State-run BSNL was the only player that added new subscribers and led the market in terms of new net customer addition, according to a monthly subscribers report released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India on Friday.

BSNL has added lakhs of new subscribers after the tariff hike from major telecom operators such as Jio, Airtel, and Vi. BSNL's market share now reached 7.59 percent.

Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea saw a decline in their customer base due to mobile service tariff hikes. BSNL was the only telecom operator to gain subscribers. The overall telecom subscriber base in India slightly decreased,

Indian telecom giants Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea lost subscribers in July following tariff hikes, while BSNL gained customers. Read more.

The impact of mobile phone service tariff hike was evident in July with Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea reporting loss of customer base, which resulted in an overall decline in telecom subscribers in the country.

Market leader Reliance Jio lost 758,000 subscribers in July, while Vodafone Idea lost 1.4 million. Bharti Airtel lost the most, with nearly 1.7 million customers exiting the network during July, data from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) showed.

Reliance Jio Infocomm lost as many as 7.58 lakh subscribers in July, even as it continues to have the highest number of subscribers overall, shows monthly data released by the Telecom Authority of Ind