India, May 26 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Particulars
Wireless*
Wireline
Total
Broadband Subscribers (Million)
1026.60
46.84
1073.44
Urban Telephone Subscribers (Million)
739.78
43.34
783.12
Net Addition in April 2026 (Million)
4.05
0.29
4.33
Monthly Growth Rate
0.55%
0.67%
0.56%
Rural Telephone Subscribers (Million)
549.18
5.23
554.41
Net Addition in April 2026 (Million)
2.58
0.04
2.62
Monthly Growth Rate
0.47%
0.76%
0.47%
Total Telephone Subscribers (Million)
1288.96
48.58
1337.54
Net Addition in April 2026 (Million)
6.63
0.33
6.95
Monthly Growth Rate
0.52%
0.68%
0.52%
Share of Urban Subscribers
57.39%
89.23%
58.55%
Share of Rural Subscribers
42.61%
10.77%
41.45%
Overall Tele-density@ with M2M cellular mobile connections
90.28%
3.40%
93.69%
Urban Tele-density@
143.69%
8.42%
152.11%
Rural Tele-density@
60.16%
0.57%
60.74%
Tele-density@ without M2M cellular mobile connections
81.36%
3.40%
84.76%
Segment
Subscription
Broadband Subscribers
Percentage Change
March 2026
April
Wired subscribers
Fixed Wired Access
46.51
46.84
0.71%
Wireless Subscribers
Fixed Wireless Access
17.10
17.54
2.53%
Mobile Wireless Access
1002.27
1009.06
0.68%
Total Broadband Subscriptions
1065.88
1073.44
0.71%
S.N.
Service Provider
Subscriber base
Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd.
526.94
Bharti Airtel Ltd.
373.00
Vodafone Idea Ltd.
128.92
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.
27.20
Atria Convergence Technologies Ltd.
2.42
Market Share of Top Five Broadband (Wired & Wireless) Service Providers
98.61%
S.N.
Service Provider
Subscriber base
Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd.
14.35
Bharti Airtel Ltd.
10.86
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.
4.51
Atria Convergence Technologies Ltd.
2.42
Kerala Vision Broadband Ltd.
1.50
Market Share of Top Five Fixed (Wired) Access Broadband Service Providers
71.81%
S.N.
Service Provider
Subscriber base
Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd.
512.58
Bharti Airtel Ltd.
362.14
Vodafone Idea Ltd.
128.91
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.
22.69
IBus Virtual Network Services Private Limited
0.12
Market Share of Top Five Wireless (Fixed wireless & Mobile) Access Broadband Service providers
99.99%
S. No.
Type of telephone connection
No. of subscribers
Total
1.
Wireless
Consumer SIM
1,144.42
1,288.96
2.
M2M SIM
127.48
3.
FWA
17.06
4.
Wireline
48.58
5.
Total
1,337.54
S. No.
Item
No. of subscribers (in million)
1.
No. of Wireless (mobile) connections including M2M cellular mobile connections *
1,288.96
2.
