Highlights of Telecom Subscription Data as on 31st October 2025

Ministry of Communications Highlights of Telecom Subscription Data as on 31st October 2025 प्रव तथ: 28 NOV 2025 5:38PM by PIB Delhi Particulars Wireless* Wireline Total (Wireless+ Wireline) Broadband Subscribers (Million) 954.99 44.82 999.81 Urban Telephone Subscribers (Million) 647.82 41.78 689.61 Net Addition in October 2025 (Million) 0.35 0.15 0.50 Monthly Growth Rate 0.05% 0.35% 0.07% Rural Telephone Subscribers (Million) 536.80 4.97 541.77 Net Addition in October 2025 (Million) 1.95 0.00 1.94 Monthly Growth Rate 0.36% -0.07% 0.36% Total Telephone Subscribers (Million) 1184.62 46.75 1231.38 Net Addition in October 2025 (Million) 2.30 0.14 2.44 Monthly Growth Rate 0.19% 0.30% 0.20% Overall Tele-density@(%) 83.47% 3.29% 86.76% Urban Tele-density@(%) 126.50% 8.16% 134.66% Rural Tele-density@(%) 59.17% 0.55% 59.72% Share of Urban Subscribers 54.69% 89.36% 56.00% Share of Rural Subscribers 45.31% 10.64% 44.00% v. In the month of October 2025, 15.05 million subscribers submitted their requests for Mobile Number Portability (MNP). vi. The Number of active wireless (mobile) subscribers (on the date of peak VLR#) in October 2025 was 1094.28 million. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Note: * Wireless includes Fixed Wireless Access [FWA] subscription also. @ Based on the projection of population from the ‘Report of the Technical Group on Population Projections for India and States 2011 – 2036’. # 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 1422 operators for the month of October 2025, the total number of broadband subscribers increased from 995.63 million at the end of September 2025 to 999.81 million at the end of October 2025 with a monthly growth rate of 0.42%. 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 October 2025 Segment Subscription Broadband Subscribers Percentage Change (in million) September October 2025 2025 Wired Fixed Wired Access 44.40 44.82 0.94% subscribers (DSL, FTTx, Ethernet/LAN, Cable Modem, ILL) Wireless Fixed Wireless Access 12.31 13.18 7.04% Subscribers (5G FWA, Wi-Fi, Wi-Max, Radio/UBR, Satellite) Mobile Wireless Access 938.92 941.82 0.31% (Handset/Dongle based-3G, 4G, 5G) Total Broadband Subscribers 995.63 999.81 0.42% Top five Broadband (Wired & Wireless) Service providers as on 31st October 2025 S.N. Service Provider Subscriber base (In million) 1. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. 508.34 2. Bharti Airtel Ltd. 312.53 3. Vodafone Idea Ltd. 127.22 4. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. 34.39 5. Atria Convergence Technologies Ltd. 2.35 Market Share of Top Five Broadband (Wired & Wireless) Service 98.50% 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 31st October 2025 Top Five Fixed Wired Access Broadband Service providers as on 31st October 2025S.N. Service Provider Subscriber base (In million) 1. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. 13.41 2. Bharti Airtel Ltd. 9.91 3. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd 4.42 4. Atria Convergence Technologies Ltd. 2.35 5. Kerala Vision Broadband Ltd. 1.43 Market Share of Top Five Fixed (Wired) Access Broadband Service 70.31% Providers Top five Wireless (Fixed wireless & mobile) Access Broadband Service providers as on 31st October 2025 S.N. Service Provider Subscriber base (In million) 1. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. 494.93 2. Bharti Airtel Ltd. 302.62 3. Vodafone Idea Ltd. 127.22 4. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. 29.96 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 46.61 million at the end of September 2025 to 46.75 million at the end of October 2025. The net increase in the wireline subscriber base was 0.14 million with a monthly growth rate of 0.30%. The overall wireline tele-density in India slightly increased from 3.287% at the end of September 2025 to 3.294% at the end of October 2025. Urban and rural wireline tele-density were 8.16% and 0.55% respectively, as on 31st October 2025. The share of urban subscribers, and rural subscribers in total wireline subscribers were 89.36% and 10.64% respectively, at the end of October 