Vi users are porting their numbers to BSNL after tariff hike

Are telecom companies losing customers due to expensive mobile recharge? Vodafone Idea (Vi) CEO Akshay Mundra said on Tuesday that the number of customers in government company BSNL has increased since the tariff increase in July. That means Voda-Idea customers are porting their numbers to BSNL. Apart from Vi, Jio and Airtel have also recharge Has been made expensive, whereas BSNL has not increased the prices.

According to media reports, Mundra told analysts after the quarterly results that the reason for porting customers to BSNL is the increase in tariff. This is an area we are keeping an eye on.

It is noteworthy that the company is continuously losing its subscribers. 5G is also being considered as a reason for this. In comparison to Airtel and Jio, Voda-Idea has not been able to expand its 5G network yet, whereas BSNL’s 4G network is going to be rolled out in the country soon.

In recent times, it has come to light in many media reports that after the increase in tariff, users are porting their numbers to BSNL. In a report of Rising Kashmir, information about 300 to 400 numbers being ported to BSNL daily was revealed. Apart from Vi, there were also reports of Jio and Airtel users switching to BSNL.

It was told in a report of Dainik Bhaskar that in 13 days in July, 1.05 lakh mobile numbers in Madhya Pradesh were ported to BSNL.

Vi lost 25 lakh subscribers

According to reports, Vodafone-Idea lost 2.5 million (25 lakh) mobile subscribers in the April-June quarter. By the end of June, the company’s total subscriber base stood at 210.1 million (about Rs 21 crore). However, the company’s 4G customers have increased.