INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
November 2018 adding around 88.01 lakh subscribers across country, highest among all telecom service providers.Data released by Telecom
Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Friday evening showed that subscriber base of Reliance Jio by November 30 was around 27.16 crore.The
total number of mobile phone subscribers in country by end of November was 117.18 crore, with a net addition of 17.39 lakh customers during
month, as per data."Total wireless subscribers (GSM, CDMA and LTE) increased from 1,170.02 million at end of October 2018 to 1,171.76
million at end of November 2018, thereby registering a monthly growth rate of 0.15 per cent," TRAI said in its statement."As on November 30,
2018, private access service providers held 89.99 per cent market share of wireless subscribers whereas BSNL and MTNL, two PSU access
service providers, had a market share of only 10.01 per cent."The state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) added around 3.78 lakh
subscribers in November, taking its total tally to 11.38 crore, it said.Airtel was other gainer during month under review with an addition
of around 1.02 lakh new customers, taking its total tally to 34.18 crore.The largest service provider in terms of subscribers and revenue,
Vodafone Idea, however, lost around 65.26 lakh subscribers and its subscription base as of November-end was around 42.11 crore
