Reliance Jio adds 3.5 million users in May, Vodafone Idea & Airtel lose big

Reliance Jio fared better than rivals Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea (Vi) in May, as the Mukesh Ambani-led company brought on board 3.5 million users in the month, revealed a recent data by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai).
 
Both Airtel and Vi lost 4.6 million and 4.3 million subscribers, respectively.
 
Industry experts believe the loss in user-base is mainly due to the lockdown and reverse migration to villages.
 
The inactive users are removed from the list of subscribers 30 days after non-payment of tariff.
 
Various states across the country were under lockdown in May to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. The decision resulted in migrant labour, mainly in urban areas, moving back