Highlights of Telecom Subscription Data as on 30th November 2025

Ministry of Communications Highlights of Telecom Subscription Data as on 30th November 2025 प्रव तथ: 31 DEC 2025 7:05PM by PIB Delhi Particulars Wireless* Wireline Total (Wireless+ Wireline) Broadband Subscribers (Million) 958.54 45.11 1003.65 Urban Telephone Subscribers (Million) 650.22 41.94 692.16 Net Addition in November 2025 (Million) 2.39 0.16 2.55 Monthly Growth Rate 0.37% 0.38% 0.37% Rural Telephone Subscribers (Million) 537.26 5.11 542.37 Net Addition in November 2025 (Million) 0.47 0.14 0.60 Monthly Growth Rate 0.09% 2.72% 0.11% Total Telephone Subscribers (Million) 1187.48 47.05 1234.53 Net Addition in November 2025 (Million) 2.86 0.30 3.16 Monthly Growth Rate 0.24% 0.63% 0.26% Overall Tele-density@(%) 83.46% 3.31% 86.77% Urban Tele-density@(%) 127.19% 8.20% 135.39% Rural Tele-density@(%) 58.94% 0.56% 59.50% Share of Urban Subscribers 54.76% 89.14% 56.07% Share of Rural Subscribers 45.24% 10.86% 43.93% In the month of November 2025, 14.69 million subscribers submitted their requests for Mobile Number Portability (MNP). The Number of active wireless (mobile) subscribers (on the date of peak VLR#) in November 2025 was 1090.91 million. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Note: * Wireless includes Fixed Wireless Access [FWA] subscription also. @ In this press release, Tele-density as on 30th November 2025 has been computed based on the projection of population from the ‘Report of the Technical Group on Population Projections for India and States 2011 – 2036’, published in July 2020. Previous months’ ‘Telecom Subscription Data’ was published based on the projection of population from the ‘Report of the Technical Group on Population Projections for India and States 2011 – 2036’, published in November 2019. # 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.Information in this Press Release is based on the data provided by the Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) to TRAI. I. Broadband Subscribers As per the information received from 1488 operators for the month of November 2025, the total number of broadband subscribers increased from 999.81 million at the end of October 2025 to 1003.65 million at the end of November 2025 with a monthly growth rate of 0.38%. Segment-wise number of broadband subscribers and their monthly growth rates are as below: - Segment–wise Broadband Subscribers and Monthly Growth Rate in the month of November 2025 Segment Subscription Broadband Subscribers Percentage Change (in million) October November 2025 2025 Wired Fixed Wired Access 44.82 45.11 0.64% subscribers (DSL, FTTx, Ethernet/LAN, Cable Modem, ILL) Wireless Fixed Wireless Access 13.18 14.06 6.69% Subscribers (5G FWA, Wi-Fi, Wi-Max, Radio/UBR, Satellite) Mobile Wireless Access 941.82 944.48 0.28% (3G, 4G, 5G) Total Broadband Subscribers 999.81 1003.65 0.38% Top five Broadband (Wired & Wireless) Service providers as on 30st November 2025 S.N. Service Provider Subscriber base (In million) 1. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. 510.52 2. Bharti Airtel Ltd. 314.26 3. Vodafone Idea Ltd. 127.75 4. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. 33.85 5. Atria Convergence Technologies Ltd. 2.35 Market Share of Top Five Broadband (Wired & Wireless) Service 98.51% Providers The graphical representation of the service provider-wise market share of broadband services is given below: - Service Provider-wise Market Share of Broadband (Wired & Wireless) Services as on 30th November 2025Top Five Fixed Wired Access Broadband Service providers as on 30th November 2025 S.N. Service Provider Subscriber base (In million) 1. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. 13.59 2. Bharti Airtel Ltd. 10.05 3. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd 4.45 4. Atria Convergence Technologies Ltd. 2.35 5. Kerala Vision Broadband Ltd. 1.44 Market Share of Top Five Fixed (Wired) Access Broadband Service 70.68% Providers Top five Wireless (Fixed wireless & mobile) Access Broadband Service providers as on 30th November 2025 S.N. Service Provider Subscriber base (In million) 1. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. 496.92 2. Bharti Airtel Ltd. 304.21 3. Vodafone Idea Ltd. 127.74 4. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. 29.4 5. IBus Virtual Network Services Private Limited 0.12 Market Share of Top Five Wireless (Fixed wireless & Mobile) Access 99.99% Broadband Service providers II. Wireline Telephone Subscriber Base The number of wireline subscribers increased from 46.75 million at the end of October 2025 to 47.05 million at the end of November 2025. The net increase in the wireline subscriber base was 0.30 million with a monthly growth rate of 0.63%. The overall wireline tele-density in India increased from 3.29% at the end of October 2025 to 3.31% at the end of November 2025. Urban and rural wireline tele-density were 8.20% and 0.56% respectively, as on 30th November 2025. The share of urban subscribers and rural subscribers in total wireline subscribers were 89.14% and 10.86% respectively, at the end of November 2025. PSU access service providers viz. BSNL, MTNL, and APSFL together held 19.96% of the wireline market share as on 30th November 2025. Detailed statistics of the wireline subscriber base are available at Annexure-I. Access Service Provider-wise Market Share of Wireline Subscribers as on 30th November 2025The net addition/ decline in the wireline subscriber base of various access service providers in the month of November 2025 is given below: Access Service Provider-wise Net Addition/Decline in Wireline Subscribers during the month of November 2025 III. Wireless Telephone (Mobile + FWA) Subscriber Base The number of wireless (Mobile + Fixed Wireless Access) subscribers increased from 1184.62 million at the end of October 2025 to 1187.48 million at the end of November 2025, thereby registering a monthly growth rate of 0.24%. Total wireless subscription in urban areas increased from 647.82 million on 31st October 2025 to 650.22 million on 30th November 2025. The subscription in rural areas also increased from 536.80 million to 537.26 million during the same period. The monthly growth rate of urban and rural wireless subscriptions was 0.37% and 0.09% respectively.The wireless tele-density in India decreased from 83.47% at the end of October 2025 to 83.46% at the end of November 2025. The urban wireless tele-density increased from 126.50% at the end of October 2025 to 127.19% at the end of November 2025. The rural wireless tele-density decreased from 59.17% to 58.94% during the same period. The share of urban and rural wireless subscribers in the total number of wireless subscribers was 54.76% and 45.24% respectively, at the end of November 2025. The details of wireless (mobile) subscribers and wireless (FWA) subscribers are given below: (A) Wireless (mobile) subscriber Base The number of wireless (mobile) subscribers increased from 1171.87 million at the end of October 2025 to 1173.88 million at the end of November 2025 thereby registering a monthly growth rate of 0.17%. Wireless (mobile) subscription in urban areas increased from 639.99 million at the end of October 2025 to 641.83 million at the end of November 2025 and wireless (mobile) subscription in rural areas increased from 531.88 million to 532.06 million during the same period. The monthly growth rates of urban and rural wireless (mobile) subscription were 0.29% and 0.03% respectively. The wireless (mobile) tele-density in India decreased from 82.57% at the end of October 2025 to 82.51% at the end of November 2025. The urban wireless (mobile) tele-density increased from 124.97% at the end of October 2025 to 125.55% at the end of November 2025 and rural wireless(mobile) tele-density decreased from 58.63% to 58.37% during