Jio adds maximum wireless subscribers in July, BSNL leads in adding wired broadband customers, as per TRAI

BSNL saw the maximum number of net additions in wireline subscribers which were over 5 lakh. This was followed by Jio at almost half, 2.5 lakh subscribers.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has released its subscriber addition data for July 2021. Jio has again recorded the highest net additions in wireless subscriptions this month followed by Airtel with 65.1 lakh and 19.4 lakh subscribers respectively. Vodafone Idea lost 14.3 lakh subscribers while government-owned telcos BSNL and MTNL lost 10.2 lakh and 5,847 subscribers respectively. Reliance Jio holds a wireless user base of approx 44.3 crore as of July 31st, Airtel a subscriber base of 35.4 crore, and Vodafone-Idea has 27.2 crore subscribers.

Coming to the market share of the telcos in the wireless segment, the private service providers had 90.09 per cent market share of the wireless subscribers while BSNL and MTNL had a market share of 9.91 per cent. Reliance Jio had 37.34 per cent of the market share, Airtel had 29.83 per cent of the market share and Vodafone Idea had 22.91 per cent of the market share.