India, June 25 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Particulars
Wireless*
Wireline
Total
Broadband Subscribers (Million)
1032.75
47.40
1080.15
Urban Telephone Subscribers (Million)
744.36
43.35
787.71
Net Addition in May 2026 (Million)
4.58
0.01
4.59
Monthly Growth Rate
0.62%
0.01%
0.59%
Rural Telephone Subscribers (Million)
550.11
5.28
555.39
Net Addition in May 2026 (Million)
0.92
0.05
0.98
Monthly Growth Rate
0.17%
1.03%
0.18%
Total Telephone Subscribers (Million)
1294.46
48.64
1343.10
Net Addition in May 2026 (Million)
5.50
0.06
5.56
Monthly Growth Rate
0.43%
0.12%
0.42%
Share of Urban Subscribers
57.50%
89.13%
58.65%
Share of Rural Subscribers
42.50%
10.87%
41.35%
Overall Tele-density@ with M2M cellular mobile connections
90.61%
3.40%
94.02%
Urban Tele-density@
144.39%
8.41%
152.80%
Rural Tele-density@
60.25%
0.58%
60.83%
Tele-density@ without M2M cellular mobile connections
81.44%
3.40%
84.84%
Segment
Subscription
Broadband Subscribers
Percentage Change
April 2026
May
Wired subscribers
Fixed Wired Access
46.84
47.40
1.18%
Wireless Subscribers
Fixed Wireless Access
17.54
17.97
2.46%
Mobile Wireless Access
1009.06
1014.79
0.57%
Total Broadband Subscriptions
1073.44
1080.15
0.63%
S.N.
Service Provider
Subscriber base
Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd.
529.61
Bharti Airtel Ltd.
376.11
Vodafone Idea Ltd.
129.21
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.
27.52
Atria Convergence Technologies Ltd.
2.43
Market Share of Top Five Broadband (Wired & Wireless) Service Providers
98.59%
S.N.
Service Provider
Subscriber base
Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd.
14.47
Bharti Airtel Ltd.
10.98
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd
4.50
Atria Convergence Technologies Ltd.
2.43
Kerala Vision Broadband Ltd.
1.51
Market Share of Top Five Fixed (Wired) Access Broadband Service Providers
71.53%
S.N.
Service Provider
Subscriber base
Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd.
515.14
Bharti Airtel Ltd.
365.13
Vodafone Idea Ltd.
129.21
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.
23.02
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
1,145.88
1,294.46
2.
M2M SIM
131.11
3.
FWA
17.47
4.
Wireline
48.64
5.
Total
1,343.10
S. No.
Item
No. of subscribers
1.
Total number of Wireless (mobile) connections including M2M cellular mobile connections *
1,277.00
2.
Number of Wireless (mobile) connections excluding M2M cellular mobile connections
1,145.88
Circle
Net additions in the month of May 2026
Telephone Subscriber base at the end of May 2026
Wireline segment
Wireless* segment
Wireline segment
Wireless* segment
Circle A
17,221
1,661,015
20,857,507
433,758,301
Circle B
36,822
2,413,585
12,033,508
503,607,725
Circle C
35,412
715,767
3,765,470
215,241,430
Metro
-29,361
714,072
11,979,172
141,856,945
All India
60,094
5,504,439
48,635,657
1,294,464,401
Circle Category
Monthly growth rate (%) (April 2026 to May 2026)
Yearly growth rate (%) (May 2025 to May 2026)
Wireline Segment
Wireless* Segment
Wireline Segment
Wireless* Segment
Circle A
0.08%
0.38%
37.65%
11.61%
Circle B
0.31%
0.48%
10.95%
6.43%
Circle C
0.95%
0.33%
19.20%
11.13%
Metro
-0.24%
0.51%
26.05%
25.64%
All India
0.12%
0.43%
25.80%
10.79%
Service Area wise percentage of VLR subscribers in the month of May 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
April-26
May-26
April-26
May-26
Delhi
0.63
0.60
Andhra Pradesh
0.61
0.59
Gujarat
1.01
0.90
Assam
0.13
0.14
Haryana
0.41
0.40
Bihar
1.34
1.41
Himachal Pradesh
0.06
0.05
Karnataka
0.54
0.57
Jammu & Kashmir
0.09
0.09
Kerala
0.23
0.24
Maharashtra
0.97
0.87
Kolkata
0.18
0.19
Mumbai
0.26
0.22
Madhya Pradesh
1.34
1.37
Punjab
0.39
0.36
North East
0.04
0.05
Rajasthan
0.79
0.76
Odisha
0.24
0.25
U.P.(East)
2.14
2.06
Tamil Nadu
0.52
0.51
U.P.(West)
1.51
1.49
West Bengal
1.33
1.35
Total
8.24
7.79
Total
6.50
6.67
Total (Zone-I + Zone-II)
14.74
14.46
Contact details in case of any clarification: -
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.
