New Delhi, Sept. 28 -- Reliance Jio led India's telecom operators in mobile subscriber additions in August, adding around 24 lakh subscribers, according to data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).

As per the data, Jio added 2.4 million wireless mobile subscribers during the month, the highest among telecom operators. Bharti Airtel added 2.1 million, while Vodafone Idea added about 5.1 lakh subscribers and BSNL added around 4.9 lakh.

The overall wireless mobile subscriber base increased by around 5.5 million in August, taking the total to 1.29 billion at the end of the month. Reliance Communications recorded a decline of 87 subscribers, while MTNL lost about 5,900 subscribers, the TRAI data showed.

The data als...