TRAI releases Telecom Subscription Data as on September 2026

RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/45462/2026 For immediate release (Press Release No. 140/2026) Information Note to the Press TELECOM REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF INDIA New Delhi, 27th October 2026 (www.trai.gov.in) Highlights of Telecom Subscription Data at the end of September 2026 Total Particulars Wireless* Wireline (Wireless+ Wireline) Broadband Subscribers with M2M 1,058.79 48.89 1,107.68 cellular mobile connections (Million) Broadband Subscribers without M2M

964.98 48.89 1,013.87 cellular mobile connections (Million) Urban Telephone Subscribers (Million) 764.35 43.43 807.78 Net Addition in September 2026 (Million) 5.24 0.26 5.50 Monthly Growth Rate 0.69% 0.61% 0.69% Rural Telephone Subscribers (Million) 554.84 5.32 560.16 Net Addition in September 2026 1.70 0.03 1.73 ( MMiolnliothnl)y Growth Rate 0.31% 0.50% 0.31% Total Telephone Subscribers (Million) 1319.19 48.74 1367.93 Net Addition in September 2026 (Million) 6.94 0.29 7.23 Monthly Growth Rate 0.53% 0.60% 0.53% Share of Urban Subscribers 57.94% 89.09% 59.05% Share of Rural Subscribers 42.06% 10.91% 40.95% Overall Tele-density@ with M2M

92.12% 3.40% 95.52% cellular mobile connections Urban Tele-density@ 147.47% 8.38% 155.85% Rural Tele-density@ 60.72% 0.58% 61.30% Tele-density@ without M2M cellular

82.00% 3.40% 85.41% mobile connections ❖ In the month of September 2026, 16.77 million subscribers submitted their requests for Mobile Number Portability (MNP). ❖ The number of active wireless (mobile) subscribers (on the date of peak VLR#) in September 2026 were 1212.80 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 September 2020.

# VLR is an acronym of Visitor Location Register. The dates of peak VLR for various Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) September 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/45462/2026 I. Broadband Subscribers • As per the information received from 1596 operators for the month of September 2026, the total number of broadband subscribers increased from

1101.21 million at the end of August 2026 to 1107.68 million at the end of September 2026 with a monthly growth rate of 0.59%. 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 September 2026 Broadband Subscribers (in million) Percentage Segment Subscription Change August September 2026 2026 Fixed Wired Access Wired (DSL, FTTx,

48.63 48.89 0.54% subscribers Ethernet/LAN, Cable Modem, ILL) Fixed Wireless Access (5G FWA, Wi-Fi, Wi-

1.84%

19.34 19.70 Max, Radio/UBR, Wireless Satellite) Subscribers Mobile Wireless Access (Handset/Dongle/M2M- 1033.24 1039.09 0.57% based-3G, 4G, 5G) Total Broadband Subscriptions 1101.21 1107.68 0.59% Top five Broadband (Wired & Wireless) Service providers at the end of September 2026 S.N. Service Provider Subscriber base (In million)

1. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. 541.17

2. Bharti Airtel Ltd. 388.86

3. Vodafone Idea Ltd. 131.00

4. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. 28.55

5. Atria Convergence Technologies Ltd. 2.50 Market Share of Top Five Broadband (Wired &

98.59% Wireless) Service Providers 2RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/45462/2026 • 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 September 2026 Top Five Fixed Wired Access Broadband Service providers at the end of September 2026 Subscriber base S.N. Service Provider (In million)

1. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. 14.92

2. Bharti Airtel Ltd. 11.55

3. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd 4.59

4. Atria Convergence Technologies Ltd. 2.50

5. Kerala Vision Broadband Ltd. 1.57 Market Share of Top Five Fixed (Wired) Access Broadband

71.85% Service Providers Top five Wireless (Fixed wireless & mobile) Access Broadband Service providers at the end of September 2026 Subscriber base S.N. Service Provider (In million)

1. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. 526.25

2. Bharti Airtel Ltd. 377.31

3. Vodafone Idea Ltd. 130.99

4. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. 23.96

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/45462/2026 II. Wireline Telephone Subscriber Base • The number of wireline subscribers increased from 48.45 million at the end of August 2026 to 48.74 million at the end of September 2026. The net increase in the wireline subscriber base was 0.29 million with a monthly growth rate of 0.60%.

