BSNL leads wireline segment despite losing maximum subscribers in January

The TRAI has released the Telecom Subscription Data Report showing subscriber additions in January 2021.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released the Telecom Subscription Data Report showing subscriber additions in January 2021. The wireline subscriber base in January was dominated by private telcos which is otherwise the territory of government-owned MTNL and BSNL. BSNL and MTNL remained on the negative side of the chart with BSNL losing 2.13 lakh existing users and MTNL losing around 18,545 users. Despite losing the maximum number of subscribers in January 2021, BSNL continues to lead as the leading broadband operator in the wireline segment in India with an overall subscriber base of 7.69 million followed by Airtel with 4.64 million subscribers. However, in January 2021, it was JioFiber that added the maximum number of wireline users which was over 1.96 lakh while Airtel added 76,654 new wireline subscribers.