Ministry of Communications
Highlights of Telecom Subscription Data at the
end of July 2026
Posted On: 28 AUG 2026 1:35PM by PIB Delhi
Particulars Wireless* Wireline Total
(Wireless+
Wireline)
Broadband Subscribers with M2M cellular 1,046.34 48.14 1,094.48
mobile connections (Million)
Broadband Subscribers without M2M cellular 957.58 48.14 1,005.72
mobile connections (Million)
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Ministry of Communications Highlights of Telecom Subscription Data at the end of July 2026
Posted On: 28 AUG 2026 1:35PM by PIB Delhi Particulars Wireless* Wireline Total (Wireless+ Wireline) Broadband Subscribers with M2M cellular 1,046.34 48.14 1,094.48 mobile connections (Million) Broadband Subscribers without M2M cellular 957.58 48.14 1,005.72 mobile connections (Million) Urban Telephone Subscribers (Million) 753.86 42.82 796.68 Net Addition in July 2026 (Million) 4.48 0.15 4.62 Monthly Growth Rate 0.60% 0.34% 0.58% Rural Telephone Subscribers (Million) 552.40 5.19 557.59 Net Addition in July 2026 (Million) 1.54 0.04 1.58 Monthly Growth Rate 0.28% 0.76% 0.28% Total Telephone Subscribers (Million) 1306.27 48.01 1354.28 Net Addition in July 2026 (Million) 6.02 0.19 6.20 Monthly Growth Rate 0.46% 0.39% 0.46% Share of Urban Subscribers 57.71% 89.19% 58.83% Share of Rural Subscribers 42.29% 10.81% 41.17% Overall Tele-density@ with M2M cellular mobile 91.33% 3.36% 94.68% connections Urban Tele-density@ 145.84% 8.28% 154.12% Rural Tele-density@ 60.48% 0.57% 61.05% Tele-density@ without M2M cellular mobile 81.70% 3.36% 85.06% connections v. In the month of July 2026, 15.98 million subscribers submitted their requests for Mobile Number Portability (MNP).
v. The number of active wireless (mobile) subscribers (on the date of peak VLR#) in July 2026 was
1204.01 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 โReport of the Technical Group on Population Projections for India and States 2011 โ 2036โ, published in July 2020.
# VLR is an acronym of Visitor Location Register. The dates of peak VLR for various Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) July 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.
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