• The overall wireline tele-density in India increased from 3.39% at the end of August 2026 to 3.40% at the of September 2026. Urban and rural wireline tele-density were 8.38% and 0.58% respectively, at the end of September

2026. The respective share of urban subscribers, and rural subscribers in total wireline subscribers were 89.09% and 10.91% respectively at the end of September 2026. • PSU access service providers viz. BSNL, MTNL, and APSFL together held

15.91% of the wireline market share at the end of September 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 September 2026 4RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/45462/2026 • The net addition/ decline in the wireline subscriber base of various access service providers in the month of September 2026 is given below:

Access Service Provider-wise Net Addition/Decline in Wireline Subscribers during the month of September 2026 5RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/45462/2026 III. Wireless Telephone (Mobile + FWA) Subscriber Base • The number of wireless (mobile + Fixed Wireless Access) subscribers increased from 1312.25 million at the end of August 2026 to 1319.19 million at the end of September 2026, thereby registering a monthly growth rate of

0.53%. Total wireless subscription in urban areas increased from 759.11 million at the end of August 2026 to

764.35 million at the end of September

2026. The subscription in rural areas also increased from 553.14 million to

554.84 million during the same period.

The monthly growth rate of urban and rural wireless subscriptions was 0.69% and 0.31%, respectively. • The wireless tele-density in India increased from 91.69% at the end of August 2026 to 92.12% at the end of September

2026. The urban wireless tele-density increased from 146.66% at the end of August 2026 to 147.47% at the end of September 2026. The rural wireless tele- density increased from 60.55% to 60.72% during the same period. The share of urban and rural wireless subscribers in the total number of wireless subscribers was

57.94% and 42.06%, respectively, at the end of September 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/45462/2026 • 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 1293.43 million at the end of August 2026 to

1300.00 million at the end of September 2026 thereby registering a monthly growth rate of 0.51%. Wireless (mobile) subscription in urban areas increased from 748.84 million at the end of August 2026 to 753.85 million at the end of September 2026 and wireless (mobile) subscription in rural areas also increased from 544.58 million to 546.14 million during the same period. The monthly growth rates of urban and rural wireless

(mobile) subscription were 0.67% and

0.29% respectively. • The wireless (mobile) tele-density in India increased from 90.37% at the end of August 2026 to 90.78% at the end of September 2026. The urban wireless

(mobile) tele-density increased from

144.67% at the end of August 2026 to

145.45% at the end of September 2026 and rural wireless (mobile) tele-density increased from 59.61% to 59.77% during the same period. The share of urban and rural wireless (mobile) subscribers in the total number of wireless (mobile) subscribers were 57.99% and 42.01% respectively, at the end of September 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/45462/2026 • At the end of September 2026, the private access service providers held 92.74% 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

7.26%. • 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 September 2026 Net Addition/ Decline in Wireless (Mobile) Subscribers of Access Service Providers in the month of September 2026 8RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/45462/2026 Growth in Wireless (Mobile) Subscribers Major Access Service Provider-wise Monthly Growth/ Decline Rate of Wireless (Mobile) Subscribers in the month of September 2026 Licensed Service Area (LSA)-wise Monthly Growth/ Decline rate of Wireless (Mobile) Subscribers in the month of September 2026 • All LSAs have shown growth in their wireless (Mobile) subscribers during the month of September 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 13.45 million at the end of August 2026 to 13.61 million at the end of September 2026 with subscriptions in urban and rural areas as 6.54 million and 7.06 million respectively. The shares of urban and rural wireless (5G FWA) subscribers in total wireless (5G FWA) subscribers were 48.11% and

51.89% respectively, at the end of September 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 5.58 million at the end of September 2026 with subscriptions in urban and rural areas of 3.95 million and 1.63 million respectively. The shares of urban and rural wireless (UBR FWA) subscribers in total wireless (UBR FWA) subscribers were 70.74% and

29.26% respectively, at the end of September 2026. • LSA wise information on the wireless (UBR FWA) subscriber base is available at Annexure-VI.

10RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/45462/2026 IV. M2M cellular mobile connections • The Number of M2M cellular mobile connections increased from 140.50 million at the end of August 2026 to 144.85 million at the end of September

2026. • Bharti Airtel Limited has the highest number of M2M cellular mobile connections of 88.58 million with a market share of 61.16%, followed by Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, Vodafone Idea Limited and BSNL with market share of 19.29%, 16.14% and 3.41% respectively.

11RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/45462/2026 V. Total Telephone Subscriber Base • The number of total telephone subscribers in India increased from

1360.70 million at the end of August 2026 to 1367.93 million at the end of September 2026, thereby showing a monthly growth rate of 0.53%. Urban telephone subscription increased from 802.28 million at the end of August 2026 to 807.78 million at the end of September 2026 and the rural telephone subscription also increased from 558.43 million to 560.16 million during the same period. The monthly growth rates of urban and rural telephone subscription were 0.69% and 0.31% respectively during the month of September 2026.

• The overall tele-density in India increased from 95.07% at the end of August 2026 to 95.52% at the end of September 2026. The urban tele-density increased from 155.00% at the end of August 2026 to 155.85% at the end of September 2026 and rural tele-density also increased from 61.12% to 61.30% during the same period. The share of urban and rural subscribers in total number of telephone subscribers at the end of September 2026 were 59.05% and

40.95% 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/45462/2026 • A summary of total telephone subscriber base at the end of September 2026

is as below:

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

1. 1,155.15 SIM

2. Wireless M2M SIM 144.85 1,319.19

3. FWA 19.19

4. Wireline 48.74

5. Total 1,367.93 • The following table provides a summary information on wireless (mobile) telephone subscriber base at the end of September 2026:

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

1. connections including M2M cellular 1300.00 mobile connections * Number of Wireless (mobile) connections

2. excluding M2M cellular mobile 1,155.15 connections * Wireless (mobile) connections = Consumer SIM + M2M SIM 13RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/45462/2026 Overall Tele-density (LSA Wise) – At the end of September 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 September 2026. Delhi LSA has the maximum tele-density of 375.65%, and the Bihar LSA has the minimum tele-density of 64.49% at the end of September 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 September 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/45462/2026 VI. Category-wise Growth in subscriber base Circle Category-wise Net Additions in Telephone Subscribers in the Month of September 2026 Net additions in the month Telephone Subscriber base at Circle of September 2026 the end of September 2026 Category Wireline Wireless* Wireline Wireless* segment segment segment segment Circle A 139,998 2,325,583 20,678,510 443,262,325 Circle B 85,392 2,226,223 12,202,092 511,028,191 Circle C 46,602 914,776 3,961,839 219,477,060 Metro 17,470 1,474,470 11,901,314 145,420,839 All India 289,462 6,941,052 48,743,755 1,319,188,415 Circle Category-wise Monthly and Yearly Growth Rates in Telephone Subscribers in the Month of September 2026 Monthly growth rate (%) Yearly growth rate (%) (August 2026 to September (September 2025 to Circle

2026) September 2026) Category Wireline Wireless* Wireline Wireless* Segment Segment Segment Segment Circle A 0.68% 0.53% 3.87% 7.20% Circle B 0.70% 0.44% 8.88% 5.44% Circle C 1.19% 0.42% 17.69% 8.16% Metro 0.15% 1.02% -1.90% 5.70% All India 0.60% 0.53% 4.57% 6.50% * 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 September 2026, on a monthly basis, all circles have registered a growth in the subscribers. On a yearly basis, all circles except ‘Metro’ category, 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 September 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/45462/2026 VII. Active Wireless (Mobile) Subscribers (VLR Data) • Out of the total 1300.00 million wireless (mobile) subscribers, 1212.80 million wireless (mobile) subscribers were active on the date of peak VLR in the month of September 2026. The proportion of active wireless (mobile) subscribers was approximately 93.29% 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 September 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 September 2026 • Bharti Airtel has the maximum proportion (98.94%) 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 September 2026.

16RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/45462/2026 Service Area wise percentage of VLR subscribers in the month of September 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 September 2026, about 16.77 million subscribers submitted their requests for MNP. Out of the total requests, number of requests received from Zone-I & Zone-II were about 9.44 million and 7.33 million respectively.

• In MNP Zone-I (Northern and Western India), the highest number of requests have been received in UP (East) LSA (2.49 million) followed by UP (West) LSA (1.68 million).

17RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/45462/2026 • In MNP Zone-II (Southern and Eastern India), the highest number of requests have been received in Madhya Pradesh LSA (1.59 million) followed by Bihar LSA (1.53 million).

Licensed Service Area Wise MNP Status Zone-I Zone–II Number of Porting Number of Porting Requests in Requests in Service Service the month of the month of Area Area August- September September August-26 26 -26 -26 Andhra Delhi 700,940 788,043 662,357 635,330 Pradesh Gujarat 1,033,817 1,046,186 Assam 160,184 146,607 Haryana 445,458 509,753 Bihar 1,469,902 1,530,124 Himachal 58,959 62,982 Karnataka 621,350 693,206 Pradesh Jammu & 77,532 92,165 Kerala 238,747 272,492 Kashmir Maharashtr 1,079,115 1,127,057 Kolkata 193,992 194,051 a Madhya Mumbai 290,673 303,767 1,529,112 1,588,845 Pradesh Punjab 389,766 428,079 North East 51,615 50,081 Rajasthan 856,195 904,673 Odisha 293,186 292,961 U.P.(East) 2,227,586 2,493,562 Tamil Nadu 543,015 508,662 U.P.(West) 1,509,533 1,680,439 West Bengal 1,396,942 1,419,951 Total 8,669,574 9,436,706 Total 7,160,402 7,332,310 Total (Zone-I + Zone-II) 15,829,976 16,769,016