the same period. The share of urban and rural wireless (mobile) subscribers in the total number of wireless (mobile) subscribers were 54.68% and 45.32% respectively, at the end of November 2025. The detailed statistics of wireless (mobile) subscriber base is available at Annexure-II. As on 30th November 2025 the private access service providers held 92.06% 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 7.94%. The graphical representation of access service provider-wise market share and net additions in wireless (mobile) subscriber base are given below: - Access Service Provider-wise Market Shares in term of Wireless (Mobile) Subscribers as on 30th November 2025 Net Addition/ Decline in Wireless (Mobile) Subscribers of Access Service Providers in the month of November 2025 Growth in Wireless (Mobile) Subscribers Major Access Service Provider-wise Monthly Growth/ Decline Rate of Wireless (Mobile) Subscribers in the month of November 2025 Licensed Service Area (LSA)-wise Monthly Growth/ Decline rate of Wireless (Mobile) Subscribers in the month of November 2025Except Himachal Pradesh, J&K, Assam and Haryana, all other LSAs have shown growth in their wireless (Mobile) subscribers during the month of November 2025. (B) Wireless (FWA) subscriber Base At present, fixed wireless access (FWA) based services are being provided under two categories viz. a. 5G FWA i.e. FWA using 5G radio access technology; and b. UBR FWA i.e. FWA using Unlicensed Band Radio (UBR) technology. The number of wireless (5G FWA) subscribers increased from 9.91 million at the end of October 2025 to 10.41 million at the end of November 2025 with subscriptions in urban and rural areas as 5.32 million and 5.09 million respectively. The shares of urban and rural wireless (5G FWA) subscribers in total wireless (5G FWA) subscribers were 51.11% and 48.89% respectively, at the end of November 2025. LSA wise information on the wireless (5G FWA) subscriber base is available at Annexure-V. Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited have started reporting the number of UBR FWA subscribers w.e.f. the month of August 2025. UBR FWA subscription stood at 3.19 million at the end of November 2025 with subscriptions in urban and rural areas of 2.26 million and 0.93 million respectively. The shares of urban and rural wireless (UBR FWA) subscribers in total wireless (UBR FWA) subscribers were 70.95% and 29.05% respectively, at the end of November 2025. LSA wise information on the wireless (UBR FWA) subscriber base is available at Annexure-VI. M2M cellular mobile connections The Number of M2M cellular mobile connections increased from 98.87 million at the end of October 2025 to 103.48 million at the end of November 2025.Bharti Airtel Limited has the highest number of M2M cellular mobile connections of 63.08 million with a market share of 60.96%, followed by, Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, Vodafone Idea Limited and BSNL with market share of 17.97%, 17.55% and 3.52% respectively. V. Total Telephone Subscriber Base The number of total telephone subscribers in India increased from 1231.38 million at the end of October 2025 to 1234.53 million at the end of November 2025, thereby showing a monthly growth rate of 0.26%. Urban telephone subscription increased from 689.61 million at the end of October 2025 to 692.16 million at the end of November 2025 and the rural telephone subscription also increased from 541.77 million to 542.37 million during the same period. The monthly growth rates of urban and rural telephone subscription were 0.37% and 0.11% respectively, during the month of November 2025.The overall tele-density in India increased from 86.76% at the end of October 2025 to 86.77% at the end of November 2025. The urban tele-density increased from 134.66% at the end of October 2025 to 135.39% at the end of November 2025 and rural tele-density decreased from 59.72% to 59.50% during the same period. The share of urban and rural subscribers in total number of telephone subscribers at the end of November 2025 were 56.07% and 43.93% respectively. Overall Tele-density (LSA Wise) – As on 30th November 2025 As may be seen in the above chart, eight LSAs have less tele-density than the all-India average tele- density at the end of November 2025. Delhi LSA has the maximum tele-density of 277.09% and the Bihar LSA has the minimum tele-density of 58.23% at the end of November 2025. 