Telecommunications subscriber base drops to 117 million in October 2022 with VIL losing 350,000 customers: Trai

NEW DELHI: The telecom subscriber base in the country fell 117 crore in October due to Vodafone idea lost a large number of mobile customers in the month, as reported by the industry regulator male published on Monday.
Only Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel added new customers in October while all other players mainly state-owned Vodafone Idea and BSNL lost a large number of customers.
Reliane Jio and Bharti Airtel together added 22.1 thousand mobile customers while Vodafone Idea (VIL) lost 350,000 mobile customers, BSNL lost 5,19 thousand and MTNL lost 3591 mobile subscribers.
“The number of phone subscribers in India fell from 1,171.92 million at the end of September 22 to 1,170.45 million at the end of October 22, showing a monthly decline of 0.12%. “, the report said. Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said in its registrant report for October 2022.
Total mobile subscriptions fell to 114.36 points at the end of October from 114.54 points at the end of September.