TRAI releases Telecom Subscription Data as on May 2026

RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/42577/2026 For immediate release (Press Release No . 78/2026) Information Note to the Press TELECOM REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF INDIA New Delhi, 25th June 2026 (www.trai.gov.in ) Highlights of Telecom Subscription Data at the end of May 2026 Total Particulars Wireless* Wireline (Wireless+ Wireline) 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 90.61% 3.40% 94.02% mobile connections Urban Tele-density @ 144.39% 8.41% 152.80% Rural Tele-density @ 60.25% 0.58% 60.83% Tele-density @ without M2M cellular mobile 81.44% 3.40% 84.84% connections  In the month of May 2026, 14.46 million subscribers submitted their requests for Mobile Number Portability (MNP).  The number of active wireless (mobile) subscribers (on the date of peak VLR#) in May 2026 was 1195.74 million. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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.  Information in this press release is based on the data provided by the Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) to TRAI. 1RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/42577/2026 I. Broadband Subscribers  As per the information received from 1544 operators for the month of May 2026, the total number of broadband subscribers increased from 1073.44 million at the end of April 2026 to 1080.15 million at the end of May 2026 with a monthly growth rate of 0.63%. 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 May 2026 Broadband Subscribers Percenta (in million) Segment Subscription ge April May Change 2026 2026 Fixed Wired Access Wired (DSL, FTTx, Ethernet/LAN, 46.84 47.40 1.18% subscribers Cable Modem, ILL) Fixed Wireless Access 2.46% (5G FWA, Wi-Fi, Wi-Max, 17.54 17.97 Wireless Radio/UBR, Satellite) Subscribers Mobile Wireless Access (Handset/Dongle/M2M - 1009.06 1014.79 0.57% based-3G, 4G, 5G) Total Broadband Subscriptions 1073.44 1080.15 0.63% Top five Broadband (Wired & Wireless) Service providers at the end of May 2026 S.N. Service Provider Subscriber base (In million) 1. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd . 529.61 2. Bharti Airtel Ltd. 376.11 3. Vodafone Idea Ltd. 129.21 4. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. 27.52 5. Atria Convergence Technologies Ltd. 2.43 Market Share of Top Five Broadband (Wired & 98.59% Wireless) Service Providers 2RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/42577/2026  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 at the end of May 2026 Top Five Fixed Wired Access Broadband Service providers at the end of May 2026 Subscriber base S.N. Service Provider (In million) 1. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. 14.47 2. Bharti Airtel Ltd. 10.98 3. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd 4.50 4. Atria Convergence Technologies Ltd. 2.43 5. Kerala Vision Broadband Ltd . 1.51 Market Share of Top Five Fixed (Wired) Access Broadband 71.53% Service Providers Top five Wireless (Fixed wireless & mobile) Access Broadband Service providers at the end of May 2026 Subscriber base S.N. Service Provider (In million) 1. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. 515.14 2. Bharti Airtel Ltd. 365.13 3. Vodafone Idea Ltd . 129.21 4. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. 23.02 5. IBus Virtual Network Services Private Limited 0.12 Market Share of Top Five Wireless (Fixed wireless & Mobile) 99.99% Access Broadband Service providers 3RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/42577/2026 II. Wireline Telephone Subscriber Base  The number of wireline subscribers increased from 48.58 million at the end of April 2026 to 48.64 million at the end of May 2026. The net increase in the wireline subscriber base was 0.06 million with a monthly growth rate of 0.12%.  