Reliance Jio continued its momentum in the telecom market by adding 31.59 lakh mobile users, while rival Airtel’s subscriber gain came in at 3.52 lakh in October 2023, according to monthly subscriber data by Trai.

Troubled Vodafone Idea yielded further ground on the subscriber front, as it lost 20.44 lakh wireless users in October.

Overall, the industry-wide ‘active’ subscriber base dipped by 14 lakh to 104.5 crore.

“Trai’s October 2023 subscriber data indicates a continuation of muted subscriber trends, with 0.8 million wireless net adds. Vi (Vodafone Idea) continued to lose wireless subscriber market share to Bharti and R-Jio,” Kotak Institutional Equities said in a note.

Total wireless subscribers rose to 115 crore at the end of October, logging a monthly growth of 0.07 per cent.

With the addition of 31.59 lakh users, Jio’s total wireless subscriber count climbed to 45.23 crore in October from 44.92 crore in September.

Airtel’s wireless subscriber gain of 3.52 lakh pushed up the telco’s user tally to 37.81 crore in October.