Reliance Jio Adds Over 3 lakh subscribers in Odisha in April: TRAI Report

Bhubaneswar: Reliance Jio has once again topped with net addition of 3.03 lakh subscribers in April, revealed a recently released telecom subscriber data by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).

As per this TRAI subscriber data for April, the net subscriber addition by Reliance Jio in the State stood at 3.03 lakhs followed by BSNL with a net addition of 12,100 subscribers in the same month. All other service providers lost lakhs of subscribers in April, bringing down the overall mobile subscriber base in the State by 3.47 lakh to 3.23 crore, the report read.

While Jio continued to be the most preferred mobile service provider in Odisha adding highest new subscribers in April, among other service providers Vodafone Idea lost the maximum 4.31 lakh subscribers followed by Bharti Airtel which lost 1.26 lakh subscribers and Tata Teleservices which lost 1.05 lakh subscribers in the State in April, the report added.

As per the TRAI data, overall, India's broadband subscriber base rose to 56.7 crore in April, swelling 0.78% over the previous month. Reliance Jio notched the highest broadband subscriber base of 31.48 crore, followed by Airtel (11.14 crore), Vodafone Idea (10.96 crore) and BSNL (2.22 crore).