The overall wireline tele-density in India increased from 3.402% at the end of April 2026 to 3.405% at the of May 2026. Urban and rural wireline tele-density were 8.41% and 0.58% respectively, at the end of May 2026. The respective share of urban subscribers, and rural subscribers in total wireline subscribers were 89.13% and 10.87% respectively at the end of May 2026.  PSU access service providers viz. BSNL, MTNL, and APSFL together held 18.40% of the wireline market share at the end of May 2026. Detailed statistics of the wireline subscriber base are available at Annexure-I . Access Service Provider-wise Market Share of Wireline Subscribers at the end of May 2026 4RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/42577/2026  The net addition/ decline in the wireline subscriber base of various access service providers in the month of May 2026 is given below: Access Service Provider-wise Net Addition/Decline in Wireline Subscribers during the month of May 2026 5RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/42577/2026 III. Wireless Telephone (Mobile + FWA) Subscriber Base  The number of wireless (mobile + Fixed Wireless Access) subscribers increased from 1288.96 million at the end of April 2026 to 1294.46 million at the end of May 2026, thereby registering a monthly growth rate of 0.43%. Total wireless subscription in urban areas increased from 739.78 million in April 2026 to 744.36 million in May 2026. The subscription in rural areas also increased from 549.18 million to 550.11 million during the same period. The monthly growth rate of urban and rural wireless subscriptions was 0.62% and 0.17%, respectively.  The wireless tele-density in India increased from 90.28% at the end of April 2026 to 90.61% at the end of May 2026. The urban wireless tele-density increased from 143.69% at the end of April 2026 to 144.39% at the end of May 2026. The rural wireless tele-density increased from 60.16% to 60.25% during the same period. The share of urban and rural wireless subscribers in the total number of wireless subscribers was 57.50% and 42.50%, respectively, at the end of May 2026. Note: In the calculation of Tele-density figures, M2M cellular mobile connections have also been considered. 6RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/42577/2026  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 1271.90 million at the end of April 2026 to 1277.00 million at the end of May 2026 thereby registering a monthly growth rate of 0.40%. Wireless (mobile) subscription in urban areas increased from 730.30 million at the end of April 2026 to 734.63 million at the end of May 2026 and wireless (mobile) subscription in rural areas also increased from 541.60 million to 542.36 million during the same period. The monthly growth rates of urban and rural wireless (mobile) subscription were 0.59% and 0.14% respectively.  The wireless (mobile) tele-density in India increased from 89.09% at the end of April 2026 to 89.39% at the end of May 2026. The urban wireless (mobile) tele - density decreased from 141.85% at the end of April 2026 to 142.50% at the end of May 2026 and rural wireless (mobile) tele - density increased from 59.33% to 59.40% during the same period. The share of urban and rural wireless (mobile) subscribers in the total number of wireless (mobile) subscribers were 57.53% and 42.47% respectively, at the end of May 2026. The detailed statistics of wireless (mobile) subscriber base is available at Annexure - II . Note: In the calculation of Tele-density figures, M2M cellular mobile connections have also been considered. 7RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/42577/2026 • 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%.  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 at the end of May 2026 Net Addition/ Decline in Wireless (Mobile) Subscribers of Access Service Providers in the month of May 2026 8RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/42577/2026 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  All LSAs except Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Mumbai and Haryana have shown growth in their wireless (Mobile) subscribers during the month of May 2026. 9RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/42577/2026 (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 12.55 million at the end of April 2026 to 12.73 million at the end of May 2026 with subscriptions in urban and rural areas as 6.35 million and 6.39 million respectively. The shares of urban and rural wireless (5G FWA) subscribers in total wireless (5G FWA) subscribers were 49.84% and 50.16% respectively, at the end of May 2026.  LSA wise information on the wireless (5G FWA) subscriber base is available at Annexure-V .  The number of total wireless FWA subscribers using UBR technology (UBR FWA) stood at 4.73 million at the end of May 2026 with subscriptions in urban and rural areas of 3.38 million and 1.36 million respectively. The shares of urban and rural wireless (UBR FWA) subscribers in total wireless (UBR FWA) subscribers were 71.35% and 28.65% respectively, at the end of May 2026.  LSA wise information on the wireless (UBR FWA) subscriber base is available at Annexure-VI. 10RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/42577/2026 IV. M2M cellular mobile connections  The Number of M2M cellular mobile connections increased from 127.48 million at the end of April 2026 to 131.11 million at the end of May 2026.  Bharti Airtel Limited has the highest number of M2M cellular mobile connections of 80.83 million with a market share of 61.65%, followed by Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, Vodafone Idea Limited and BSNL with market share of 19.14%, 16.02% and 3.19% respectively. 11RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/42577/2026 V. Total Telephone Subscriber Base  The number of total telephone subscribers in India increased from 1337.54 million at the end of April 2026 to 1343.10 million at the end of May 2026, thereby showing a monthly growth rate of 0.42%. Urban telephone subscription increased from 783.12 million at the end of April 2026 to 787.71 million at the end of May 2026 and the rural telephone subscription also increased from 554.41 million to 555.39 million during the same period. The monthly growth rates of urban and rural telephone subscription were 0.59% and 0.18% respectively during the month of May 2026.  The overall tele-density in India increased from 93.69% at the end of April 2026 to 94.02% at the end of May 2026. The urban tele-density increased from 152.11% at the end of April 2026 to 152.80% at the end of May 2026 and rural tele-density also increased from 60.74% to 60.83% during the same period. The share of urban and rural subscribers in total number of telephone subscribers at the end of May 2026 were 58.65% and 41.35% respectively. Note: In the calculation of Tele-density figures, M2M cellular mobile connections have also been considered. 12RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/42577/2026  A summary of total telephone subscriber base at the end of May 2026 is as below: Telephone subscriber base at the end of May 2026 (in million) No. of S. No. Type of telephone connection Total subscribers Consumer 1. 