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/45462/2026 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 Aug-26 Sep-26 Aug-26 Sep-26 Aug-26 Sep-26 Aug-26 Sep-26 Aug-26 Sep-26 Aug-26 Sep-26 Aug-26 Sep-26 Aug-26 Sep-26 Aug-26 Sep-26 Aug-26 Sep-26 Aug-26 Sep-26 Andhra Pradesh 468,093 468,640 - - 1 ,091,098 1 ,096,728 1 0,333 10,571 1 ,035,860 1,039,784 - - 7 0,535 71,055 2 ,155,135 2 ,182,442 - - 7 8,323 75,723 4 ,909,377 4 ,944,943 3 5,566 Assam 92,522 92,601 - - 9 7,525 9 9,296 - - - - - - 1 ,820 1,820 2 57,637 2 60,052 - - - - 4 49,504 4 53,769 4 ,265 Bihar 152,534 151,221 - - 4 74,149 4 77,368 - - 8 2,974 85,505 - - 7 ,589 8,589 8 05,192 8 12,377 - - - - 1 ,522,438 1 ,535,060 1 2,622 Delhi - - 463,112 448,760 2 ,568,642 2 ,582,240 9 ,428 9,195 9 62,796 978,552 - - 7 2,062 71,820 1 ,190,126 1 ,195,698 - - - - 5 ,266,166 5 ,286,265 2 0,099 Gujarat 440,963 439,187 - - 3 95,768 4 05,127 1 ,300 1,278 8 36,613 834,359 - - 1 13,634 113,764 9 43,136 9 46,572 - - - - 2 ,731,414 2 ,740,287 8 ,873 Haryana 381,186 378,278 - - 2 72,867 2 77,005 - - 1 50,985 146,775 - - 2 70 290 1 83,392 1 84,816 - - - - 9 88,700 9 87,164 ( 1,536) Himachal Pradesh 100,614 100,558 - - 3 3,244 3 3,855 - - 3 ,635 3,635 - - 6 0 60 8 2,101 8 2,726 - - - - 2 19,654 2 20,834 1 ,180 J & K 45,164 44,704 - - 1 69,500 1 71,505 - - - - - - 3 0 30 2 83,773 2 85,422 - - - - 4 98,467 5 01,661 3 ,194 Karnataka 464,061 465,733 - - 1 ,412,694 1 ,431,219 8 ,134 7,952 2 ,840,874 2,862,438 - - 1 91,500 193,205 1 ,350,728 1 ,363,561 - - - - 6 ,267,991 6 ,324,108 5 6,117 Kerala 969,103 976,339 - - 1 66,668 1 69,765 1 ,977 1,836 8 7,349 89,590 - - 5 ,117 5,097 4 26,126 4 29,829 - - - - 1 ,656,340 1 ,672,456 1 6,116 Kolkata 224,811 221,627 - - 2 32,084 2 35,502 1 ,371 1,370 3 71,622 374,306 - - 1 1,117 11,293 6 97,132 7 05,726 - - - - 1 ,538,137 1 ,549,824 1 1,687 Madhya Pradesh 310,511 311,616 - - 6 94,974 7 02,719 - - 1 40,057 140,911 - - 3 8,512 38,602 1 ,230,424 1 ,241,102 - - - - 2 ,414,478 2 ,434,950 2 0,472 Maharashtra 603,261 602,843 - - 7 78,679 7 84,964 5 ,131 4,937 9 91,050 989,882 - - 2 1,422 26,312 3 63,662 3 69,024 - - - - 2 ,763,205 2 ,777,962 1 4,757 Mumbai 4,900 3,190 587,352 570,204 6 48,171 6 55,077 2 6,169 26,042 2 ,563,212 2,553,428 - - 1 58,020 159,532 1 ,091,717 1 ,097,752 - - - - 5 ,079,541 5 ,065,225 ( 14,316) North East 59,776 59,609 - - 6 9,567 7 1,056 - - - - - - 3 30 330 2 56,990 2 58,906 - - - - 3 86,663 3 89,901 3 ,238 Odisha 162,081 161,929 - - 1 30,309 1 33,097 - - 1 56,862 173,413 - - 4 ,476 4,476 3 84,783 3 87,699 - - - - 8 38,511 8 60,614 2 2,103 Punjab 551,866 551,550 - - 4 93,537 5 00,912 1 ,338 1,332 5 5,170 54,187 3 22,490 3 20,270 1 ,023 1,023 4 83,549 4 87,428 5 8,272 58,280 - - 1 ,967,245 1 ,974,982 7 ,737 Rajasthan 289,233 288,940 - - 4 28,491 4 34,253 2 ,495 2,336 7 8,564 77,001 - - 7 ,885 8,985 6 35,152 6 39,144 - - - - 1 ,441,820 1 ,450,659 8 ,839 Tamil Nadu 797,309 810,818 - - 1 ,210,500 1 ,217,907 7 ,013 6,886 7 57,027 756,640 - - 2 9,210 29,197 1 ,065,466 1 ,069,762 - - - - 3 ,866,525 3 ,891,210 2 4,685 U.P.(E) 145,697 145,433 - - 4 34,041 4 40,528 1 4 14 4 8,410 48,461 - - 1 2,544 12,464 7 92,963 8 00,793 - - - - 1 ,433,669 1 ,447,693 1 4,024 U.P.(W) 206,381 206,129 - - 3 64,551 3 70,120 - - 3 1,387 31,237 - - 6 ,805 6,815 9 10,263 9 19,741 - - - - 1 ,519,387 1 ,534,042 1 4,655 West Bengal 180,072 180,910 - - 1 17,936 1 19,011 1 2 10 7 ,413 7,403 - - 1 50 180 3 89,478 3 92,632 - - - - 6 95,061 7 00,146 5 ,085 Total 6 ,650,138 6,661,855 1 ,050,464 1,018,964 1 2,284,995 1 2,409,254 7 4,715 7 3,759 1 1,201,860 1 1,247,507 3 22,490 3 20,270 7 54,111 7 64,939 1 5,978,925 1 6,113,204 5 8,272 5 8,280 7 8,323 7 5,723 4 8,454,293 4 8,743,755 2 89,462 Net Addition 11,717 ( 31,500) 1 24,259 ( 956) 4 5,647 ( 2,220) 1 0,828 1 34,279 8 ( 2,600) 2 89,462 Rural Subscribers 2,190,018 2,202,744 14 14 1 63,579 1 69,284 2 10 2 10 1 ,528,570 1 ,529,156 1 65,485 1 63,844 - - 1 ,182,704 1 ,193,861 - - 6 0,309 5 8,307 5 ,290,889 5 ,317,420 2 6,531 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 A u g -2 6 3 9 ,9 3 7 ,0 4 2 1 5 ,2 7 0 ,6 5 7 5 0 ,1 0 5 ,5 7 5 4 0 ,7 1 2 ,9 5 0 1 6 ,0 5 9 ,4 2 9 7 ,9 8 2 ,3 2 9 3 ,6 4 6 ,5 6 4 7 ,0 6 9 ,1 7 9 4 5 ,4 1 6 ,1 6 7 9 ,9 0 8 ,4 7 9 6 ,0 7 4 ,4 7 6 1 8 ,7 1 1 ,6 1 8 3 4 ,3 6 7 ,4 1 6 1 6 ,4 6 1 ,2 5 8 6 ,8 5 0 ,8 9 7 1 3 ,4 7 7 ,5 3 8 1 4 ,1 9 3 ,8 1 8 2 6 ,4 5 0 ,1 6 5 3 3 ,9 8 0 ,5 6 8 4 1 ,7 9 6 ,9 5 5 2 3 ,5 9 9 ,7 9 5 1 9 ,5 2 6 ,2 4 2 9 1 ,5 9 9 ,1 1 7 2 0 0 ,2 3 5 ,3 7 6 irte l R e l i a S e p t-2 6 A u g -2 4 0 ,2 4 5 ,4 8 7 0 1 5 ,3 1 7 ,6 1 0 0 5 0 ,1 9 2 ,6 5 1 0 4 1 ,5 1 7 ,6 5 9 0 1 6 ,1 1 1 ,0 0 3 0 7 ,9 9 4 ,4 1 1 0 3 ,6 4 6 ,2 7 9 0 7 ,1 1 2 ,3 7 4 0 4 5 ,7 4 1 ,1 5 2 0 9 ,9 3 6 ,9 6 0 1 6 ,1 0 6 ,7 0 5 0 1 8 ,7 1 8 ,6 0 7 0 3 4 ,7 2 2 ,3 7 4 0 1 6 ,6 6 8 ,4 5 3 2 7 6 ,8 9 4 ,1 5 4 0 1 3 ,4 9 3 ,3 6 3 0 1 4 ,2 3 4 ,8 0 4 2 2 6 ,5 2 8 ,1 9 3 1 03 4 ,1 0 7 ,1 1 5 4 1 ,7 8 4 ,9 2 0 0 2 3 ,6 9 6 ,7 5 8 0 1 9 ,5 2 0 ,1 8 1 1 4 9 4 ,2 9 1 ,2 1 3 3 2,692,096 2 0 0 ,6 7 6 ,1 7 2 n c 6 2 0 e C o m .

