KOLKATA: Top telecom operator Bharti Airtel in April added more active subscribers than Reliance Jio Infocomm for the first time since the latter's launch in September, said analysts who cautioned that the 4G entrant may continue to face challenges in user additions.
The Sunil Mittal telco notched up 2.6 million active subscribers, according to visitor location register or VLR, in April compared to Mukesh Ambani-owned Jio's 400,000 active (VLR) customer adds, said brokerage Goldman Sachs, analysing Telecom Regulatory Authority of India data. Visitor location register is a key metric indicating the number of subscribers actively using mobile services.