1,145.88 SIM 2. Wireless M2M SIM 131.11 1,294.46 3. FWA 17.47 4. Wireline 48.64 5. Total 1,343.10  The following table provides a summary information on wireless (mobile) telephone subscriber base at the end of May 2026: Wireless (mobile) subscriber base at the end of May 2026 (in million) S. No. Item No. of subscribers Total number of Wireless (mobile) 1. connections including M2M cellular 1,277.00 mobile connections * Number of Wireless (mobile) connections 2. excluding M2M cellular mobile 1,145.88 connections * Wireless (mobile) connections = Consumer SIM + M2M SIM 13RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/42577/2026 Overall Tele-density (LSA Wise) – At the end of May 2026  As may be seen in the above chart, nine LSAs have less tele-density than the all-India average tele-density at the end of May 2026. Delhi LSA has the maximum tele-density of 366.12% and the Bihar LSA has the minimum tele-density of 63.79% at the end of May 2026. 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. 6. In the calculation of Tele-density figures, M2M cellular mobile connections have also been included. 14RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/42577/2026 VI. Category-wise Growth in subscriber base Circle Category-wise Net Additions in Telephone Subscribers in the Month of May 2026 Net additions in the month Telephone Subscriber base at Circle of May 2026 the end of May 2026 Category Wireline Wireless* Wireline Wireless* segment segment segment 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-wise Monthly and Yearly Growth Rates in Telephone Subscribers in the Month of May 2026 Monthly growth rate (%) (April Yearly growth rate (%) (May Circle 2026 to May 2026) 2025 to May 2026) Category Wireline Wireless* Wireline Wireless* Segment Segment Segment 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% * 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.  In the wireline segment, during the month of May 2026, on a monthly basis, all circles except ‘Metro’, have registered a growth in their subscribers. On a yearly basis, all circles have registered a growth in their wireline subscriber bases.  As can be seen in the above tables, in the wireless segment, during the month of May 2026, 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. 15RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/42577/2026 VII. Active Wireless (Mobile) Subscribers (VLR Data)  Out of the total 1277.00 million wireless (mobile) subscribers, 1195.74 million wireless (mobile) subscribers were active on the date of peak VLR in the month of May 2026. The proportion of active wireless (mobile) subscribers was approximately 93.64% 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 May 2026 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 May 2026  Bharti Airtel has the maximum proportion (99.28%) 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 May 2026. 16RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/42577/2026 Service Area wise percentage of VLR subscribers in the month of May 2026 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 May 2026, about 14.46 million subscribers submitted their requests for MNP. Out of the total requests, number of requests received from Zone-I & Zone-II were about 7.79 million and 6.67 million respectively.  In MNP Zone-I (Northern and Western India), the highest number of requests have been received in UP (East) LSA (2.06 million) followed by UP (West) LSA (1.49 million). 17RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/42577/2026  In MNP Zone-II (Southern and Eastern India), the highest number of requests have been received in Bihar LSA (1.41 million) followed by Madhya Pradesh LSA (1.37 million). Licensed Service Area Wise MNP Status (in million) Zone-I Zone–II Number of Porting Number of Porting Service Requests in Service Requests in Area the month of Area the month of April-26 May-26 April-26 May-26 Andhra Delhi 0.63 0.60 0.61 0.59 Pradesh Gujarat 1.01 0.90 Assam 0.13 0.14 Haryana 0.41 0.40 Bihar 1.34 1.41 Himachal 0.06 0.05 Karnataka 0.54 0.57 Pradesh Jammu & 0.09 0.09 Kerala 0.23 0.24 Kashmir Maharashtr 0.97 0.87 Kolkata 0.18 0.19 a Madhya Mumbai 0.26 0.22 1.34 1.37 Pradesh 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: - 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 (Pushpendra Kumar Singh) E-mail: advmn@trai.gov.in Secretary -I/C, TRAI 18RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/42577/2026 W ireline Subscriber Base Annexure-I . SBNL M TNL hBarti iArtel Reliance Com. Tata Tele. Quadrant Vodafone Idea Reliance Jio STPL APSFL Total Net Service rAea Addition Apr2-6 M ay2-6 pAr2-6 M ay2-6 Apr2-6 M ay2-6 pAr2-6 M ay2-6 pAr2-6 M ay2-6 Apr2-6 M ay26- pAr2-6 M ay2-6 Apr2-6 M ay2-6 pAr2-6 M ay2-6 pAr2-6 M ay2-6 Apr2-6 M ay2-6 Anhdra Praedsh 659,217 658,519 1,046,461 1,052,536 10,761 10,761 1,035,187 1,033,419 81,235 81,855 2,051,486 2,075,454 317,010 310,224 2,5013,75 ,25227,86 214,11 Assam 93,035 92,847 87,014 88,615 0 0 2,016 2,008 249,496 251,505 431165, 4349,75 34,14 Bihar 151,669 151,435 454,767 458,368 9 9 78,566 79,659 4,769 4,739 778,893 786,209 14,8676,3 14,804,19 117,46 Delhi 0 0 511,227 500,057 2,507,734 2,517,803 10,389 10,389 954,972 953,015 82,804 86,569 1,162,633 1,163,443 2,5297,95 ,25312,76 115,7 Gujarat 453,980 451,313 374,749 380,272 1,307 1,307 808,228 812,106 132,636 125,802 885,510 889,587 4,26516,0 20636,,87 39,77 Haryana 375,169 373,285 254,240 258,197 0 0 164,795 164,379 350 350 179,893 180,652 9744,47 97,8636 2,416 Himachal Praedsh 98,939 98,945 30,292 30,638 0 0 3,839 3,739 60 60 80,734 80,845 2138,46 2142,27 336 J & K 53,486 52,370 164,073 165,744 0 0 30 30 279,133 280,074 497,622 4982,18 14,96 Karnataka 646,868 643,920 1,374,782 1,381,200 9,367 9,367 2,710,216 2,720,469 216,377 209,367 1,255,793 1,260,298 ,2613,403 2,62426,1 112,18 Kerala 1,216,337 1,212,689 155,839 157,222 1,984 1,984 90,847 85,409 6,247 6,357 415,033 418,699 18,8,2687 18,823,06 39-,27 Kolkata 226,673 225,546 229,466 228,865 1,395 1,395 365,997 367,530 14,332 14,472 672,778 676,406 115,046,1 11,542,14 375,3 Mahdya Praedsh 312,764 310,086 662,327 664,764 6 6 109,534 110,555 44,697 45,037 1,159,250 1,171,548 22,8875,8 23,019,96 134,18 Maharashtra 620,518 614,737 728,584 725,022 5,347 5,347 1,037,787 1,023,822 24,053 22,003 357,286 357,088 27,7375,5 27,480,19 6525,-5 Mumabi 2,783 2,783 722,822 703,324 657,980 650,939 26,586 26,586 2,603,451 2,591,342 186,633 186,457 1,067,878 1,072,251 2,5861,33 ,253386,2 3-44,15 North East 60,357 60,280 27,332 28,459 0 0 450 450 248,722 250,888 338,616 3400,77 32,16 Oidsha 159,013 160,023 118,464 119,918 6 6 125,000 136,110 3,838 3,838 376,056 377,659 7823,77 797455, 11,577 Punjab 550,768 545,512 465,362 468,969 1,342 1,342 57,557 58,038 328,443 326,549 1,140 1,140 470,554 473,499 58,143 58,161 19,333,09 19,332,10 9-9 Rajasthan 290,954 289,370 398,209 404,361 2,684 2,684 82,159 80,701 10,395 10,545 607,844 614,397 13,922,45 14,020,85 98,13 Tamil Naud 964,435 963,638 1,162,454 1,170,358 7,187 7,187 780,697 778,089 28,999 29,269 1,051,769 1,053,171 39,945,51 40,017,12 1,671 U.P.(E) 144,211 144,838 412,066 413,261 54 54 49,122 48,894 16,072 12,980 771,404 777,231 13,929,29 1,397,285 43,29 U.P.