2025. PSU access service providers viz. BSNL, MTNL, and APSFL together held 20.22% of the wireline market share as on 31st October 2025. Detailed statistics of the wireline subscriber base are available at Annexure-I. Access Service Provider-wise Market Share of Wireline Subscribers as on 31st October 2025 The net addition/ decline in the wireline subscriber base of various access service providers in the month of October 2025 is given below:Access Service Provider-wise Net Addition/Decline in Wireline Subscribers during the month of October 2025 III. Wireless Telephone (Mobile + FWA) Subscriber Base The number of wireless (Mobile + Fixed Wireless Access) subscribers increased from 1182.32 million at the end of September 2025 to 1184.62 million at the end of October 2025, thereby registering a monthly growth rate of 0.19%. Total wireless subscription in urban areas increased from 647.47 million on 30th September 2025 to 647.82 million on 31st October 2025. The subscription in rural areas also increased from 534.85 million to 536.80 million during the same period. The monthly growth rate of urban and rural wireless subscriptions was 0.05% and 0.36% respectively. The wireless tele-density in India increased from 83.36% at the end of September 2025 to 83.47% at the end of October 2025. The urban wireless tele-density decreased from 126.62% at the end of September 2025 to 126.50% at the end of October 2025. The rural wireless tele-density increased from 58.98% to 59.17% during the same period. The share of urban and rural wireless subscribers in the total number of wireless subscribers was 54.69% and 45.31% respectively, at the end of October 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 1170.44 million at the end of September 2025 to 1171.87 million at the end of October 2025 thereby registering a monthly growth rate of 0.12%. Wireless (mobile) subscription in urban areas decreased from 640.17 million at the end of September 2025 to 639.99 million at the end of October 2025 and wireless (mobile) subscription in rural areas increased from 530.27 million to 531.88 million during the same period. The monthly growth rates of urban and rural wireless (mobile) subscription were -0.03% and 0.30% respectively. The wireless (mobile) tele-density in India increased from 82.53% at the end of September 2025 to 82.57% at the end of October 2025. The urban wireless (mobile) tele-density decreased from 125.19% at the end of September 2025 to 124.97% at the end of October 2025 and rural wireless (mobile) tele-density increased from 58.47% to 58.63% during the same period. The share of urban and rural wireless (mobile) subscribers in the total number of wireless (mobile) subscribers were 54.61% and 45.39% respectively, at the end of October 2025. The detailed statistics of wireless (mobile) subscriber base is available at Annexure-II.• As on 31st October 2025 the private access service providers held 92.08% 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 7.92%. 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 31st October 2025 Net Addition/ Decline in Wireless (Mobile) Subscribers of Access Service Providers in the month of October 2025 Growth in Wireless (Mobile) SubscribersMajor Access Service Provider-wise Monthly Growth/ Decline Rate of Wireless (Mobile) Subscribers in the month of October 2025 Licensed Service Area (LSA)-wise Monthly Growth/ Decline rate of Wireless (Mobile) Subscribers in the month of October 2025 Except Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, West Bengal, Mumbai, Kolkata, U.P.