Highlights of Telecom Subscription Data as on 30th April 2025

Ministry of Communications Highlights of Telecom Subscription Data as on 30th April 2025 Posted On: 29 MAY 2025 1:44PM by PIB Delhi th Highlights of Telecom Subscription Data as on 30 April 2025 Total Particulars Wireless Wireline (Wireless+ Wireline) 41.41 Broadband Subscribers (Million) 901.67* 943.09 Urban Telephone Subscribers (Million) 633.29* 33.90 667.19 Net Addition in April 2025 (Million) 0.72 0.36 1.08 Monthly Growth Rate 0.11% 1.07% 0.16% Rural Telephone Subscribers (Million) 533.14* 3.51 536.65 Net Addition in April 2025 (Million) 1.95 0.01 1.96 Monthly Growth Rate 0.37% 0.33% 0.37% Total Telephone Subscribers (Million) 1166.43* 37.41 1203.84 Net Addition in April 2025 (Million) 2.68 0.37 3.05 Monthly Growth Rate 0.23% 1.00% 0.25% Overall Tele-density@ (%) 82.54% 2.65% 85.19% Urban Tele-density@ (%) 124.78% 6.68% 131.46% Rural Tele-density@ (%) 58.87% 0.39% 59.26% Share of Urban Subscribers 54.29% 90.61% 55.42% Share of Rural Subscribers 45.71% 9.39% 44.58% In the month of April 2025, 13.48 million subscribers submitted their requests for Mobile Number (cid:108) Portability (MNP). # The number of active wireless (Mobile) subscribers (on the date of peak VLR ) in April 2025 was (cid:108) 1072.73 million. ______________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________ Note: * 1. Wireless includes 5G FWA (Fixed Wireless Access) subscription also. 2. @ Based on the projection of population from the ‘Report of the Technical Group on Population Projections for India and States 2011 – 2036’. 3. # VLR is acronym of Visitor Location Register. The dates of peak VLR for various TSPs are differentin different service areas. 4. Information in this Press Release is based on the data provided by the Service Providers. 5. I. Broadband Subscribers As per information received from 1462 operators in April 2025, in comparison to 1206 operators in (cid:108) March 2025, the total Broadband Subscribers decreased from 944.12 million at the end of March 2025 to 943.09 million at the end of April 2025 with a monthly growth rate of -0.11%. Segment-wise broadband subscribers and their monthly growth rates are as below: - Segment–wise Broadband Subscribers and Monthly Growth Rate in the month of April 2025 Subscribers Segment Subscription (in million) % Change Mar-25 Apr-25 Fixed (wired) Broadband W i r e d (DSL, FTTx, Ethernet/LAN, Cable 41.39 41.41 0.07% subscribers Modem, ILL) Fixed Wireless Broadband (5G FWA, Wi-Fi, Wi-Max, Radio, 4.89 4.87 -0.55% W i r e l e s s Satellite) Subscribers Mobile Broadband 897.84 896.81 -0.12% (Handset/Dongle based) Total Broadband Subscribers 944.12* 943.09* -0.11% * This report has been prepared considering the last reported (November 2024) internet subscription data submitted by M/s Reliance Jio Infocom Ltd. and M/s Bharti Airtel Ltd., as they did not submit the required data in the prescribed report format since December 2024. th As on 30 April 2025, top five Broadband (Wired + Wireless) Service providers Subscriber base S.N. Name of the Service Provider (In million) 1. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd 476.58* 2. Bharti Airtel Ltd. 289.31* 3. Vodafone Idea Ltd. 125.63 4. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. 34.26 5. Atria Convergence Technologies Limited 2.30 Market Share of Top Five Broadband (Wired+Wireless) 98.41% *As per reported data of November,2024 The graphical representation of the service provider-wise market share of broadband services is given (cid:108) below: - Service Provider-wise Market Share of Broadband th (wired + wireless) Services as on 30 April, 2025th As on 30 April, 2025, Top Five Fixed (Wired) Broadband Service providers Subscriber base S.N. Name of the Service Provider (In million) 1. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd 11.48* 2. Bharti Airtel Ltd 8.55* 3. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd 4.32 4. Atria Convergence Technologies Limited 2.30 5. Kerala Vision Broadband Ltd 1.33 Market Share of Top Five Fixed (Wired) Broadband Service 67.56% Providers *As per reported data of November, 2024 th As on 30 April, 2025, top five Wireless (Fixed wireless & mobile) Broadband Service providers Subscriber base S.N. Name of the Service Provider (In million) 1. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd 465.10* 2. Bharti Airtel Ltd 280.76* 3. Vodafone Idea Ltd 125.63 4. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd 29.94 5. IBus Virtual Network Services Private Limited 0.09 Market Share of Top Five Wireless Broadband Service Providers 99.98% * As per reported data of November, 2024 II. Wireline SubscribersWireline subscribers increased from 37.04 million at the end of March-25 to 37.41 million at the end of (cid:108) April-25. Net increase in the wireline subscriber base was 0.37 million with a monthly growth rate of 1.00%. The Overall wireline Tele-density in India increased from 2.62% at the end of March-25 to 2.65% at the (cid:108) end of April-25. Urban and Rural Wireline Tele-density were 6.68% and 0.39%, respectively, during the same period. The share of urban and rural subscribers in total wireline subscribers were 90.61% and 9.39% respectively at the end of April, 2024. BSNL, MTNL, and APSFL, the three PSU access service providers, held 27.40% of the wireline market (cid:108) th share as on 30 April 2025. Detailed statistics of the wireline subscriber base are available at Annexure- I. Access Service Provider-wise Market Share of Wireline Subscribers th as on 30 April, 2025 Access Service Provider-wise Net Addition/Decline in wireline Subscribers during the month of April, 2025III. Wireless (Mobile + 5G FWA) Subscribers Total wireless (mobile + 5G FWA) subscribers increased from 1,163.76 million at the end of March-25 (cid:108) to 1,166.43 million at the end of April-25, thereby registering a monthly growth rate of 0.23%. Total Wireless subscription in urban areas increased from 632.57 million at the end of March-25 to 633.29 million at the end of April-25. The subscription in rural areas also increased from 531.18 million to 533.14 million during the same period. The monthly growth rate of urban and rural wireless subscriptions was 0.11% and 0.37%, respectively. The Wireless Tele-density in India increased from 82.42% at the end of March-25 to 82.54% at the end (cid:108) of April-25. The Urban Wireless Tele-density decreased from 124.83% at the end of March-25 to124.78% at the end of April-25. The Rural Tele-density increased from 58.67% to 58.87% during the same period. The share of urban and rural wireless subscribers in the total number of wireless subscribers was 54.29% and 45.71%, respectively, at the end of April-25. The details of Wireless (mobile and 5G FWA) subscribers are detailed below: (cid:108) (A) Wireless (mobile) subscriber Total wireless (mobile) subscribers increased from 1,156.99 million at the end of March-25 to 1,158.93 (cid:108) million at the end of April-25, thereby registering a monthly growth rate of 0.17%. Wireless (mobile) subscription in urban areas increased from 628.31 million at the end of March-25 to 628.57 million at the end of April-25 and wireless (mobile) subscription in rural areas also increased from 528.68 million to 530.36 million during the same period. Monthly growth rate of urban and rural wireless (mobile) subscription was 0.04% and 0.32% respectively.The Wireless (mobile) Tele-density in India increased from 81.94% at the end of March-25 to 82.01% at (cid:108) the end of April-25. The Urban Wireless Tele-density decreased from 123.99% at the end of March-25 to 123.85% at the end of April-25 and Rural Tele-density increased from 58.40% to 58.57% during the same period. The share of urban and rural wireless (mobile) subscribers in total number of wireless (mobile) subscribers was 54.24% and 45.76% respectively at the end of April 2025. Detailed statistics of wireless (mobile) subscriber base are available at Annexure-II. th • As on 30 April 2025, the private access service providers held 92.08% market share of the wireless (mobile) subscribers, whereas BSNL and MTNL, the two PSU access service providers, had a market share of only 7.92%. The graphical representation of access service provider-wise market share and net additions in wireless (cid:108) (mobile) subscriber base are given below: - th Access Service Provider-wise Market Shares in term of Wireless (Mobile) Subscribers as on 30 April 2025Net Addition/ Decline in Wireless (Mobile) Subscribers of Access Service Providers in the month of April, 2025 Growth in Wireless (Mobile) Subscribers Major Access Service Provider-wise Monthly Growth/ Decline Rate of Wireless Subscribers in the month of April, 2025Service Area-wise Monthly Growth/ Decline Rate of Wireless (Mobile) Subscribers in the month of April, 2025 Except Kolkata, Punjab and Mumbai, all other service areas have shown growth in their wireless (cid:108) (mobile) subscribers during the month of April-25. (B) Wireless (5G FWA) subscribers Total wireless (5G FWA) subscribers increased from 6.77 million at the end of March-25 to 7.50 million (cid:108) at the end of April-25 with subscriptions in urban and rural areas of 4.72 million and 2.77 million, respectively The share of urban and rural wireless (5G FWA) subscribers in the total number of wireless (5G FWA) (cid:108)subscribers was 63.01% and 36.99%, respectively at the end of April-25. Detailed statistics of the wireless (5G FWA) subscriber base is available at Annexure-V. IV. M2M cellular mobile connections The number of M2M cellular mobile connections increased from 66.54 million at the end of March- 25 to 69.87 million at the end of April-25. Bharti Airtel Limited has the highest number of M2M cellular mobile connections of 37.28 million with a market share of 53.35%, followed by Vodafone idea Limited, Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited and BSNL with market share of 23.64%, 18.24% and 4.77% respectively. V. Total Telephone Subscribers The number of total telephone subscribers in India increased from 1,200.80 million at the end of March- (cid:108)25 to 1,203.84 million at the end of April-25, thereby showing a monthly growth rate of 0.25%. Urban telephone subscription increased from 666.11 million at the end of March-25 to 667.19 million at the end of April-25 and the rural subscription also increased from 534.69 million to 536.65 million during the same period. The monthly growth rates of urban and rural telephone subscription were 0.16% and 0.37% respectively during the month of April, 2025. The overall Tele-density in India increased from 85.04% at the end of March-25 to 85.19% at the end of (cid:108) April-25. The Urban Tele-density increased from 131.45% at the end of March-25 to 131.46% at the end of April-25 and Rural Tele-density also increased from 59.06% to 59.26% during the same period. The share of urban and rural subscribers in total number of telephone subscribers at the end of April-25 were 55.42% and 44.58% respectively. th Overall Tele-density (LSA Wise) – As on 30 April, 2025As may be seen in the above chart, eight LSA have less tele-density than the all-India average tele- (cid:108) density at the end of April-25. Delhi service area has the maximum tele-density of 276.75% and the Bihar service area has the minimum tele-density of 57.37% at the end of April-25. Notes: - 1. Population data/projections are available state wise only. 2. Tele-density figures are derived from the telephone subscriber data provided by the access service providers and the projection of population from the “Report of the Technical Group on Population Projections for India and States 2011 – 2036. 3. Telephone subscriber data for Delhi includes, apart from the data for the State of Delhi, wireless subscriber data for the areas served by the local exchanges of Ghaziabad & Noida (in Uttar Pradesh) and Gurgaon & Faridabad (in Haryana). 4. Data/information for West Bengal includes Kolkata, Maharashtra includes Mumbai and Uttar Pradesh includes UPE & UPW service area(s). 5. Data/information for Andhra Pradesh includes Telengana, Madhya Pradesh includes Chhatishgarh, Bihar includes Jharkhand, Maharashtra includes Goa, Uttar Pradesh includes Uttarakhand, West Bengal includes Sikkim and North-East includes Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland & Tripura States. VI. Category-wise Growth in subscriber base Circle Category-wise Net Additions in Telephone Subscribers in the month April, 2025 Net additions in the month of April Telephone Subscriber base as on 30th Circle 2025 April 2025 Category W i r e l e s s * Wireline segment Wireline segment Wireless* segment segment Circle A 123033 1122724 14691279 387660891 Circle B 126718 731768 10326625 472204750 Circle C 58320 832811 3004991 193100415Metro 62149 -11939 9388059 113464478 All India 370220 2675364 37410954 1166430534 *Wireless includes 5G FWA subscription also Circle Category-wise monthly and yearly Growth Rates in Telephone Subscribers in the month of April, 2025 Monthly growth rate (%) Yearly growth rate (%) C i r c l e (March-25 to April-25) (April-24 to April-25) Category