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		<lang class="3" style="Headline1"  font="Franklin Gothic Book" fontStyle="Regular" size="33">Jio strengthens connectivity leadership in AP, TG circle</lang>
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" font="Minion Pro" fontStyle="Regular" size="9">Hyderabad: Reliance Jio continued to strengthen its connectivity leadership in the Andhra Pradesh telecom circle, which includes Telangana, recording robust subscriber additions across wireless mobile, wireline broadband and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) services in August 2026, according to the latest subscriber data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).</lang>
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" font="Minion Pro" fontStyle="Regular" size="9">Jio’s performance in the region mirrors its strong national momentum, where the company recorded higher mobile subscriber additions than its nearest competitor, Airtel, while maintaining its lead in the home broadband and Fixed Wireless Access markets.</lang>
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" font="Minion Pro" fontStyle="Regular" size="9">According to the August subscriber report, Jio added 2.12 lakh wireless mobile subscribers in the Andhra Pradesh circle, taking its total mobile subscriber base to approximately 3.29 crore.</lang>
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" font="Minion Pro" fontStyle="Regular" size="9">At the national level, Jio added approximately 3.7 times more Home Location Register (HLR) net subscribers than Airtel in August, excluding Machine-to-Machine (M2M) connections. Jio was also the only operator to record positive net additions in active VLR subscribers, adding 1.7 million active subscribers during the month.</lang>
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