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
Apr-26
May-26
Apr-26
May-26
Apr-26
May-26
Andhra Pradesh
323,724
321,953
752,750
766,813
1,076,474
1,088,766
Assam
81,383
82,598
208,854
211,928
290,237
294,526
Bihar
192,357
192,557
741,091
759,255
933,448
951,812
Delhi
182,336
184,247
232,376
233,520
414,712
417,767
Gujarat
211,740
213,727
463,517
470,483
675,257
684,210
Haryana
100,633
100,541
250,180
256,152
350,813
356,693
Himachal Pradesh
19,516
19,964
83,309
84,407
102,825
104,371
Jammu & Kashmir
70,320
68,093
187,382
189,929
257,702
258,022
Karnataka
306,470
309,712
441,506
448,775
747,976
758,487
Kerala
70,004
71,428
202,215
203,990
272,219
275,418
Kolkata
103,262
104,684
168,435
170,848
271,697
275,532
Madhya Pradesh
170,394
171,598
606,512
621,665
776,906
793,263
Maharashtra
321,413
323,818
655,979
668,086
977,392
991,904
Mumbai
118,663
119,673
112,914
114,229
231,577
233,902
North East
41,790
41,566
95,428
97,502
137,218
139,068
Odisha
87,465
87,943
329,964
338,232
417,429
426,175
Punjab
181,803
181,440
523,527
531,650
705,330
713,090
Rajasthan
225,697
225,253
499,499
510,170
725,196
735,423
Tamil Nadu
424,480
427,746
410,423
417,383
834,903
845,129
Uttar Pradesh (East)
242,487
240,838
744,333
761,154
986,820
1,001,992
Uttar Pradesh (West)
177,497
173,923
576,731
591,140
754,228
765,063
West Bengal
103,055
100,960
506,825
521,256
609,880
622,216
TOTAL
3,756,489
3,764,262
8,793,750
8,968,567
12,550,239
12,732,829
Net Addition
7,773
174,817
182,590
Monthly Growth %
0.21%
1.99%
1.45%
UBR- Fixed Wireless Subscribers
TSPs Name ->
Reliance Jio
vTelecom Service Area
Apr-26
May-26
Andhra Pradesh
375,158
398,548
Assam
38,202
40,203
Bihar
305,328
321,582
Delhi
316,296
332,746
Gujarat
309,296
324,845
Haryana
194,483
201,976
Himachal Pradesh
11,824
12,607
Jammu & Kashmir
82,200
83,889
Karnataka
281,463
297,363
Kerala
10,832
11,476
Kolkata
205,687
217,519
Madhya Pradesh
267,333
283,736
Maharashtra
371,633
390,187
Mumbai
65,148
68,086
North East
16,503
17,809
Odisha
60,712
64,365
Punjab
263,452
276,487
Rajasthan
312,965
324,691
Tamil Nadu
195,300
207,170
Uttar Pradesh (East)
302,014
314,987
Uttar Pradesh (West)
384,717
402,063
West Bengal
134,509
140,368
TOTAL
4,505,055
4,732,703
Net Addition
227,648
Monthly Growth %
5.05%
(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
the month of
the month of
Wireline)
Percentage of VLR Subscribers for the Top Four Access Service Providers in the month of May 2026
Shri Akhilesh Kumar Trivedi, Advisor (NSL-II),
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
World Trade Centre, Tower-F,
Nauroji Nagar, New Delhi - 110029
Ph: 011-20907758
E-mail: advmn@trai.gov.in
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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 May 2026
Top five Broadband (Wired & Wireless) Service providers at the end of May 2026
Service Provider-wise Market Share of Broadband (Wired & Wireless) Services at the end of May 2026
Top Five Fixed Wired Access Broadband Service providers at the end of May 2026
Top five Wireless (Fixed wireless & mobile) Access Broadband Service
providers at the end of May 2026
Access Service Provider-wise Market Share of Wireline Subscribers at the end of May 2026
Access Service Provider-wise Net Addition/Decline in Wireline Subscribers during the month of May 2026
Note: In the calculation of Tele-density figures, M2M cellular mobile connections have also been considered.
(A) Wireless (mobile) subscriber Base
Note: In the calculation of Tele-density figures, M2M cellular mobile connections have also been considered.
* At the end of May 2026, the private access service providers held 92.71% 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 7.29%.
Access Service Provider-wise Market Shares in term of Wireless (Mobile) Subscribers at the end of May 2026
Net Addition/ Decline in Wireless (Mobile) Subscribers of Access Service Providers in the month of May 2026
Growth in Wireless (Mobile) Subscribers
Major Access Service Provider-wise Monthly Growth/ Decline Rate of Wireless (Mobile) Subscribers in the month of May 2026
Licensed Service Area (LSA)-wise Monthly Growth/ Decline rate of Wireless (Mobile) Subscribers in the month of May 2026
(B) Wireless (FWA) subscriber Base
Note: In the calculation of Tele-density figures, M2M cellular mobile connections have also been considered.
Telephone subscriber base at the end of May 2026 (in million)
Wireless (mobile) subscriber base at the end of May 2026 (in million)
* Wireless (mobile) connections Consumer SIM + M2M SIM
Overall Tele-density (LSA Wise) - At the end of May 2026
Notes: -
Circle Category-wise Net Additions in Telephone Subscribers in the Month
of May 2026
Circle Category-wise Monthly and Yearly Growth Rates in
Telephone Subscribers in the Month of May 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.
