PW Bureau
According to the data released by the TRAI, while Jio added 77.93 lakh customers, BSNL added around 9 lakh new customers
New Delhi: As India’s telecom subscriber base grew marginally to settle at 120.54 crores at the end of February and most telecom operators lost customers, state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) and Reliance Jio formed the only bright spot in the otherwise dim picture. A big chunk of the net addition of customers came from the state-run telecom company and Reliance Jio. According to the data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), while Jio added 77.93 lakh customers, BSNL added around 9 lakh new customers. This was despite the fact that BSNL still doesn’t have a 4G spectrum.
While Jio’s total number of subscribers stood at 29.7 crores, BSNL’s total subscriber base hovered around 11.62 crores at the end of February. The total number of telecom subscribers in India rose from 120.37 crores in January to 120.54 crores at the end of February, TRAI said.