(W) 209,402 206,818 341,437 341,916 7 7 25,777 25,577 3,272 3,212 879,938 889,904 14,95,833 14,764,34 706,1 West Bengal 174,573 174,859 109,329 109,343 13 13 7,216 7,487 150 150 377,777 380,477 9660,85 7623,29 32,71 Total 71,,41556 74,33,813 1,2340,49 12,033,81 117,269,16 118,17,670 784,44 784,44 110,909,47 110,803,40 328,443 3245,69 865055, 849,660 13,5798,06 14,5812,85 851,43 851,16 3170,10 3102,24 4873556,,5 4873566,,5 060,94 Net Addition 3-13,38 3-8066, 358,09 0 1-006,7 18-,94 1-38,56 1014,25 18 ,768-6 060,94 Rural Subscribers 2,175,361 2,217,881 24 24 147,636 152,113 270 270 1,468,685 1,476,821 166,573 166,287 0 0 1,060,134 1,060,246 0 0 212,094 211,238 ,2530,777 2,5848,80 451,03 19RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/42577/2026 Wireless (Mobile) Subscriber Base Annexure-II Bharti Airtel Rel ianc e Com. Vodafone Idea BSNL MTNL Reliance Jio Total Service Area Net Addition Apr2-6 M ay2-6 Apr2-6 May2-6 Apr2-6 May2-6 Apr2-6 M ay2-6 Apr2-6 M ay2-6 Apr2-6 M ay2-6 Apr2-6 M ay2-6 Andhra Pradesh 38,970,326 39,092,0047 0 8,802,096 8,753,635 7,557,9627,535,550 32,478,104 32,401,558 87,808,488 87,782,790 -25,698 Assam 14,896,478 14,928,2074 0 1,485,056 1,497,691 2,922,7932,917,852 10,060,108 10,119,073 29,364,435 29,462,890 98,455 Bihar 49,517,464 49,720,3012 0 7,434,457 7,440,735 5,625,7145,553,265 45,149,439 45,386,595 107,727,074 108,1009,07 373,833 Delhi 39,262,547 39,710,8260 2 16,189,801 16,408,115 129,207 127,923 20,612,684 20,661,804 76,194,241 76,908,704 714,463 Gujarat 15,723,878 15,747,6178 1 19,729,396 19,896,431 3,295,9873,299,334 33,131,377 33,397,802 71,880,639 72,341,246 460,607 aHryana 7,887,027 7,908,0701 0 6,224,074 6,206,028 4,559,7104,577,770 8,303,484 8,221,663 26,974,295 26,913,532 -60,763 iHmachal Pradesh 3,637,192 3,624,3603 0 396,820 396,159 1,780,7721,789,147 3,577,538 3,592,071 9,392,322 9,4017,40 9,418 J & K 6,796,765 6,837,3908 0 280,908 284,997 854,884 854,021 5,696,363 5,749,073 13,628,920 13,725,489 96,569 Karnataka 44,269,515 44,450,87454 75 7,615,960 7,620,337 4,725,4124,739,380 26,465,455 26,665,384 83,076,417 83,476,020 399,603 Kerala 9,631,490 9,748,8030 3 12,764,197 12,750,255 8,961,3378,970,872 11,115,720 11,143,678 42,472,747 42,613,608 140,861 Kolkata 5,981,811 6,020,3204 0 4,568,463 4,542,132 1,426,0371,427,641 11,087,736 11,100,615 23,064,047 23,090,712 26,665 M adhya Pradesh 18,400,729 18,558,1023 0 12,507,611 12,441,469 5,140,1165,132,545 49,953,871 50,272,816 86,002,327 86,404,953 402,626 M aharashtra 32,726,341 33,220,6013 0 20,597,024 20,581,895 5,316,7185,284,267 44,226,664 44,467,631 102,866,747 103,5544,06 687,659 M umbai 16,078,527 16,206,44507 40 10,821,735 10,712,900 52,357 49,838 13,426,809 13,342,742 40,379,468 40,311,977 -67,491 North East 6,773,477 6,789,4709 0 596,157 597,071 1,296,0581,296,289 4,682,631 4,693,114 13,348,323 13,375,953 27,630 Odisha 13,405,275 13,370,5040 0 1,534,143 1,525,249 5,501,2125,499,804 17,970,331 18,064,429 38,410,961 38,460,022 49,061 Punjab 14,180,852 14,089,1557 5 5,641,873 5,617,168 4,103,0164,104,876 11,693,275 11,755,036 35,619,021 35,566,242 -52,779 Rajasthan 26,113,715 26,261,23356 35 8,314,223 8,212,020 5,742,1785,757,236 27,858,385 28,074,665 68,028,536 68,305,192 276,656 Tamil Nadu 33,322,607 33,412,9049 0 14,302,284 14,201,784 7,947,8477,906,366 25,047,405 25,096,131 80,620,143 80,617,230 -2,913 UP.(.E) 41,356,367 41,649,8068 0 16,081,714 16,403,959 8,455,1208,457,382 44,480,957 44,687,286 110,374,158 111,1984,95 824,337 UP.