India, March 19 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Particulars
Wireless*
Wireline
Total
Broadband Subscribers (Million)
1006.89
45.83
1052.72
Urban Telephone Subscribers (Million)
725.67
42.59
768.26
Net Addition in January 2026 (Million)
4.59
0.30
4.89
Monthly Growth Rate
0.64%
0.72%
0.64%
Rural Telephone Subscribers (Million)
540.67
5.07
545.74
Net Addition in January 2026 (Million)
2.98
-0.01
2.97
Monthly Growth Rate
0.55%
-0.24%
0.55%
Total Telephone Subscribers (Million)
1266.34
47.66
1314.00
Net Addition in January 2026 (Million)
7.57
0.29
7.86
Monthly Growth Rate
0.60%
0.61%
0.60%
Share of Urban Subscribers
57.30%
89.36%
58.47%
Share of Rural Subscribers
42.70%
10.64%
41.53%
Overall Tele-density@ with M2M cellular mobile connections
88.87%
3.34%
92.22%
Urban Tele-density@
141.53%
8.31%
149.84%
Rural Tele-density@
59.27%
0.56%
59.83%
Tele-density@ without M2M cellular mobile connections
80.91%
3.34%
84.26%
Segment
Subscription
Broadband Subscribers
Percentage Change
December 2025
January 2026
Wired subscribers
Fixed Wired Access
45.45
45.83
0.83%
Wireless Subscribers
Fixed Wireless Access
15.08
15.95
5.77%
Mobile Wireless Access
990.07
990.95
0.09%
Total Broadband Subscriptions
1050.60
1052.72
0.20%
S.N.
Service Provider
Subscriber base
Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd.
517.56
Bharti Airtel Ltd.
359.29
Vodafone Idea Ltd.
128.97
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.
29.64
Atria Convergence Technologies Ltd.
2.38
Market Share of Top Five Broadband (Wired & Wireless) Service Providers
98.59%
S.N.
Service Provider
Subscriber base
Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd.
13.99
Bharti Airtel Ltd.
10.38
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd
4.47
Atria Convergence Technologies Ltd.
2.38
Kerala Vision Broadband Ltd.
1.46
Market Share of Top Five Fixed (Wired) Access Broadband Service Providers
71.30%
S.N.
Service Provider
Subscriber base
Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd.
503.57
Bharti Airtel Ltd.
348.91
Vodafone Idea Ltd.
128.97
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.
25.17
IBus Virtual Network Services Private Limited
0.12
Market Share of Top Five Wireless (Fixed wireless & Mobile) Access Broadband Service providers
99.98%
Service Provider
Total M2M (2G/3G/4G/5G) Subscriptions
Broadband M2M (3G/4G/5G) Subscriptions
Bharti Airtel Limited
70.17
40.03
Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited
20.60
20.60
Vodafone Idea Limited
18.8
7.69
BSNL
3.88
2.2
Total
113.46
70.52
S. No.
Type of telephone connection
No. of subscribers
Total
1.
Wireless
Consumer SIM
1,137.43
1,266.34
2.
M2M SIM
113.46
3.
FWA
15.45
4.
Wireline
47.66
5.
Total
1,314.00
S. No.
Item
No. of subscribers
1.
No. of Wireless (mobile) connections including M2M cellular mobile connections *
1,250.89
2.
