TRAI releases Telecom Subscription Data as on July 2026

RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/44076/2026 For immediate release (Press Release No. 116/2026) Information Note to the Press TELECOM REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF INDIA New Delhi, 28th August 2026 (www.trai.gov.in) Highlights of Telecom Subscription Data at the end of July 2026 Total Particulars Wireless* Wireline (Wireless+ Wireline) Broadband Subscribers with M2M 1,046.34 48.14 1,094.48 cellular mobile connections (Million) Broadband Subscribers without M2M

957.58 48.14 1,005.72 cellular 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

91.33% 3.36% 94.68% cellular mobile connections Urban Tele-density@ 145.84% 8.28% 154.12% Rural Tele-density@ 60.48% 0.57% 61.05% Tele-density@ without M2M cellular

81.70% 3.36% 85.06% mobile connections ❖ In the month of July 2026, 15.98 million subscribers submitted their requests for Mobile Number Portability (MNP). ❖ The number of active wireless (mobile) subscribers (on the date of peak VLR#) in July 2026 was 1204.01 million.

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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) 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.

1RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/44076/2026 I. Broadband Subscribers • As per the information received from 1562 operators for the month of July 2026, the total number of broadband subscribers increased from 1087.50 million at the end of June 2026 to 1094.48 million at the end of July 2026 with a monthly growth rate of 0.64%. 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 July 2026 Broadband Subscribers (in million) Percentage Segment Subscription Change June July 2026 2026 Fixed Wired Access Wired (DSL, FTTx, Ethernet/LAN, 47.71 48.14 0.90% subscribers Cable Modem, ILL) Fixed Wireless Access

2.60% (5G FWA, Wi-Fi, Wi-Max, 18.36 18.84 Wireless Radio/UBR, Satellite) Subscribers Mobile Wireless Access (Handset/Dongle/M2M- 1021.43 1027.50 0.59% based-3G, 4G, 5G) Total Broadband Subscriptions 1087.50 1094.48 0.64% Top five Broadband (Wired & Wireless) Service providers at the end of July 2026 S.N. Service Provider Subscriber base (In million)

1. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. 535.12

2. Bharti Airtel Ltd. 384.23

3. Vodafone Idea Ltd. 129.96

4. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. 27.28

5. Atria Convergence Technologies Ltd. 2.47 Market Share of Top Five Broadband (Wired &

98.59% Wireless) Service Providers 2RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/44076/2026 • 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 July 2026 Top Five Fixed Wired Access Broadband Service providers at the end of July 2026 Subscriber base S.N. Service Provider (In million)

1. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. 14.69

2. Bharti Airtel Ltd. 11.28

3. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd 4.53

4. Atria Convergence Technologies Ltd. 2.47

5. Kerala Vision Broadband Ltd. 1.55 Market Share of Top Five Fixed (Wired) Access Broadband

71.71% Service Providers Top five Wireless (Fixed wireless & mobile) Access Broadband Service providers at the end of July 2026 Subscriber base S.N. Service Provider (In million)

1. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. 520.44

2. Bharti Airtel Ltd. 372.94

3. Vodafone Idea Ltd. 129.95

4. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. 22.74

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/44076/2026 II. Wireline Telephone Subscriber Base • The number of wireline subscribers increased from 47.82 million at the end of June 2026 to 48.01 million at the end of July 2026. The net increase in the wireline subscriber base was 0.19 million with a monthly growth rate of

0.39%. • The overall wireline tele-density in India increased from 3.35% at the end of June 2026 to 3.36% at the of July 2026. Urban and rural wireline tele-density were 8.28% and 0.57% respectively, at the end of July 2026. The respective share of urban subscribers, and rural subscribers in total wireline subscribers were 89.19% and 10.81% respectively at the end of July 2026.

