Jio adds 4.93 lakh subscribers in January SUB Number of mobile users increased by 4.66 lakh in Gujarat, says Trai report

Despite
levying of Interconnect usage charges (IUC), the number of Jio subscribers kept
on increasing in Gujarat. As per latest figures of telecom subscription
released by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), the total number of
mobile users in Gujarat increased by 4.66 lakh in January 2020. By the end of
the January 2020, there were 6.79 crore mobile users in Gujarat.

Of the total
growth, Jio contributed maximum of 4.93 lakh users followed by Bharti Airtel
with 1.07 lakh and BSNL with about 12,300 users. Only Vodafone Idea reported
negative growth of 1.47 lakh subscribers.

However,
despite consistency in fall, Vodafone Idea continues to be top in the chart
with 2.73 crore users, followed by Jio with 2.33 crore and Airtel had 1.10
crore users. The state-owned telecom company, BSNL had 60.97 lakh users,
totaling to 6.79 crore mobile users in the state.

As Jio has
started providing wireline connections in Gujarat, it has become second largest
in January 2020. BSNL leads in wireline connections with 7.38 lakh users in the
state followed by Jio with 1.39 lakh users. Bharti Aritel had over 97,000
landline connections while Tata Tele had over 85,000 users. Vodafone Idea and
Reliance Communication had over 33,000 and 11,000 landline connections in the
state, respectively.

By end of
January 2020, Gujarat had 11.04 lakh wireline connection, reveals Trai’s
report.