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” published in July 2020. 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 areas. 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 of November 2025 Circle Net additions in the month of Telephone Subscriber base as on 30th November 2025 November 2025 Category Wireline Wireless* Wireline Wireless* segment segment segment segment Circle A 117,762 1,622,368 20,068,870 396,121,176 Circle B 105,843 718,076 11,399,249 479,573,275Circle C 45,445 304,595 3,465,299 197,760,639 Metro 26,790 215,273 12,116,774 114,026,119 All India 295,840 2,860,312 47,050,192 1,187,481,209 *Wireless includes FWA subscription also Circle Category-wise Monthly and Yearly Growth Rates in Telephone Subscribers in the Month of November 2025 Circle Monthly growth rate (%) (October Yearly growth rate (%) (November Category 2025 to November 2025) 2024 to November 2025) Wireline Wireless* Segment Wireline Wireless* Segment Segment Segment Circle A 0.59% 0.41% 35.22% 3.45% Circle B 0.94% 0.15% 5.25% 3.15% Circle C 1.33% 0.15% 6.06% 5.15% Metro 0.22% 0.19% 26.72% 1.14% All India 0.63% 0.24% 22.20% 3.38% *Wireless includes FWA subscription also Note: Circle Category-Metro includes Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. As can be seen in the above tables, in the wireless segment, during the month of November 2025, on a monthly basis, all circles have registered a growth in their subscriber bases. On a yearly basis also, all the circles have registered a growth in their wireless subscriber bases. In the wireline segment, during the month of November 2025 on a monthly basis, all circles have registered a growth in their subscribers. On a yearly basis also, all circles have registered a growth in their wireline subscriber bases. VII. Active Wireless (Mobile) Subscribers (VLR Data) Out of the total 1173.88 million wireless (mobile) subscribers, 1090.91 million wireless (mobile) subscribers were active on the date of peak VLR in the month of November 2025. The proportion of active wireless (mobile) subscribers was approximately 92.93% of the total wireless (mobile) subscriber base. The detailed statistics on the proportion of active wireless (mobile) subscribers (also referred to as VLR subscribers) on the date of peak VLR in the month of November 2025 is available at Annexure-III and the methodology used for reporting VLR subscribers is available at Annexure- IV. Percentage of VLR Subscribers for the Top Four Access Service Providers in the month of November 2025Bharti Airtel has the maximum proportion- 98.81% of its active wireless (mobile) subscribers (VLR) as against its total wireless (mobile) subscribers (HLR) on the date of peak VLR in the month of November 2025. BSNL has the minimum proportion of VLR as 58.47% of its HLR during the same period. Service Area wise percentage of VLR Subscribers in the month of November 2025 VIII. Mobile Number Portability (MNP) MNP was implemented in Haryana Licensed Service Area (LSA) with effect from 25.11.2010 and across the rest of the country with effect from 20.01.2011. Initially, it was available only within the same LSA. Inter-LSA MNP was introduced nationwide with effect from 03.07.2015, enabling wireless subscribers to retain their mobile numbers when they relocate from one LSA to another. During the month of November 2025, about 14.69 million subscribers submitted their requests for MNP. Out of total requests, number of requests received from Zone-I & Zone-II were about 7.94 million and 6.74 million respectively. In MNP Zone-I (Northern and Western India), the highest number of requests have been received in UP(East) LSA (1.97 million) followed by U.P.