• PSU access service providers viz. BSNL, MTNL, and APSFL together held

16.28% of the wireline market share at the end of July 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 July 2026 4RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/44076/2026 • The net addition/ decline in the wireline subscriber base of various access service providers in the month of July 2026 is given below:

Access Service Provider-wise Net Addition/Decline in Wireline Subscribers during the month of July 2026 5RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/44076/2026 III. Wireless Telephone (Mobile + FWA) Subscriber Base • The number of wireless (mobile + Fixed Wireless Access) subscribers increased from 1300.25 million at the end of June 2026 to 1306.27 million at the end of July 2026, thereby registering a monthly growth rate of 0.46%. Total wireless subscription in urban areas increased from 749.39 million in June 2026 to 753.86 million in July 2026. The subscription in rural areas also increased from 550.86 million to 552.40 million during the same period. The monthly growth rate of urban and rural wireless subscriptions was 0.60% and 0.28%, respectively.

• The wireless tele-density in India increased from 90.96% at the end of June 2026 to 91.33% at the end of July 2026.

The urban wireless tele-density increased from 145.17% at the end of June 2026 to

145.84% at the end of July 2026. The rural wireless tele-density increased from

60.32% to 60.48% during the same period.

The share of urban and rural wireless subscribers in the total number of wireless subscribers was 57.71% and 42.29% respectively, at the end of July 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/44076/2026 • 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 1282.38 million at the end of June 2026 to

1287.92 million at the end of July 2026 thereby registering a monthly growth rate of 0.43%. Wireless (mobile) subscription in urban areas increased from 739.43 million at the end of June 2026 to 743.65 million at the end of July 2026 and wireless (mobile) subscription in rural areas also increased from

542.95 million to 544.27 million during the same period. The monthly growth rates of urban and rural wireless

(mobile) subscription were 0.57% and

0.24% respectively. • The wireless (mobile) tele-density in India increased from 89.71% at the end of June 2026 to 90.04% at the end of July 2026. The urban wireless (mobile) tele-density decreased from 143.24% at the end of June 2026 to 143.86% at the end of July 2026 and rural wireless

(mobile) tele-density increased from

59.46% to 59.59% during the same period. The share of urban and rural wireless (mobile) subscribers in the total number of wireless (mobile) subscribers were 57.74% and 42.26% respectively, at the end of July 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/44076/2026 • At the end of July 2026, the private access service providers held 92.75% 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 7.25%.

• 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 July 2026 Net Addition/ Decline in Wireless (Mobile) Subscribers of Access Service Providers in the month of July 2026 8RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/44076/2026 Growth in Wireless (Mobile) Subscribers Major Access Service Provider-wise Monthly Growth/ Decline Rate of Wireless (Mobile) Subscribers in the month of July 2026 Licensed Service Area (LSA)-wise Monthly Growth/ Decline rate of Wireless (Mobile) Subscribers in the month of July 2026 • All LSAs except Kolkata have shown growth in their wireless (Mobile) subscribers during the month of July 2026.

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(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 12.94 million at the end of June 2026 to 13.21 million at the end of July 2026 with subscriptions in urban and rural areas as 6.56 million and 6.64 million respectively. The shares of urban and rural wireless (5G FWA) subscribers in total wireless (5G FWA) subscribers were 49.69% and 50.31% respectively, at the end of July 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 5.14 million at the end of July 2026 with subscriptions in urban and rural areas of 3.65 million and 1.49 million respectively. The shares of urban and rural wireless (UBR FWA) subscribers in total wireless (UBR FWA) subscribers were 71.07% and 28.93% respectively, at the end of July 2026.

• LSA wise information on the wireless (UBR FWA) subscriber base is available at Annexure-VI.

10RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/44076/2026 IV. M2M cellular mobile connections • The Number of M2M cellular mobile connections increased from 134.73 million at the end of June 2026 to 137.70 million at the end of July 2026.

• Bharti Airtel Limited has the highest number of M2M cellular mobile connections of 84.45 million with a market share of 61.33%, followed by Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, Vodafone Idea Limited and BSNL with market share of 19.29%, 15.92% and 3.46% respectively.

11RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/44076/2026 V. Total Telephone Subscriber Base • The number of total telephone subscribers in India increased from

1348.08 million at the end of June 2026 to 1354.28 million at the end of July 2026, thereby showing a monthly growth rate of 0.46%. Urban telephone subscription increased from 792.06 million at the end of June 2026 to 796.68 million at the end of July 2026 and the rural telephone subscription also increased from

556.01 million to 557.59 million during the same period. The monthly growth rates of urban and rural telephone subscription were 0.58% and 0.28% respectively during the month of July 2026. • The overall tele-density in India increased from 94.31% at the end of June 2026 to 94.68% at the end of July

2026. The urban tele-density increased from 153.43% at the end of June 2026 to

154.12% at the end of July 2026 and rural tele-density also increased from

60.89% to 61.05% during the same period. The share of urban and rural subscribers in total number of telephone subscribers at the end of July 2026 were

58.83% and 41.17% 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/44076/2026 • A summary of total telephone subscriber base at the end of July 2026 is as

below:

Telephone subscriber base at the end of July 2026 (in million) No. of S. No. Type of telephone connection Total subscribers Consumer

1. 1,150.22 SIM

2. Wireless M2M SIM 137.70 1,306.27

3. FWA 18.35

4. Wireline 48.01

5. Total 1,354.28 • The following table provides a summary information on wireless (mobile) telephone subscriber base at the end of July 2026:

Wireless (mobile) subscriber base at the end of July 2026 (in million) S. No. Item No. of subscribers Total number of Wireless (mobile)

1. connections including M2M cellular 1,287.92 mobile connections * Number of Wireless (mobile) connections

2. excluding M2M cellular mobile 1,150.22 connections * Wireless (mobile) connections = Consumer SIM + M2M SIM 13RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/44076/2026 Overall Tele-density (LSA Wise) – At the end of July 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 July 2026. Delhi LSA has the maximum tele-density of 368.33%, and the Bihar LSA has the minimum tele-density of 64.19% at the end of July 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 Telangana, Madhya Pradesh includes Chhattisgarh, 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/44076/2026 VI. Category-wise Growth in subscriber base Circle Category-wise Net Additions in Telephone Subscribers in the Month of July 2026 Net additions in the month Telephone Subscriber base at Circle of July 2026 the end of July 2026 Category Wireline Wireless* Wireline Wireless* segment segment segment segment Circle A 174,805 2,261,918 20,255,876 438,330,188 Circle B -24,268 2,018,002 11,980,477 507,246,520 Circle C 75,605 1,453,562 3,888,195 217,746,302 Metro -41,090 281,954 11,885,267 142,944,107 All India 185,052 6,015,436 48,009,815 1,306,267,117 Circle Category-wise Monthly and Yearly Growth Rates in Telephone Subscribers in the Month of July 2026 Monthly growth rate (%) (June Yearly growth rate (%) (July Circle 2026 to July 2026) 2025 to July 2026) Category Wireline Wireless* Wireline Wireless* Segment Segment Segment Segment Circle A 0.87% 0.52% -0.76% 7.82% Circle B -0.20% 0.40% 1.59% 5.72% Circle C 1.98% 0.67% 12.80% 9.09% Metro -0.34% 0.20% -4.63% 6.16% All India 0.39% 0.46% -0.22% 7.02% * 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 July 2026, on a monthly basis, circles except ‘Circle B’ and ‘Metro’ Category, have registered a growth in the subscribers. On a yearly basis, circles except ‘Metro’ and ‘Circle A’, 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 July 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/44076/2026 VII. Active Wireless (Mobile) Subscribers (VLR Data) • Out of the total 1287.92 million wireless (mobile) subscribers, 1204.01 million wireless (mobile) subscribers were active on the date of peak VLR in the month of July 2026. The proportion of active wireless (mobile) subscribers was approximately 93.48% 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 July 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 July 2026 • Bharti Airtel has the maximum proportion (99.12%) 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 July 2026.

16RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/44076/2026 Service Area wise percentage of VLR subscribers in the month of July 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 July 2026, about 15.98 million subscribers submitted their requests for MNP. Out of the total requests, number of requests received from Zone-I & Zone-II were about 8.89 million and 7.09 million respectively.

• In MNP Zone-I (Northern and Western India), the highest number of requests have been received in UP (East) LSA (2.29 million) followed by UP (West) LSA (1.55 million).

17RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/44076/2026 • In MNP Zone-II (Southern and Eastern India), the highest number of requests have been received in Madhya Pradesh LSA (1.52 million) followed by Bihar LSA (1.47 million).

Licensed Service Area Wise MNP Status Zone-I Zone–II Number of Porting Number of Porting Service Requests in Service Requests in Area the month of Area the month of June-26 July-26 June-26 July-26 Andhra Delhi 617,376 711,530 611,982 661,963 Pradesh Gujarat 953,936 1,073,227 Assam 147,847 149,874 Haryana 430,328 452,025 Bihar 1,362,525 1,466,991 Himachal 55,716 59,841 Karnataka 600,570 643,775 Pradesh Jammu & 88,616 94,339 Kerala 261,071 269,056 Kashmir Maharashtr 958,819 1,085,090 Kolkata 182,736 196,463 a Madhya Mumbai 239,911 282,132 1,402,729 1,524,933 Pradesh Punjab 356,345 401,022 North East 46,327 47,939 Rajasthan 802,885 885,751 Odisha 246,106 252,883 U.P.(East) 2,102,816 2,294,656 Tamil Nadu 545,050 562,239 U.P.(West) 1,460,910 1,547,662 West Bengal 1,305,288 1,315,864 Total 8,067,658 8,887,275 Total 6,712,231 7,091,980 Total (Zone-I + Zone-II) 14,779,889 15,979,255

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 (Arun Agrawal) E-mail: advmn@trai.gov.in Pr. Advisor (NSL), TRAI 18RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/44076/2026 Wireline Subscriber Base Annexure-I .