No. of Wireless (mobile) connections excluding M2M cellular mobile connections
1,137.43
Circle
Net additions in the month of January 2026
Telephone Subscriber base as on 31st January 2026
Wireline segment
Wireless* segment
Wireline segment
Wireless* segment
Circle A
88,736
2,792,442
20,246,256
424,604,391
Circle B
151,789
2,687,647
11,682,665
493,418,338
Circle C
43,407
1,850,566
3,571,722
209,282,801
Metro
6,718
240,258
12,158,198
139,034,730
All India
290,650
7,570,913
47,658,841
1,266,340,260
Circle Category
Monthly growth rate (%) (December 2025 to January 2026)
Yearly growth rate (%) (January 2025 to January 2026)
Wireline Segment
Wireless* Segment
Wireline Segment
Wireless* Segment
Circle A
0.44%
0.66%
49.54%
8.29%
Circle B
1.32%
0.55%
22.81%
5.12%
Circle C
1.23%
0.89%
30.12%
8.72%
Metro
0.06%
0.17%
31.73%
6.66%
All India
0.61%
0.60%
36.06%
6.92%
Service Area wise percentage of VLR Subscribers in the month of January 2026
Licensed Service Area Wise MNP Status (in million)
Zone-I
Zone-II
Service Area
Number of Porting Requests in
Service Area
Number of Porting Requests in
December-25
January-26
December-25
January-26
Delhi
0.75
0.74
Andhra Pradesh
0.69
0.68
Gujarat
1.15
1.09
Assam
0.13
0.12
Haryana
0.46
0.46
Bihar
1.45
1.44
Himachal Pradesh
0.06
0.06
Karnataka
0.63
0.62
Jammu & Kashmir
0.07
0.07
Kerala
0.25
0.25
Maharashtra
1.09
1.07
Kolkata
0.19
0.20
Mumbai
0.27
0.27
Madhya Pradesh
1.52
1.52
Punjab
0.40
0.39
North East
0.03
0.03
Rajasthan
0.93
0.90
Odisha
0.25
0.25
U.P.(East)
2.30
2.33
Tamil Nadu
0.65
0.59
U.P.(West)
1.56
1.59
West Bengal
1.29
1.32
Total
9.02
8.97
Total
7.10
7.02
Total (Zone-I + Zone-II)
16.12
15.98
Contact details in case of any clarification: -
1
Total IMSI's in HLR (A)
2
Less: (B a + b + c + d + e)
a.
Test/Service Cards
b.
Employees
c.
Stock in hand/in Distribution Channels (Active Card)
d.
Subscriber Retention period expired
e.
Service suspended pending disconnection
3
Subscribers Base (A-B)
5G-Fixed Wireless Subscribers
TSPs Name ->
Bharti Airtel
Reliance Jio
Grand Total
vTelecom Service Area
Dec-25
Jan-26
Dec-25
Jan-26
Dec-25
Jan-26
Andhra Pradesh
283,374
307,091
675,280
697,291
958,654
1,004,382
Assam
62,416
69,755
187,285
194,045
249,701
263,800
Bihar
144,522
162,974
650,469
675,014
794,991
837,988
Delhi
149,660
162,498
228,262
229,492
377,922
391,990
Gujarat
172,601
187,572
431,728
440,982
604,329
628,554
Haryana
80,353
87,455
222,578
228,678
302,931
316,133
Himachal Pradesh
14,884
16,551
75,076
77,368
89,960
93,919
Jammu & Kashmir
54,000
60,318
173,291
176,816
227,291
237,134
Karnataka
265,061
286,498
404,253
415,141
669,314
701,639
Kerala
58,412
63,557
177,190
185,847
235,602
249,404
Kolkata
86,228
91,655
160,300
162,495
246,528
254,150
Madhya Pradesh
135,682
151,026
539,118
558,875
674,800
709,901
Maharashtra
263,445
286,745
605,285
618,023
868,730
904,768
Mumbai
99,997
106,945
105,315
108,029
205,312
214,974
North East
33,584
37,103
85,273
87,943
118,857
125,046
Odisha
69,910
76,941
287,887
300,789
357,797
377,730
Punjab
143,221
158,232
480,085
492,904
623,306
651,136
Rajasthan
180,671
198,995
449,508
462,803
630,179
661,798
Tamil Nadu
371,118
399,648
369,097
381,330
740,215
780,978
Uttar Pradesh (East)
179,662
202,176
663,985
686,198
843,647
888,374
Uttar Pradesh (West)
139,478
153,936
512,846
528,312
652,324
682,248
West Bengal
83,537
91,766
437,777
459,229
521,314
550,995
TOTAL
3,071,816
3,359,437
7,921,888
8,167,604
10,993,704
11,527,041
Net Addition
287,621
245,716
533,337
Monthly Growth %
9.36%
3.10%
4.85%
UBR- Fixed Wireless Subscribers
TSPs Name ->
Reliance Jio
vTelecom Service Area
Dec-25
Jan-26
Andhra Pradesh
288,198
317,471
Assam
29,231
32,210
Bihar
241,585
268,491
Delhi
246,562
268,957
Gujarat
246,568
268,256
Haryana
161,976
174,604
Himachal Pradesh
9,280
10,223
Jammu & Kashmir
68,781
75,584
Karnataka
217,951
239,649
Kerala
8,914
9,456
Kolkata
156,494
172,406
Madhya Pradesh
208,332
231,866
Maharashtra
296,166
322,967
Mumbai
51,717
55,920
North East
12,357
13,570
Odisha
46,465
51,163
Punjab
212,875
229,817
Rajasthan
254,119
278,238
Tamil Nadu
153,714
165,797
Uttar Pradesh (East)
247,390
270,998
Uttar Pradesh (West)
311,756
342,087
West Bengal