No. of Wireless (mobile) connections excluding M2M cellular mobile connections
1,144.42
Circle
Net additions in the month of April 2026
Telephone Subscriber base at the end of April 2026
Wireline segment
Wireless* segment
Wireline segment
Wireless* segment
Circle A
195,368
2,356,239
20,840,286
432,097,286
Circle B
166,467
2,430,239
11,996,686
501,194,140
Circle C
54,202
928,492
3,730,058
214,525,663
Metro
-87,580
910,822
12,008,533
141,142,873
All India
328,457
6,625,792
48,575,563
1,288,959,962
Circle Category
Monthly growth rate (%) (March 2026 to April 2026)
Yearly growth rate (%) (April 2025 to April 2026)
Wireline Segment
Wireless* Segment
Wireline Segment
Wireless* Segment
Circle A
0.95%
0.55%
41.85%
8.41%
Circle B
1.41%
0.49%
16.17%
5.46%
Circle C
1.47%
0.43%
24.13%
9.07%
Metro
-0.72%
0.65%
27.91%
5.95%
All India
0.68%
0.52%
29.84%
7.08%
Service Area wise percentage of VLR Subscribers in the month of April 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
March-26
April-26
March-26
April-26
Delhi
0.60
0.63
Andhra Pradesh
0.63
0.61
Gujarat
0.93
1.01
Assam
0.13
0.13
Haryana
0.43
0.41
Bihar
1.32
1.34
Himachal Pradesh
0.06
0.06
Karnataka
0.55
0.54
Jammu & Kashmir
0.08
0.09
Kerala
0.23
0.23
Maharashtra
0.92
0.97
Kolkata
0.17
0.18
Mumbai
0.25
0.26
Madhya Pradesh
1.40
1.34
Punjab
0.39
0.39
North East
0.04
0.04
Rajasthan
0.75
0.79
Odisha
0.25
0.24
U.P.(East)
2.14
2.14
Tamil Nadu
0.63
0.52
U.P.(West)
1.49
1.51
West Bengal
1.26
1.33
Total
8.03
8.24
Total
6.61
6.50
Total (Zone-I + Zone-II)
14.63
14.74
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
Mar-26
Apr-26
Mar-26
Apr-26
Mar-26
Apr-26
Andhra Pradesh
326,398
323,724
733,617
752,750
1,060,015
1,076,474
Assam
80,832
81,383
204,410
208,854
285,242
290,237
Bihar
191,521
192,357
719,098
741,091
910,619
933,448
Delhi
178,180
182,336
231,269
232,376
409,449
414,712
Gujarat
208,389
211,740
455,641
463,517
664,030
675,257
Haryana
98,694
100,633
243,166
250,180
341,860
350,813
Himachal Pradesh
19,009
19,516
81,751
83,309
100,760
102,825
Jammu & Kashmir
71,441
70,320
184,530
187,382
255,971
257,702
Karnataka
308,525
306,470
431,309
441,506
739,834
747,976
Kerala
69,684
70,004
197,432
202,215
267,116
272,219
Kolkata
100,899
103,262
166,225
168,435
267,124
271,697
Madhya Pradesh
171,363
170,394
591,069
606,512
762,432
776,906
Maharashtra
318,056
321,413
641,525
655,979
959,581
977,392
Mumbai
116,019
118,663
111,399
112,914
227,418
231,577
North East
41,719
41,790
92,735
95,428
134,454
137,218
Odisha
86,390
87,465
320,411
329,964
406,801
417,429
Punjab
180,691
181,803
514,395
523,527
695,086
705,330
Rajasthan
224,359
225,697
486,259
499,499
710,618
725,196
Tamil Nadu
428,203
424,480
400,354
410,423
828,557
834,903
Uttar Pradesh (East)
239,283
242,487
726,334
744,333
965,617
986,820
Uttar Pradesh (West)
174,395
177,497
560,565
576,731
734,960
754,228
West Bengal
103,608
103,055
490,616
506,825
594,224
609,880
TOTAL
3,737,658
3,756,489
8,584,110
8,793,750
12,321,768
12,550,239
Net Addition
18,831
209,640
228,471
Monthly Growth %
0.50%
2.44%
1.85%
UBR- Fixed Wireless Subscribers
TSPs Name ->
Reliance Jio*
vTelecom Service Area
Mar-26
Apr-26
Andhra Pradesh
353,145
375,158
Assam
35,934
38,202
Bihar
292,063
305,328
Delhi
299,206
316,296
Gujarat
293,618
309,296
Haryana
187,139
194,483
Himachal Pradesh
11,072
11,824
Jammu & Kashmir
79,862
82,200
Karnataka
265,531
281,463
Kerala
10,331
10,832
Kolkata
193,683
205,687
Madhya Pradesh
253,607
267,333
Maharashtra
353,187
371,633
Mumbai
61,722
65,148
North East
15,222
16,503
Odisha
57,163
60,712
Punjab
250,624
263,452
Rajasthan
299,821
312,965
Tamil Nadu
183,779
195,300
Uttar Pradesh (East)
290,342
302,014
Uttar Pradesh (West)
368,895
384,717
West Bengal
129,649
134,509
TOTAL
4,285,595
4,505,055
Net Addition
219,460
Monthly Growth %
5.12%
(Wireless+
(in million)
2026
(DSL, FTTx, Ethernet/LAN, Cable Modem, ILL)
(5G FWA, Wi-Fi, Wi-Max, Radio/UBR, Satellite)
(Handset/Dongle/M2M-based-3G, 4G, 5G)
(In million)
(In million)
(In million)
Category
Percentage of VLR Subscribers for the Top Four Access Service Providers in the month of April 2026
the month of
the month of
Shri Akhilesh Kumar Trivedi, Advisor (NSL-II),
Wireline)
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
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.