(West) LSA (1.35 million). In MNP Zone-II (Southern and Eastern India), the highest number of requests have been received in Madhya Pradesh LSA (1.40 million) followed by Bihar LSA (1.33 million). Licensed Service Area Wise MNP Status (in million) Zone-I Zone–II Service Area Number of Porting Service Area Number of Porting Requests in Requests in the month of the month of October- November- October- November- 25 25 25 25Delhi 0.66 0.66 Andhra 0.69 0.68 Pradesh Gujarat 0.98 1.00 Assam 0.12 0.12 Haryana 0.43 0.41 Bihar 1.27 1.33 Himachal Pradesh 0.05 0.06 Karnataka 0.62 0.61 Jammu & Kashmir 0.06 0.07 Kerala 0.26 0.26 Maharashtra 1.08 1.06 Kolkata 0.19 0.19 Mumbai 0.27 0.25 Madhya 1.40 1.40 Pradesh Punjab 0.38 0.35 North East 0.03 0.03 Rajasthan 0.78 0.78 Odisha 0.25 0.25 U.P.(East) 2.24 1.97 Tamil Nadu 0.57 0.62 U.P.(West) 1.47 1.35 West Bengal 1.24 1.26 Total 8.40 7.94 Total 6.65 6.74 Total (Zone-I + Zone-II) 15.05 14.69 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 LSAs 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 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 5G-Fixed Wireless Subscribers TSPs Name → Bharti Airtel Reliance Jio Grand Total ↓Telecom Service Oct-25 Nov-25 Oct-25 Nov-25 Oct-25 Nov-25 Area Andhra Pradesh 235,361 257,548 628,014 649,908 863,375 907,456 Assam 48,338 53,944 170,246 178,168 218,584 232,112 Bihar 107,879 123,880 595,045 621,699 702,924 745,579 Delhi 128,273 137,554 229,637 229,289 357,910 366,843 Gujarat 142,042 155,969 411,200 422,040 553,242 578,009 Haryana 68,274 74,090 211,262 216,664 279,536 290,754 Himachal Pradesh 11,834 13,104 69,786 72,734 81,620 85,838 Jammu & 42,175 46,975 162,516 167,716 204,691 214,691 Kashmir Karnataka 221,813 242,390 385,631 393,430 607,444 635,820 Kerala 47,624 52,925 158,936 167,426 206,560 220,351 Kolkata 75,003 80,459 158,927 159,893 233,930 240,352 Madhya Pradesh 107,595 119,531 500,184 518,163 607,779 637,694 Maharashtra 217,618 238,637 572,801 590,209 790,419 828,846 Mumbai 85,839 92,678 100,625 102,937 186,464 195,615 North East 26,453 29,534 80,032 82,420 106,485 111,954 Odisha 56,595 62,951 259,012 273,291 315,607 336,242 Punjab 117,678 128,737 454,094 466,746 571,772 595,483 Rajasthan 148,985 163,034 417,140 432,040 566,125 595,074 Tamil Nadu 305,779 336,051 347,520 355,938 653,299 691,989 Uttar Pradesh 142,066 157,801 614,919 638,577 756,985 796,378 (East) Uttar Pradesh 112,806 124,512 479,234 494,597 592,040 619,109 (West)West Bengal 64,758 73,579 389,107 412,257 453,865 485,836 TOTAL 2,514,788 2,765,883 7,395,868 7,646,142 9,910,656 10,412,025 Net Addition 251,095 250,274 501,369 Monthly Growth 9.98% 3.38% 5.06% % Annexure-VI Fixed-Wireless (UBR) Subscribers Base UBR- Fixed Wireless Subscribers TSPs Name → Reliance Jio* ↓Telecom Service Area Oct-25 Nov-25 Andhra Pradesh 222,266 253,677 Assam 23,244 26,064 Bihar 189,771 214,052 Delhi 194,571 218,156 Gujarat 197,488 221,105 Haryana 130,192 145,809 Himachal Pradesh 7,007 8,012 Jammu & Kashmir 54,076 61,571 Karnataka 169,096 191,937 Kerala 7,657 8,290 Kolkata 120,661 136,949 Madhya Pradesh 161,513 183,781 Maharashtra 233,554 263,210 Mumbai 43,040 47,006 North East 9,932 11,158 Odisha 36,246 41,164 Punjab 173,244 192,084 Rajasthan 203,819 227,735 Tamil Nadu 125,358 138,298 Uttar Pradesh (East) 199,506 221,955 Uttar Pradesh (West) 246,608 277,550 West Bengal 86,657 97,700TOTAL 2,835,506 3,187,263 Net Addition 351,757 Monthly Growth % 12.41% *Only Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited has reported the information on the number of UBR FWA subscribers **** MI/ARJ (रलीज़ आईडी: 2210297) आगंतुक पटल : 820 इस वज्ञ को इन भाषाओ ंम पढ़: ही , Urdu