providers held 89.99% market share of the wireless subscribers whereas BSNL and MTNL, the two PSU access service providers, had a market share of only 10.01%.”
The state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) added around 37.80mn subscribers in November, taking its total tally to 113.80mn, it said.
Airtel was the other gainer during the month under review with an addition of around 10.20mn new customers, taking its total tally to 341.80mn.
The largest service provider in terms of subscribers and revenue, Vodafone Idea, however, lost around 652.60mn subscribers and its subscription base as of November-end was around 421.10mn.
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