World Trade Centre, Tower-F,
Nauroji Nagar, New Delhi - 110029
Ph: 011-20907758 (Arun Agarwal)
E-mail: advmn@trai.gov.in Pr. Advisor (NSL), TRAI
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Note:
* The wireless subscriber base comprises of wireless mobile telephone subscribers (including M2M cellular mobile connections), and FWA subscribers.
@ 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.
# VLR is an acronym of Visitor Location Register. The dates of peak VLR for various Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) may be different in different service areas.
Segment-wise Broadband Subscribers and Monthly Growth Rate in the month of April 2026
Top five Broadband (Wired & Wireless) Service providers at the end of April 2026
Service Provider-wise Market Share of Broadband (Wired & Wireless) Services at the end of April 2026
Top Five Fixed Wired Access Broadband Service providers at the end of April 2026
Top five Wireless (Fixed wireless & mobile) Access Broadband Service providers at the end of April 2026
Access Service Provider-wise Market Share of wireline Subscribers at the end of April 2026
Access Service Provider-wise Net Addition/Decline in Wireline Subscribers during the month of April 2026
Note: In the calculation of Tele-density figures, M2M cellular mobile connections have also been included.
(A) Wireless (mobile) subscriber Base
Note: In the calculation of Tele-density figures, M2M cellular mobile connections have also been included.
* At the end of April 2026, the private access service providers held 92.67% of the market share in terms of wireless (mobile) subscribers, whereas PSU access service providers viz. BSNL and MTNL together held a market share of 7.33%.
Access Service Provider-wise Market Shares in term of Wireless (Mobile) Subscribers at the end of April 2026
Net Addition/ Decline in Wireless (Mobile) Subscribers of Access Service Providers in the month of April 2026
Growth in Wireless (Mobile) Subscribers
Major Access Service Provider-wise Monthly Growth/ Decline Rate of Wireless (Mobile) Subscribers in the month of April 2026
Licensed Service Area (LSA)-wise Monthly Growth/ Decline rate of Wireless (Mobile) Subscribers in the month of April 2026
(B) Wireless (FWA) subscriber Base
Note: In the calculation of Tele-density figures, M2M cellular mobile connections have also been included.
Telephone subscriber base at the end of April 2026 (in million)
* Wireless (mobile) connections Consumer SIM + M2M SIM
Overall Tele-density (LSA Wise) - At the end of April 2026
Notes: -
Circle Category-wise Net Additions in Telephone Subscribers in the Month of April 2026
Circle Category-wise Monthly and Yearly Growth Rates in Telephone Subscribers in the Month of April 2026
* The wireless subscriber base comprises of wireless mobile telephone subscribers (including M2M cellular mobile connections), and FWA subscribers.
Note: Circle Category-Metro includes Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata.
Annexure IV
VLR Subscribers in the Wireless Segment
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: -
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.
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
Annexure-V
Annexure-VI
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.
