New Delhi, Nov. 6 -- Bharti Airtel recorded a 78 per cent drop in quarterly net mobile subscriber additions during the September quarter, adding 7.2 lakh subscribers compared to 32.7 lakh additions in the preceding June quarter, according to a research report by Citi.

The decline came after the company discontinued its entry-level prepaid smartphone plan priced at Rs 299 in August 2026, which pushed mobile churn from 2.6 per cent to 2.9 per cent during the second quarter.

"Net sub adds, however, declined QoQ from +3.3m to +0.7m on account of higher churn (up from 2.6% to 2.9%), likely on account of the plan rationalisation step taken in Aug 26 which involved discontinuation of the Rs299 entry-level prepaid smartphone plan; we await furt...