BSNL MTNL Bharti Airtel Reliance Com. Tata Tele. Quadrant Vodafone Idea Reliance Jio STPL APSFL Total Net Service Area Addition Jun-26 Jul-26 Jun-26 Jul-26 Jun-26 Jul-26 Jun-26 Jul-26 Jun-26 Jul-26 Jun-26 Jul-26 Jun-26 Jul-26 Jun-26 Jul-26 Jun-26 Jul-26 Jun-26 Jul-26 Jun-26 Jul-26 Andhra Pradesh 466,385 466,379 1,068,433 1,082,228 10,761 10,507 1,036,528 1,030,603 69,225 71,085 2,103,721 2,129,924 176,057 83,422 4,931,110 4,874,148 -56,962 Assam 92,596 92,485 92,054 94,821 0 0 1,740 1,740 253,437 255,150 439,827 444,196 4,369 Bihar 150,971 151,617 463,662 471,087 9 9 79,762 81,744 6,029 8,029 792,576 799,184 1,493,009 1,511,670 18,661 Delhi 0 0 489,077 476,630 2,537,099 2,551,311 10,389 9,616 953,164 965,640 72,404 73,452 1,177,797 1,185,027 5,239,930 5,261,676 21,746 Gujarat 449,750 444,508 386,256 392,156 1,307 1,308 806,638 807,793 119,954 118,613 900,328 936,143 2,664,233 2,700,521 36,288 Haryana 374,484 377,876 262,630 267,928 0 0 153,305 151,822 380 260 181,674 182,846 972,473 980,732 8,259 Himachal Pradesh 99,370 99,973 31,773 32,554 0 0 3,735 3,635 60 60 81,254 81,571 216,192 217,793 1,601 J & K 52,201 57,784 166,197 167,596 0 0 30 30 281,207 282,238 499,635 507,648 8,013 Karnataka 462,224 463,000 1,393,877 1,400,267 9,367 8,186 2,701,312 2,704,484 189,055 190,862 1,275,657 1,305,416 6,031,492 6,072,215 40,723 Kerala 961,859 965,262 161,615 164,662 1,984 1,948 85,911 86,960 4,977 5,307 421,330 423,045 1,637,676 1,647,184 9,508 Kolkata 224,865 224,726 229,036 229,784 1,395 1,395 370,004 367,615 11,936 13,072 684,090 691,805 1,521,326 1,528,397 7,071 Madhya Pradesh 452,470 309,913 674,854 685,505 6 6 111,997 130,287 38,027 36,747 1,188,439 1,200,715 2,465,793 2,363,173 -102,620 Maharashtra 473,663 607,597 746,834 758,190 5,347 5,199 1,014,850 1,004,128 21,205 21,642 349,447 351,529 2,611,346 2,748,285 136,939 Mumbai 1,761 4,904 629,420 606,966 653,198 652,656 26,586 26,264 2,581,560 2,561,303 192,102 157,652 1,080,474 1,085,449 5,165,101 5,095,194 -69,907 North East 60,220 59,690 35,585 68,606 0 0 330 330 253,104 254,799 349,239 383,425 34,186 Odisha 160,369 161,236 124,504 127,650 6 4 146,961 150,052 3,470 3,446 379,378 381,075 814,688 823,463 8,775 Punjab 545,620 548,785 476,769 485,374 1,342 1,341 54,679 52,902 324,820 324,073 960 993 476,898 480,062 58,231 58,264 1,939,319 1,951,794 12,475 Rajasthan 289,058 289,362 412,183 420,399 2,684 2,593 80,653 77,753 8,435 8,055 620,525 625,852 1,413,538 1,424,014 10,476 Tamil Nadu 793,547 794,437 1,187,559 1,199,354 7,187 7,024 767,214 767,169 27,905 31,285 1,059,478 1,061,438 3,842,890 3,860,707 17,817 U.P.(E) 144,253 144,035 421,250 427,501 54 54 48,963 48,763 12,552 12,560 782,940 788,016 1,410,012 1,420,929 10,917 U.P.(W) 206,043 206,685 351,444 358,201 7 7 26,946 31,166 2,935 5,285 897,100 902,826 1,484,475 1,504,170 19,695 West Bengal 175,696 177,781 113,625 116,032 13 13 7,487 7,487 150 150 384,488 387,018 681,459 688,481 7,022 Total 6,637,405 6,648,035 1,118,497 1,083,596 11,990,437 12,153,862 78,444 75,474 11,031,669 11,031,306 324,820 324,073 783,861 760,655 15,625,342 15,791,128 58,231 58,264 176,057 83,422 47,824,763 48,009,815 185,052 Net Addition 10,630 -34,901 163,425 -2,970 -363 -747 -23,206 165,786 33 -92,635 185,052 Rural Subscribers 2,154,691 2,170,674 24 24 156,483 161,218 270 210 1,470,370 1,491,436 165,923 165,651 0 0 1,078,756 1,135,646 0 0 123,240 64,235 5,149,757 5,189,094 39,337 1920 A A B D G H H J K K K M M M N O P R T U U W T N R S e rv ice A re a n d h ra P ra d e sh ssa m ih a r e lh i u ja ra t a ry a n a im a ch a l P ra d e sh & K a rn a ta k a e ra la o lk a ta a d h y a P ra d e sh a h a ra sh tra u m b a i o rth E a st d ish a u n ja b a ja sth a n a m il N a d u .P .(E ) .P .(W ) e st B e n g a l o ta l e t A d d itio n u ra l S u b scrib e rs 4 B h a rti A J u n -2 6 3 9 ,4 1 2 ,8 8 4 1 5 ,0 5 2 ,2 0 5 4 9 ,8 5 6 ,2 7 3 4 0 ,1 3 4 ,4 4 6 1 5 ,8 3 8 ,5 8 7 7 ,9 3 8 ,9 6 2 3 ,6 2 5 ,8 9 4 7 ,0 2 1 ,1 2 3 4 4 ,6 5 8 ,4 9 7 9 ,7 8 5 ,9 3 9 6 ,0 4 4 ,2 7 0 1 8 ,6 1 2 ,1 4 2 3 3 ,7 3 9 ,3 0 7 1 6 ,3 3 6 ,0 1 9 6 ,8 0 9 ,3 3 7 1 3 ,3 8 4 ,1 7 3 1 4 ,1 4 6 ,7 5 1 2 6 ,3 2 4 ,1 4 3 3 3 ,6 4 8 ,4 2 4 4 1 ,7 1 0 ,3 8 2 2 3 ,3 4 3 ,7 4 3 1 9 ,3 7 6 ,4 5 6 8 6 ,7 9 9 ,9 5 7 2 0 0 ,7 1 2 ,8 9 9 irte 4 8 l R e l i a J u l-2 6 J u n -2 3 9 ,7 3 2 ,4 1 6 0 1 5 ,1 4 3 ,0 1 2 0 5 0 ,0 4 0 ,8 1 7 0 4 0 ,2 2 8 ,9 2 6 2 1 5 ,9 4 6 ,3 5 1 1 7 ,9 6 4 ,1 0 1 0 3 ,6 3 7 ,2 1 1 0 7 ,0 7 0 ,3 2 0 0 4 5 ,0 8 8 ,8 6 4 5 3 9 ,8 4 1 ,1 2 2 3 6 ,0 6 2 ,6 5 4 0 1 8 ,6 9 6 ,2 9 4 0 3 4 ,0 8 1 ,9 5 7 0 1 6 ,4 4 7 ,0 8 6 4 3 6 ,8 3 9 ,3 5 5 0 1 3 ,4 6 4 ,5 7 8 0 1 4 ,1 9 8 ,8 9 9 5 2 6 ,4 4 0 ,4 6 1 3 403 3 ,8 4 8 ,8 1 4 4 1 ,7 8 9 ,8 1 6 0 2 3 ,4 9 8 ,5 3 3 0 1 9 ,4 2 6 ,7 1 8 1 9 ,4 8 8 ,3 0 5 1 4 2,688,348 2 0 0 ,7 1 6 ,7 4 3 n c 6 2 0 e C o m .