S e p t-2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 8 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 3 -9 0 1 V o d a fo n A u g -2 6 8 ,7 5 3 ,5 1 4 1 ,5 1 4 ,6 4 1 7 ,5 0 4 ,8 5 1 1 6 ,7 4 2 ,2 4 2 2 0 ,3 2 4 ,9 9 8 6 ,2 0 5 ,0 6 8 3 9 5 ,0 2 2 2 6 1 ,9 6 2 7 ,7 5 3 ,1 3 7 1 2 ,8 5 3 ,3 5 5 4 ,5 3 8 ,1 6 5 1 2 ,3 9 2 ,7 5 7 2 0 ,6 9 1 ,3 1 6 1 0 ,7 5 1 ,2 2 9 5 9 0 ,1 6 7 1 ,5 5 7 ,7 0 5 5 ,6 2 3 ,1 6 7 8 ,1 5 4 ,7 6 5 1 4 ,2 4 2 ,6 5 9 1 6 ,6 0 8 ,5 5 8 1 2 ,0 6 2 ,0 1 5 1 0 ,0 4 8 ,0 5 8 9 9 ,5 6 9 ,3 5 1 9 2 ,3 5 9 ,6 4 6 e W ir e le s s (M Id e a S e p t-2 6 8 ,7 6 6 ,7 5 8 1 ,5 0 4 ,9 0 7 7 ,5 5 4 ,0 4 2 1 6 ,9 7 3 ,9 3 0 2 0 ,3 7 0 ,4 3 9 6 ,1 9 8 ,0 1 0 3 9 5 ,0 9 2 2 5 7 ,8 7 3 7 ,7 8 9 ,2 1 6 1 2 ,8 7 0 ,9 5 4 4 ,5 0 0 ,2 6 8 1 2 ,6 8 4 ,9 2 8 2 0 ,6 6 0 ,4 5 8 1 0 ,7 6 5 ,9 4 3 5 8 7 ,9 5 0 1 ,5 5 0 ,4 0 6 5 ,6 3 2 ,7 8 3 8 ,1 1 3 ,0 1 7 1 4 ,2 8 1 ,5 2 8 1 6 ,6 9 5 ,7 3 7 1 1 ,9 9 8 ,7 5 2 9 ,9 6 6 ,4 7 9 2 0 0 ,1 1 9 ,4 7 0 5 5 0 ,1 1 9 9 2 ,2 2 0 ,7 6 3 o b ile ) S u b s c B S A u g -2 6 7 ,6 7 9 ,4 7 4 2 ,8 9 9 ,9 2 0 5 ,5 3 9 ,8 1 3 3 ,3 1 7 ,9 5 6 4 ,7 7 5 ,7 1 3 1 ,8 1 7 ,0 7 1 8 6 3 ,1 0 3 4 ,7 8 7 ,0 7 9 9 ,0 5 6 ,9 6 5 1 ,4 2 4 ,4 0 8 5 ,1 5 2 ,3 6 0 5 ,3 2 7 ,1 9 2 1 ,3 0 9 ,1 5 0 5 ,4 9 9 ,6 0 6 4 ,1 0 6 ,8 1 8 5 ,9 6 6 ,4 7 6 7 ,8 4 9 ,4 8 8 8 ,4 7 7 ,0 4 1 5 ,1 9 5 ,3 9 3 2 ,6 2 5 ,6 7 3 9 3 ,6 7 0 ,6 9 9 3 0 ,8 7 7 ,4 1 0 r N ib e r B a s e L S e p t-2 6 7 ,7 2 7 ,5 7 6 2 ,9 0 8 ,4 7 3 5 ,5 6 6 ,9 3 7 3 ,3 2 1 ,2 5 2 4 ,8 1 5 ,7 9 0 1 ,8 2 1 ,0 3 7 8 6 4 ,1 6 5 4 ,8 4 4 ,9 9 3 9 ,1 0 4 ,5 7 8 1 ,4 2 7 ,3 1 2 5 ,2 1 8 ,5 9 5 5 ,3 6 9 ,4 4 5 1 ,3 2 5 ,7 1 3 5 ,5 1 2 ,5 6 4 4 ,1 3 4 ,2 2 0 6 ,1 0 9 ,8 4 1 7 ,8 4 6 ,1 0 9 8 ,5 0 8 ,3 7 2 5 ,2 3 3 ,5 4 3 2 ,6 3 5 ,8 1 7 9 4 ,2 9 6 ,3 3 2 6 2 5 ,6 3 3 3 1 ,1 1 1 ,2 6 1 A u g -2 6 1 2 0 ,6 5 7 3 4 ,1 9 7 1 5 4 ,8 5 