Kolkata: Bharti Airtel may have fallen behind rival Reliance Jio in overall subscriber additions for February but has added the most number of active users for the third straight month, analysts said. Airtel added 3.7 million active users, taking its active user share to 34.6% and its active user base to 340 million in February. By contrast, Jio lost 0.2 million active users, dragging its overall active users base down to 324 million and its active user market share slipped to 33%, an analysis of latest subscriber data put out by the telecom regulator showed.Loss-making Vi, which added gross users in February -- for the second time only in the past 30 months -- also lost 0.2 million active users, lowering its active user share to 26.1% and its active user base dipping to 256 million.The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (Trai) active or ‘visitor location register' (VLR) data, is a key metric that reflects the actual number of customers actively using a mobile network. Jio recently launched two aggressive offerings on its 4G feature phone that were aimed to arrest the sharp slide in its 4G user adds in recent quarters, with Airtel gaining far higher numbers. Airtel and Vi haven’t yet declared their numbers as of March end.

Source: Economic Times May 12, 2021 06:56 UTC