(W), Gujarat and Delhi, all other LSAs have shown growth in their wireless (Mobile) subscribers during the month of October 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 9.40 million at the end of September 2025 to 9.91 million at the end of October 2025 with subscriptions in urban and rural areas as 5.81 million and 4.10 million respectively. The shares of urban and rural wireless (5G FWA) subscribers in total wireless (5G FWA) subscribers were 58.66% and 41.34% respectively, at the end of October 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 2.84 million at the end of October 2025 with subscriptions in urban and rural areas of 2.01 million and 0.82 million respectively. The shares of urban and rural wireless (UBR FWA) subscribers in total wireless (UBR FWA) subscribers were 71.10% and 28.90% respectively, at the end of October 2025. LSA wise information on the wireless (UBR FWA) subscriber base is available at Annexure- VI. IV. M2M cellular mobile connections The Number of M2M cellular mobile connections increased from 94.57 million at the end of September 2025 to 98.87 million at the end of October 2025.Bharti Airtel Limited has the highest number of M2M cellular mobile connections of 59.59 million with a market share of 60.28%, followed by Vodafone Idea Limited, Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited and BSNL with market share of 18.02%, 18.02% and 3.68% respectively. V. Total Telephone Subscriber Base The number of total telephone subscribers in India increased from 1228.94 million at the end of September 2025 to 1231.38 million at the end of October 2025, thereby showing a monthly growth rate of 0.20%. Urban telephone subscription increased from 689.11 million at the end of September 2025 to 689.61 million at the end of October 2025 and the rural telephone subscription also increased from 539.83 million to 541.77 million during the same period. The monthly growth rates of urban and rural telephone subscription were 0.07% and 0.36% respectively, during the month of October 2025. The overall tele-density in India increased from 86.65% at the end of September 2025 to 86.76% at the end of October 2025. The urban tele-density decreased from 134.76% at the end of September 2025 to 134.66% at the end of October 2025 and rural tele-density increased from 59.52% to 59.72% during the same period. The share of urban and rural subscribers in total number of telephone subscribers at the end of October 2025 were 56.00% and 44.00% respectively.Overall Tele-density (LSA Wise) – As on 31st October 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 October 2025. Delhi LSA has the maximum tele-density of 277.10% and the Bihar LSA has the minimum tele-density of 58.18% at the end of October 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. 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 of October 2025 Circle Net additions in the month of Telephone Subscriber base as on 31st October 2025 October 2025 Category Wireline Wireless* Wireline Wireless* segment segment segment segment Circle A 43,660 1,034,722 19,951,108 394,498,808Circle B 86,357 1,023,091 11,293,406 478,855,199 Circle C 53,387 766,098 3,419,854 197,456,044 Metro -41,394 -527,205 12,089,984 113,810,846 All India 142,010 2,296,706 46,754,352 1,184,620,897 *Wireless includes FWA subscription also Circle Category-wise Monthly and Yearly Growth Rates in Telephone Subscribers in the Month of October 2025 Circle Monthly growth rate (%) (September Yearly growth rate (%) (October 2024 Category 2025 to October 2025) to October 2025) Wireline Wireless* Segment Wireline Wireless* Segment Segment Segment Circle A 0.22% 0.26% 36.93% 2.85% Circle B 0.77% 0.21% 7.03% 2.82% Circle C 1.59% 0.39% 7.71% 5.01% Metro -0.34% -0.46% 27.41% 0.65% All India 0.30% 0.19% 23.73% 2.97% *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 October 2025, on a monthly basis, all circles have registered a growth in their subscriber bases, except ‘Metro’. On a yearly basis, all the circles have registered growth in their wireless subscriber bases. In the wireline segment, during the month of October 2025 on a monthly basis, all circles have registered a growth in their subscriber bases, except ‘Metro’ and on a yearly basis, all circles have registered a growth in their wireline subscriber bases. VII. Active Wireless (Mobile) Subscribers (VLR Data) Out of the total 1171.87 million wireless (mobile) subscribers, 1094.28 million wireless (mobile) subscribers were active on the date of peak VLR in the month of October 2025. The proportion of active wireless (mobile) subscribers was approximately 93.38% 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 October 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 October 2025 Bharti Airtel has the maximum