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Reliance Jio providers together) Andhra Pradesh 96.33 59.03 95.73 - 96.87 93.27 Assam 100.56 22.42 85.72 - 102.18 92.75 Bihar 91.24 29.93 86.17 - 98.14 90.69 Delhi 94.58 50.29 235.21 100.00 99.97 86.79 Gujarat 104.83 43.82 88.02 0.00 102.30 96.29 Haryana 105.00 20.84 91.49 - 105.54 87.48 Himachal Pradesh 95.23 46.44 96.37 - 101.06 88.24 J & K 100.29 55.76 78.74 - 88.76 92.29 Karnataka 96.83 72.51 67.75 100.00 93.09 91.60 Kerala 99.25 116.00 94.35 - 93.84 99.89 Kolkata 93.97 80.16 85.54 - 97.56 93.20 Madhya Pradesh 96.01 40.38 86.88 - 96.84 91.92 Maharashtra 107.72 86.46 92.22 - 108.55 103.93 Mumbai 94.52 70.76 103.24 100.00 87.93 86.08 North East 101.84 44.62 96.46 - 107.80 98.18 Odisha 102.19 40.65 84.34 - 103.81 93.58 Punjab 113.66 32.40 90.96 100.00 103.93 97.55 Rajasthan 99.71 35.42 89.88 100.00 98.51 92.60 Tamil Nadu 95.67 85.96 79.59 - 94.64 91.60 U.P. (E) 103.32 28.92 84.70 - 97.34 92.53 U.P. (W) 109.75 32.08 92.26 - 96.70 95.48 West Bengal 94.89 74.71 91.74 100.00 98.73 95.19 Total 99.12 55.02 83.97 204.03 100.00 98.82 93.48

