After the tariff hike, Jio is removing inactive users from its total subscriber base. According to the monthly performance report released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Jio has lost 9.3 million users (93,32,583) during January 2022. Along with this Vodafone Idea (Vi) and BSNL also lost 3,89,082 (0.38 million) and 3,77,520 (0.37) million subscribers respectively. Among all the telcos, Bharti Airtel was the only operator that gained new customers. Airtel added a total of 7,14,199 (0.71 million) users in January 2022.
9.53 million MNP requests were received in January 2022
As per TRAI data, a total of 9.53 million Mobile Number Portability (MNP) requests were made in the month of January 2022. Out of the total, 5.49 million requests came from Zone-1, while the remaining 4.04 million requests came from Zone-2. The highest number of MNP requests have been made in Zone-I so far in Maharashtra (55.53 million), followed by Uttar Pradesh-East (50.81 million). In Zone-2, Karnataka (52.18 million) has so far made maximum MNP requests, followed by Andhra Pradesh (about 50.55 million).
Jio added maximum wireline subscribers in January 2022
According to TRAI data, Reliance Jio added the highest number of wireline subscribers in January. Jio added a total of 3,08,340 (0.30 million) new wireline subscribers, followed by Bharti Airtel, BSNL and Quadrant with 94010 (0.09 million), 32098 (0.03 million) and 16,749 (0.01 million) new wireline users.
At the same time, MTNL (Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited) and Vodafone Idea lost wireline users. Jio is adding a ton of new JioFiber broadband customers, followed by Airtel in the country. Both the top telcos have already overtaken BSNL, which was once the king of broadband and wireline services in India.