Recently Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) released the latest subscriber numbers of telecom companies.
According to TRAI’s recent data release, In the month of January 2022, Reliance Jio lost almost 93.22 lakh subscribers and Vodafone Idea lost 3.89 lakh subscribers, while Bharti Airtel added 7.14 lakh subscribers.
Bharti Airtel has almost added 177 lakh subscribers from January 2021 to January 2022 while Jio and Vodafone Idea have lost almost 24 lakh and 191 lakh subscribers respectively in the same period.
Telecom subscriber data from November 2020 to January 2022
| Vodafone Idea | Jio | BSNL | Airtel | Month and year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.062 lakhs | -0.10 lakhs | -1.39 lakhs | 0.54 lakhs | November 2020 |
| -56.90 lakhs | -0.28 lakhs | -2.53 lakhs | 40.51 lakhs | December 2020 |
| -22.8 lakhs | 19.5 lakhs | -2.13 lakhs | 58.9 lakhs | January 2021 |
| 6.5 lakhs | 42 lakhs | -3.61 lakhs | 37 lakhs | February 2021 |
| 10.9 lakhs | 79 lakhs | 1.93 lakhs | 40.6 lakhs | March 2021 |
| -18.1 lakhs | 47.56 lakhs | -13.04 lakhs | 5.17 lakhs | April 2021 |
| -42.8 lakhs | 35.5 lakhs | -8.80 lakhs | -46.13 lakhs | May 2021 |
| -42.8 lakhs | 54.6 lakhs | -9.93 lakhs | 38.1 lakhs | June 2021 |
| -14.3 lakhs | 65.1 lakhs | -10.18 lakhs | 19.4 lakhs | July 2021 |
| -8.3 lakhs | 6.5 lakhs | -0.61 lakhs | 1.3 lakhs | August 2021 |
| -10.77 lakhs | -190 lakhs | -8.72 lakhs | 2.74 lakhs | September 2021 |
| -9.64 lakhs | 17.6 lakhs | -0.26 lakhs | -4.89 lakhs | October 2021 |
| -18.9 lakhs | 20.1 lakhs | -2.40 lakhs | 13.1 lakhs | November 2021 |
| -16.14 lakhs | -129 lakhs | 11.75 lakhs | 4.75 lakhs | December 2021 |
| -3.89 lakhs | -93.22 lakhs | -3.78 lakhs | 7.14 lakhs | January 2022 |
According to reports, Bharti Airtel has been able to consistently add subscribers because, in the last few years, Airtel has focused on providing high network quality through which they want to give a better experience to their customers.
The company has built and continuously improved its digital capability which is benefiting them in retaining its customers.
Apart from this, Airtel is focused on acquiring high-value customers who are ready to pay extra for better services, due to this reason its ARPU is also the highest in the telecom industry.
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FAQs about Telecom subscriber data
Reliance Jio lost around 93.22 lakh subscribers in the month of January 2022 as per TRAI data release.
Bharti Airtel added around 7.14 lakh customers in the month of January 2022 as per the TRAI data release.
Vodafone Idea lost around 3.89 lakh subscribers in the month of January 2022 as per TRAI data release.
BSNL lost around 3.78 lakh subscribers in the month of January 2022 as per TRAI data release.