India lost 22.07 million active mobile connections in April 2019. In the same month, Airtel, Vodafone Idea, and Reliance Jio accounted for 93% of total active mobile connections in India, according to data released by TRAI. The active connections data represents peak VLR (Visitor Location Register) data for the month, and in case intra-circle roaming is still operational, might indicate double counting of users. Some stats: – There were 1,162.29 billion active connections in April. – Airtel has 100.69% of active connections on its network – the highest among all telcos. TRAI says the percentage of active connections is more than 100% due to in-roamers i.e. subscribers from other operators roaming in Airtel’s network. Also, in case of Airtel, it might be including Tata Teleservices customers on its network, since it was in the process of getting approval for that acquisition in April. This should change for data reported June onwards. – Vodafone Idea has the second highest active connection base, at 87.03%. In terms of the number of connections, Vodafone Idea leads with 393.25 million connections, followed by Airtel with 321.89 million connections. Mobile Operator Leaderboard For April 2019 (Total connections): – Reliance Jio added 8.08 million connections, taking its connection base to 314.8 million. – BSNL added 228,586 connections, taking its connection base to 115.89 million. – BSNL (VNO’s) added 3,901 connections, taking its connection base to 81,890. State-wise data – In terms of active connections, Bihar leads with 93.44% active connections, followed by West Bengal, Andhra Pradesh,…
