Witness, Mumbai: Telecom company for the third month in a row Airtel Geo was shocked. Regarding new wireless subscribers GeoAirtel surpasses Rs 36.7 lakh new users However, Reliance Jio, the largest telecom company in the country, continues. According to a report released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TROI), Airtel surpassed Reliance Jio in October with over 3.67 million new wireless subscribers. Airtel has 1.45 million more subscribers than Geo has 2.22 million subscribers. Airtel has 96.74% active subscribers in its network. (Expanding Nokia: More products coming soon)
In October, Airtel added 36.7 lakh new customers and Geo 22.2 lakh mobile customers. Vodafone Idea, BSNL, MTNL, Reliance Communications could not get new mobile customers. Vodafone Idea (V) lost 2.7 million subscribers. Even in September, Airtel added the largest number of new customers. Airtel gained 3.8 million subscribers in September, while Geo added 1.5 million subscribers, while Vodafone Idea lost 4.6 million. As of October, Geo had 406.36 million subscribers, while Vodafone Idea had 292.84 million subscribers.
The number of telecom subscribers in the country stood at 117.18 crore at the end of October. 116.86 crore in September. The number of wireless customers rose to 115.18 crore in October from 114.85 crore in September. The number of wireline subscribers dropped slightly from 2 crore to 1.99 crore. Broadband subscribers grew by 1.17 per cent to 73.48 crore. Mobile-based broadband subscribers rose 1.15 per cent to 71.26 crore.