108,975
119,490
TOTAL
3,579,406
3,919,220
Net Addition
339,814
Monthly Growth %
9.49%
(Wireless+
(in million)
(DSL, FTTx, Ethernet/LAN, Cable Modem, ILL)
(5G FWA, Wi-Fi, Wi-Max, Radio/UBR, Satellite)
(Handset/Dongle-based-3G, 4G, 5G, M2M)
(In million)
(In million)
(In million)
(in Million)
(in Million)
Category
the month of
the month of
Wireline)
Percentage of VLR Subscribers for the Top Four Access Service Providers in the month of January 2026
Shri Akhilesh Kumar Trivedi, Advisor (NSL-II),
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
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World Trade Centre, Tower-F,
Note:
Nauroji Nagar, New Delhi - 110029
* The wireless subscriber base comprises of wireless mobile telephone subscribers (including M2M cellular mobile connections), and FWA subscribers.
Ph: 011-20907758 (Ashok Kumar Jha)
@ Tele-density has been computed on the basis of the projection of population from the 'Report of the Technical Group on Population Projections for India and States 2011 - 2036', published in July 2020.
E-mail: advmn@trai.gov.in Pr. Advisor (NSL), TRAI
# VLR is acronym of Visitor Location Register. The dates of peak VLR for various Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) may be different in different service areas.
Note: Peak VLR figures in some LSAs of some of the service providers are more than their HLR figures due to a large number of inroamers.
Broadband Subscribers
Segment-wise Broadband Subscribers and Monthly Growth Rate in the month of January 2026
Annexure IV
Top five Broadband (Wired & Wireless) Service providers as on 31st January
VLR Subscribers in the Wireless Segment
2026
Home Location Register (HLR) is a central database that contains details of each mobile phone subscriber that is authorized to use the GSM core network. The HLRs store details of every SIM card issued by the service provider. Each SIM has a unique identifier called an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI), which is the primary key to each HLR record. The HLR data is stored for as long as a subscriber remains with the service provider. HLR also manages the mobility of subscribers by means of updating their position in administrative areas. It sends the subscriber data to a Visitor Location Register (VLR).
Subscriber numbers reported by the service providers is the difference between the numbers of IMSI registered in service provider's HLR and sum of other figures as given below: -
Service Provider-wise Market Share of Broadband (Wired & Wireless) Services as on 31st January 2026
Visitor Location Register (VLR) is a temporary database of the subscribers who have roamed into the particular area, which it serves. Each base station in the network is served by exactly one VLR; hence a subscriber cannot be present in more than one VLR at a time.
If subscriber is in active stage i.e. he is able to send/receive calls/SMSs he is available both in HLR and VLR. However, it may be possible that the subscriber is registered in HLR but not in VLR due to the reason that he is either switched-off or moved out of coverage area, not reachable etc. In such circumstances he will be available in HLR but not in VLR. This causes difference between subscriber number reported by the service providers based on HLR and numbers available in VLR.
Top Five Fixed Wired Access Broadband Service providers as on 31st January 2026
The VLR subscriber data calculated here is based on active subscribers in VLR on the date of Peak subscriber number in VLR of the particular month for which the data is being collected. This data is to be taken from the switches having the purge time of not more than 72 hours.
Fixed-Wireless (5G) Subscribers Base
Top five Wireless (Fixed wireless & mobile) Access Broadband Service
Annexure-V
providers as on 31st January 2026
Annexure-VI
Access Service Provider-wise Market Share of wireline Subscribers as on 31st January 2026
Fixed-Wireless (UBR) Subscribers Base
*Only Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited has reported the information on the number of UBR FWA subscribers
Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication.
