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Airtel and Idea Witness Addition in Subscriptions Defeating Vodafone
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Airtel and Idea Witness Addition in Subscriptions Defeating Vodafone

Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular, the Indian telecom service providers have together added over one crore mobile subscribers in April 2018 according to the information provided by the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI). On the other hand, Vodafone suffered a loss of over 6.64 lakh customers in the same time period. A statement by the Cellular Association of India stated that the maximum number of additions were made by Idea Cellular fetching up its subscription number to 216.76 million, adding 5.55 million customers. Rajan S Mathews, COAI Director General said,"The growth seen in mobile subscribers this month is encouraging, and the industry is working daily to ensure that connectivity reaches the farthest corners of the country." The director general also informed that the...