Shares of Bharti Airtel slipped as much as 2 per cent, while rival Idea Cellular rose 3 per cent.

According to official figures, India's mobile phone customer base rose 1.4 per cent to 1.15 billion in June from May.

Airtel user base grew 10K to 344.6 million, while Idea Cellular base jumped 6.4 million subscribers to 220.6 million.

Airtel shares dipped to lowest in 1 week, while Idea Cellular climbed to highest in 2 weeks. Idea stock had fallen 51 per cent this year, while Airtel had lost 30 per cent.

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