(.W ) 23,008,979 23,203,6085 0 12,413,016 12,358,584 5,163,3355,169,858 26,070,008 26,207,243 66,655,338 66,939,370 284,032 W est Bengal 18,941,712 19,258,9103 1 10,237,044 10,210,727 2,643,4402,641,533 26,193,824 26,336,227 58,016,021 58,447,391 431,370 Total 480,883,074 483,809,981 162 162 198,538,052 198,659,341 93,019,648 92,914,988 181,564 177,761 499,282,168 501,436,636 1,271,904,668 1,276,998,869 0,5942,01 Net Addition 2,926,907 0 121,289 1-04,660 3-8,03 2,154,468 0 5,09,4201 Rural Subscribers 199,034,642700,599,9404 0 93,227,73943,080,79330,822,03269,878,6212,701 2,674 218,517,582418,802,4145106,47,023 4523,446,45 7957,43 20RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/42577/2026 Proportion of VLR on the date of Peak VLR as against HLR in the month of May2-6 (%) AnnexureI-II Overall (for all service LSA Bharti BSNL Vodafone Idea M TNL Reliance Com. Reliance Jio providers together) Andhra Pradesh 96.19 60.27 94.56 - 88.49 901.0 Assam 101.92 22.89 88.28 - 101.91 934.0 Bihar 94.05 32.52 90.07 - 100.92 9305. Delhi 93.59 49.87 179.84 100.00 93.80 844.7 Gujarat 102.59 43.87 86.81 0.00 98.37 9326. Haryana 100.32 21.48 91.46 - 102.77 286.5 Himachal Pradesh 98.40 47.82 102.61 - 104.49 912.8 J & K 87.70 56.15 74.97 - 89.22 81.61 Karnataka 95.88 63.18 67.20 100.00 92.07 901.9 Kerala 98.36 116.54 93.41 - 94.28 9946. Kolkata 96.90 76.02 85.55 - 101.94 98.50 Madhya Pradesh 98.11 41.19 88.15 - 97.32 928.3 Maharashtra 106.95 91.05 92.89 - 107.60 10326. Mumbai 91.85 64.52 80.03 100.00 83.99 819.7 North East 100.71 45.12 96.35 - 109.79 983.1 Odisha 101.26 41.80 86.52 - 106.18 944.9 Punjab 109.38 33.66 90.79 100.00 99.58 944.7 Rajasthan 103.94 36.81 91.91 100.00 100.21 93.50 Tamil Nadu 94.40 85.82 79.07 - 94.79 909.8 U.P. (E) 105.06 31.98 88.89 - 102.72 91.68 U.P. (W ) 109.03 34.11 94.01 - 96.32 94.59 W est Bengal 101.71 76.32 95.44 100.00 105.34 1011.1 Total 992.8 8.555 844.1 1158.5 1000.0 988.3 9346. 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. 21RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/42577/2026 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 Stock in hand/in Distribution Channels c. (Active Card) d. Subscriber Retention period expired e. Service suspended pending disconnection 3 Subscribers Base (A-B) 22RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/42577/2026 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. 23RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/42577/2026 Fixed-Wireless (5G) Subscribers Base Annexure-V 5G-Fixed Wireless Subscribers TSPs Name Bharti Airtel Reliance Jio Grand Total → ↓Telecom Service Apr-26 May-26 Apr-26 May-26 Apr-26 May-26 Area Andhra 323,724 321,953 752,750 766,813 1,076,474 1,088,766 Pradesh 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 Delh i 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 19,516 19,964 83,309 84,407 102,825 104,371 Pradesh Jammu & 70,320 68,093 187,382 189,929 257,702 258,022 Kashmir 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 170,394 171,598 606,512 621,665 776,906 793,263 Pradesh Maharashtr 321,413 323,818 655,979 668,086 977,392 991,904 a 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 242,487 240,838 744,333 761,154 986,820 1,001,992 (East) Uttar Pradesh 177,497 173,923 576,731 591,140 754,228 765,063 (West) 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 182,590 Addition 7,773 174,817 Monthly 0.21% 1.99% 1.45% Growth % 24RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/42577/2026 Annexure-VI Fixed-Wireless (UBR) Subscribers Base UBR - Fixed Wireless Subscribers TSPs Name → Reliance Jio ↓Telecom Service Area Apr-26 May-26 Andhra Pradesh 375,158 398,548 Assam 38,202 40,203 Bihar 305,328 321,582 Delh i 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% *Only Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited has reported the information on the number of UBR FWA subscribers. 25