proportion- 99.55% of its active wireless (mobile) subscribers (VLR) as against its total wireless (mobile) subscribers (HLR) on the date of peak VLR in themonth of October 2025. BSNL has the minimum proportion of VLR as 59.45% of its HLR during the same period. Service Area wise percentage of VLR Subscribers in the month of October 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 October 2025, about 15.05 million subscribers submitted their requests for MNP. Out of total requests, number of requests received from Zone-I & Zone-II were about 8.40 million and 6.65 million respectively. In MNP Zone-I (Northern and Western India), the highest number of requests have been received in UP(East) LSA (2.24 million) followed by U.P.(West) LSA (1.47 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 (1.27 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 September- October-25 September- October-25 25 25 Delhi 0.75 0.66 Andhra 0.70 0.69 Pradesh Gujarat 1.02 0.98 Assam 0.12 0.12 Haryana 0.45 0.43 Bihar 1.41 1.27 Himachal Pradesh 0.06 0.05 Karnataka 0.63 0.62 Jammu & Kashmir 0.07 0.06 Kerala 0.25 0.26 Maharashtra 1.06 1.08 Kolkata 0.19 0.19 Mumbai 0.28 0.27 Madhya 1.39 1.40 Pradesh Punjab 0.41 0.38 North East 0.03 0.03 Rajasthan 0.80 0.78 Odisha 0.24 0.25 U.P.(East) 2.08 2.24 Tamil Nadu 0.60 0.57 U.P.(West) 1.45 1.47 West Bengal 1.12 1.24Total 8.45 8.40 Total 6.68 6.65 Total (Zone-I + Zone-II) 15.13 15.05 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), TRAI Annexure-I Wireline Subscriber Base Annexure-II Wireless (Mobile) Subscriber Base Annexure-III Proportion of VLR on the date of Peak VLR as against HLR in the month of October-25 (%)Note: Peak VLR figures in some LSA 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 ↓LSA Sep-25 Oct-25 Sep-25 Oct-25 Sep-25 Oct-25Andhra Pradesh 215,756 235,361 599,670 628,014 815,426 863,375 Assam 44,183 48,338 161,179 170,246 205,362 218,584 Bihar 96,264 107,879 561,780 595,045 658,044 702,924 Delhi 121,247 128,273 229,582 229,637 350,829 357,910 Gujarat 132,207 142,042 399,551 411,200 531,758 553,242 Haryana 64,018 68,274 203,503 211,262 267,521 279,536 Himachal Pradesh 10,676 11,834 65,953 69,786 76,629 81,620 Jammu & Kashmir 38,231 42,175 156,266 162,516 194,497 204,691 Karnataka 204,945 221,813 374,894 385,631 579,839 607,444 Kerala 43,696 47,624 149,111 158,936 192,807 206,560 Kolkata 71,499 75,003 157,683 158,927 229,182 233,930 Madhya Pradesh 99,215 107,595 477,045 500,184 576,260 607,779 Maharashtra 200,813 217,618 552,265 572,801 753,078 790,419 Mumbai 80,554 85,839 98,010 100,625 178,564 186,464 North East 24,011 26,453 76,636 80,032 100,647 106,485 Odisha 51,423 56,595 243,924 259,012 295,347 315,607 Punjab 108,409 117,678 436,901 454,094 545,310 571,772 Rajasthan 138,232 148,985 399,165 417,140 537,397 566,125 Tamil Nadu 281,917 305,779 336,760 347,520 618,677 653,299 Uttar Pradesh (East) 129,356 142,066 582,744 614,919 712,100 756,985 Uttar Pradesh (West) 103,117 112,806 458,132 479,234 561,249 592,040 West Bengal 59,707 64,758 362,568 389,107 422,275 453,865 TOTAL 2,319,476 2,514,788 7,083,322 7,395,868 9,402,798 9,910,656 Net Addition 507,858 195,312 312,546 Monthly Growth % 8.42% 4.41% 5.40% Annexure-VI Fixed-Wireless (UBR) Subscribers Base UBR- Fixed Wireless Subscribers TSPs Name → Reliance Jio* ↓LSA Sep-25 Oct-25 Andhra Pradesh 190,118 222,266 Assam 20,701 23,244 Bihar 167,960 189,771Delhi 170,518 194,571 Gujarat 176,582 197,488 Haryana 112,972 130,192 Himachal Pradesh 5,933 7,007 Jammu & Kashmir 46,375 54,076 Karnataka 145,001 169,096 Kerala 7,106 7,657 Kolkata 105,141 120,661 Madhya Pradesh 138,837 161,513 Maharashtra 203,764 233,554 Mumbai 38,677 43,040 North East 8,623 9,932 Odisha 31,543 36,246 Punjab 154,435 173,244 Rajasthan 179,469 203,819 Tamil Nadu 112,018 125,358 Uttar Pradesh (East) 176,285 199,506 Uttar Pradesh (West) 213,255 246,608 West Bengal 75,438 86,657 TOTAL 2,480,751 2,835,506 Net Addition 354,755 Monthly Growth % 14.30% *Only Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited has reported the information on the number of UBR FWA subscribers. **** MI/ARJ (रलीज़ आईडी: 2195973) आगंतुक पटल : 2151 इस वज्ञ को इन भाषाओ ंम पढ़: ही