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India net lost 1.77 mln mobile users Nov; RJio users up 1.21 mln
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--TRAI: India net lost 1.77 mln mobile users Nov vs 3.31 mln net lost Oct
--TRAI: RJio net added 1.21 mln users Nov vs 3.76 mln lost Oct
--TRAI: Vodafone Idea net lost 1.50 mln users Nov vs 1.98 mln lost Oct
--TRAI: Bharti Airtel net lost 1.14 mln users Nov vs 1.93 mln added Oct
MUMBAI – Indian telecom operators lost fewer wireless subscribers in November as compared with October, data from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India shows. As many as 1.77 million mobile subscribers were lost in November as compared with 3.31 million in October, as per the data.
Meanwhile, Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd., India's biggest mobile telecom operator, added 1.21 million users in November, after having lost 3.76 million users in October. Bharti Airtel lost 1.14 million mobile subscribers in November, after having added 1.93 million users in October. Vodafone Idea saw its subscriber count fall by 1.50 million in November, less than 1.98 million subscribers lost in October.
The government-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. lost 339,356 users in November, after having added 3.88 million since August. Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd.'s user count went down by 2,720 in November, same as in October.
For mobile users, the market share of Reliance Jio as of Nov. 30 was 40.15%, a tad higher than 39.99% in October. Bharti Airtel's market share fell to 33.45% as of Nov. 30 from 33.50% the previous month. Vodafone Idea's market share was 18.19%, slightly lower than 18.30% in October. Private players continue to dominate India's mobile subscriber market with a 91.80% market share, with BSNL and MTNL together taking up the remaining 8.20%.
Reliance Jio remained India's top broadband service provider, both in the wired and wireless segments, with a subscriber base of 476.58 million, followed by Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea at 289.31 million and 124.79 million, respectively, the TRAI data showed.
TRAI subscriber data for November:
| Company | Total subscriber base (as on Nov. 30) | Change from Oct. | Market share (in %) |
| Vodafone Idea | 208,975,106 | -1,502,255 | 18.19 |
| Bharti Airtel* | 384,273,961 | -1,136,785 | 33.45 |
| Reliance Jio Infocomm | 461,231,766 | 1,212,536 | 40.15 |
| Bharat Sanchar Nigam | 92,051,809 | 339,356 | 8.03 |
| Mahanagar Telephone Nigam | 1,901,918 | -2,720 | 0.17 |
| All India | 1,148,646,911 | -1,768,240 | -- |
* Subscription data of Bharti Airtel includes that of Tata Teleservices, which merged into the former.
ACTIVE SUBSCRIBERS
Total mobile subscribers in India as of Nov. 30 were 1.15 billion. Out of these, around 1.06 billion were active subscribers, according to TRAI's peak visitor location register. The register is used to measure active subscribers, including those roaming on a mobile phone operator's network.
Active subscriber data for November:
| Company | Total active subscribers (in mln) |
| Vodafone Idea | 176.90 |
| Bharti Airtel* | 380.37 |
| Reliance Jio Infocomm | 447.20 |
| Bharat Sanchar Nigam | 55.67 |
| Mahanagar Telephone Nigam | 0.49 |
| All India | 1,060.63 |
* Subscription data of Bharti Airtel includes that of Tata Teleservices, which merged into the former.
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Reported by Akshay V. Johnson
Edited by Deepshikha Bhardwaj
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