Bhubaneswar: The downhill pressure on telecom services has almost subsided. Millions of new customers have been added to the mobile network. According to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRI), the number of mobile subscribers in the state has increased by 1,4,6 in August this year. Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea added new customers this month, while Airtel and BS7N9L lost their old customers. By the end of August, the total number of mobile subscribers in the state had reached 3.32 crore. Odisha’s tele-density has risen to 4.17 per cent. This means that on average, 4 out of every 100 people in the state have mobile connections. In this case, Odisha is still below the national average of 4.23 per cent. Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Punjab, Kerala, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi have more mobile connections than the population. According to TRAI, Geo added a maximum of 1,80,118 new customers in August 2020. As a result, the total number of customers in the state has reached 1.36 crore. Geo has the highest number of mobile customers in the state. Vodafone Idea has garnered 28,60 new customers this month. As a result, the total number of mobile subscribers in the company has reached 26.72 million. Airtel 711 and BS7N8L lost 30,130 customers. By the end of August this year, Airtel’s total subscriber base had dropped to 1,07,18,18, while BSNNLL’s subscriber base had risen to 43,95,208.