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/44076/2026 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/44076/2026 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/44076/2026 Annexure-V Fixed-Wireless (5G) Subscribers Base 5G-Fixed Wireless Subscribers TSPs Name Bharti Airtel Reliance Jio Grand Total → ↓Telecom Service June-26 July-26 June-26 July-26 June-26 July-26 Area Andhra 324,445 333,021 775,442 786,100 1,099,887 1,119,121 Pradesh Assam 85,680 89,341 216,591 218,388 302,271 307,729 Bihar 193,847 199,231 777,571 798,105 971,418 997,336 Delhi 187,636 193,820 233,321 233,403 420,957 427,223 Gujarat 218,780 226,806 475,294 480,782 694,074 707,588 Haryana 102,198 105,098 260,753 266,321 362,951 371,419 Himachal 20,349 21,070 85,796 86,522 106,145 107,592 Pradesh Jammu & 66,455 66,562 193,324 196,410 259,779 262,972 Kashmir Karnataka 316,326 326,885 453,885 460,167 770,211 787,052 Kerala 74,537 77,809 205,725 204,831 280,262 282,640 Kolkata 107,031 110,617 171,263 171,708 278,294 282,325 Madhya 175,926 183,409 635,943 650,076 811,869 833,485 Pradesh Maharashtr 330,434 343,947 673,953 680,747 1,004,387 1,024,694 a Mumbai 123,026 128,694 114,639 115,150 237,665 243,844 North East 43,012 44,426 99,795 100,587 142,807 145,013 Odisha 89,216 91,827 347,966 352,685 437,182 444,512 Punjab 183,530 187,970 537,224 544,922 720,754 732,892 Rajasthan 226,669 232,142 521,982 533,406 748,651 765,548 Tamil Nadu 434,888 445,364 420,195 425,290 855,083 870,654 Uttar Pradesh 241,375 247,146 777,971 799,079 1,019,346 1,046,225

(East) Uttar Pradesh 175,136 180,559 600,625 615,191 775,761 795,750

(West) West Bengal 100,539 102,242 535,099 550,356 635,638 652,598 TOTAL 3,821,035 3,937,986 9,114,357 9,270,226 12,935,392 13,208,212 Net 272,820 Addition 116,951 155,869 Monthly

3.06% 1.71% 2.11% Growth % 24RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/44076/2026 Annexure-VI Fixed-Wireless (UBR) Subscribers Base UBR- Fixed Wireless Subscribers TSPs Name → Reliance Jio ↓Telecom Service Area June-26 July-26 Andhra Pradesh 418,347 440,877 Assam 42,476 44,995 Bihar 334,020 346,692 Delhi 345,925 356,996 Gujarat 337,881 350,953 Haryana 208,955 215,850 Himachal Pradesh 13,530 14,312 Jammu & Kashmir 86,034 88,353 Karnataka 310,129 324,070 Kerala 12,435 13,397 Kolkata 226,496 235,106 Madhya Pradesh 299,253 314,800 Maharashtra 405,662 421,463 Mumbai 70,429 72,728 North East 19,130 20,254 Odisha 68,207 72,784 Punjab 288,303 298,876 Rajasthan 339,291 354,668 Tamil Nadu 217,191 228,256 Uttar Pradesh (East) 327,224 339,124 Uttar Pradesh (West) 416,733 431,108 West Bengal 146,354 152,663 TOTAL 4,934,005 5,138,325 Net Addition 204,320 Monthly Growth % 4.14% *Only Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited has reported the information on the number of UBR FWA subscribers.

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