Wireline Segment Wireless* Segment Wireline Segment Wireless* Segment Circle A 0.84% 0.29% 10.12% -0.19% Circle B 1.24% 0.16% 12.25% -0.25% Circle C 1.98% 0.43% 11.93% 2.18% Metro 0.67% -0.01% 3.89% -1.10% All India 1.00% 0.23% 9.19% 0.08% *Wireless includes 5G FWA subscription also. Note: Circle Category-Metro includes Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. Data for Chennai has been included in Circle Category-A, as part of Tamil Nadu. As can be seen in the above tables, in the wireless segment, during the month of April 2025, on a (cid:108) monthly basis, all circles, except ‘Metro’, have registered a growth in their subscriber bases; on a yearly basis, except Circle ‘C’, all other circles have registered a decline in their subscriber bases. In the Wireline segment, during the month of April-2025, on a monthly and yearly basis, all circles have (cid:108) registered a growth in their subscriber bases. Out of the total 1158.93 million wireless subscribers, 1072.73 million wireless subscribers were active on (cid:108) the date of peak VLR in the month of April-25. The proportion of active wireless subscribers was approximately 92.56% of the total wireless subscriber base. The detailed statistics on proportion of active wireless subscribers (also referred to as VLR subscribers) (cid:108) on the date of peak VLR in the month of April-25 is available at Annexure-III and the methodology used for reporting VLR subscribers is available at Annexure-IV. Access Service Provider-wise Percentage of VLR Subscribers in the month of April, 2025Reliance Communication has the maximum proportion (100%) of its active wireless subscribers (VLR) (cid:108) as against its total wireless subscribers (HLR) on the date of peak VLR in the month of April-25. MTNL has the minimum proportion of VLR (47.27%) of its HLR during the same period. Service Area wise percentage of VLR Subscribers in the month of April, 2025 VIII. Mobile Number Portability (MNP) Mobile number portability (MNP) was implemented in Haryana service area w.e.f. 25.11.2010 and in the (cid:108)rest of the country w.e.f. 20.01.2011. Initially it was available only within the same Licensed Service Area (LSA). Inter-Service Area MNP has been implemented in the country w.e.f. 03.07.2015 allowing the wireless subscribers to retain their mobile numbers when they relocate from one service area to another. During the month of April-2025, a total of 13.48 million requests were received for MNP. Out of total (cid:108) 13.48 million, new requests received from Zone-I & Zone-II were 7.60 million and 5.88 million respectively. In MNP Zone-I (Northern and Western India), the highest number of requests till date have been received (cid:108) in Uttar Pradesh-East (113.81 million) followed by Maharashtra (91.80 million) service area. In MNP Zone-II (Southern and Eastern India), the highest number of requests till date have been received (cid:108) in Madhya Pradesh (89.58 million) followed by Karnataka (74.10 million). Service Area Wise MNP Status Zone-I Zone–II Cumulative Number of Cumulative Number of Porting Requests Till (in Porting Requests Till Service Area Service Area Million) (in Million) Mar-25 Apr-25 Mar-25 Apr-25 A n d h r a Delhi 53.25 53.87 72.69 73.33 Pradesh Gujarat 76.11 77.03 Assam 8.20 8.30 Haryana 35.19 35.58 Bihar 64.93 65.97 H i m a c h a l 4.68 4.74 Karnataka 73.53 74.10 Pradesh J a m m u & 3.23 3.30 Kerala 26.34 26.58 Kashmir Maharashtra 90.87 91.80 Kolkata 20.17 20.36 M a d h y a Mumbai 36.23 36.50 88.41 89.58 Pradesh Punjab 36.37 36.72 North East 2.55 2.58 Rajasthan 74.56 75.23 Odisha 19.48 19.70 U.P.(East) 111.89 113.81 Tamil Nadu 69.33 69.96 U.P.(West) 84.03 85.44 West Bengal 66.88 67.93 Total 606.43 614.03 Total 512.51 518.38 Total (Zone-I + Zone-II) 1,118.94 1,132.41 Net Addition (April 2025) 13.48 Contact details in case of any clarification: - 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 (S.B. Singh) E-mail: advmn@trai.gov.in Pr. Advisor (NSL), TRAINote: Peak VLR figures in some circles of some of the service providers are more than their HLR figures due to a large number of inroamers. 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: - 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) 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 andVLR. 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. *** Samrat/Allen (Release ID: 2132280)