4 2 ,5 2 2 M T N L S e p t-2 6 1 1 8 ,3 3 9 2 9 ,8 8 7 1 4 8 ,2 2 6 -6 ,6 2 8 2 ,4 7 3 5 R e lia n A u g -2 6 3 2 ,8 6 4 ,7 8 6 1 0 ,2 9 1 ,0 1 2 4 6 ,1 2 4 ,4 3 8 2 0 ,7 8 9 ,2 4 6 3 4 ,0 6 7 ,2 7 2 8 ,3 1 5 ,2 1 8 3 ,5 9 2 ,1 9 4 6 ,0 8 0 ,4 9 8 2 6 ,9 7 1 ,3 2 1 1 1 ,2 8 7 ,5 4 2 1 1 ,1 1 6 ,0 3 3 5 1 ,0 7 9 ,2 6 5 4 4 ,6 0 8 ,2 4 8 1 3 ,5 2 6 ,4 0 3 4 ,7 2 3 ,0 2 3 1 8 ,6 6 4 ,4 2 9 1 1 ,8 5 9 ,0 8 3 2 8 ,6 4 0 ,7 7 6 2 5 ,4 8 7 ,7 5 7 4 5 ,2 3 8 ,1 4 7 2 6 ,3 5 3 ,6 9 2 2 6 ,7 5 1 ,5 2 2 0 8 ,4 3 1 ,9 0 5 2 2 1 ,1 0 6 ,8 3 6 c e J 5 io S e p t-2 6 3 3 ,0 1 1 ,9 2 1 1 0 ,3 3 1 ,1 8 3 4 6 ,2 9 0 ,2 4 3 2 0 ,8 3 1 ,0 5 1 3 4 ,5 1 7 ,2 3 5 8 ,3 3 6 ,5 9 8 3 ,6 4 1 ,8 4 6 6 ,1 2 7 ,1 2 2 2 7 ,0 5 7 ,7 7 2 1 1 ,3 7 1 ,6 8 7 1 1 ,1 5 2 ,9 9 8 5 1 ,4 2 9 ,1 1 0 4 4 ,6 4 6 ,0 7 7 1 3 ,6 3 8 ,3 2 8 4 ,7 5 6 ,5 8 4 1 8 ,8 5 2 ,9 6 8 1 1 ,9 2 2 ,8 5 7 2 8 ,7 4 4 ,0 0 1 2 5 ,5 6 1 ,0 7 8 4 5 ,7 1 0 ,7 0 8 2 6 ,3 1 3 ,3 0 0 2 6 ,8 9 9 ,8 7 0 1 1 ,1 4 4 ,5 3 7 2,712,632 2 2 2 ,1 3 4 ,1 8 0 1 1 1 1 ,2 A u 8 9 2 9 0 9 7 8 7 3 2 7 9 1 4 8 4 4 3 2 3 8 7 0 4 4 0 1 3 3 9 3 5 6 9 8 1 1 2 6 7 5 8 9 3 5 4 T o g -2 6 ,2 3 4 ,8 1 6 ,9 7 6 ,2 3 0 ,2 7 4 ,6 7 7 ,3 6 5 ,0 9 5 ,7 6 9 ,6 5 5 ,2 7 8 ,3 2 8 ,4 5 0 ,8 5 1 ,2 7 4 ,7 4 2 ,9 2 7 ,7 0 4 ,1 0 6 ,3 4 2 ,1 5 3 ,0 8 2 ,3 3 6 ,0 0 0 ,9 9 4 ,1 7 2 ,7 7 3 ,1 1 4 ,4 7 3 ,2 3 7 ,1 9 9 ,2 7 8 ,7 8 2 ,8 8 8 ,2 1 2 ,1 8 3 ,5 6 0 ,4 7 2 ,1 2 0 ,7 0 1 ,2 1 0 ,8 9 5 ,9 5 1 ,4 9 6 ,4 2 5 ,9 5 8 0 4 ,5 8 1 ,7 9 0 ta l 1 1 1 1 ,2 S e p t-2 6 8 9 ,7 5 1 ,7 4 2 3 0 ,0 6 2 ,1 7 3 0 9 ,6 0 3 ,8 7 3 7 9 ,4 4 0 ,9 7 9 7 4 ,3 1 9 ,9 2 9 2 7 ,3 4 4 ,8 0 9 9 ,5 0 4 ,2 5 4 1 4 ,3 6 1 ,5 3 4 8 5 ,4 3 3 ,1 3 3 4 3 ,2 8 4 ,1 8 0 2 3 ,1 8 7 ,2 8 3 8 8 ,0 5 1 ,2 4 0 0 5 ,3 9 8 ,3 5 4 4 1 ,1 0 2 ,6 2 9 1 3 ,5 6 4 ,4 0 1 3 9 ,4 0 9 ,3 0 1 3 5 ,9 2 4 ,6 6 6 6 9 ,4 9 5 ,0 5 3 8 1 ,7 9 5 ,8 3 0 1 2 ,6 9 9 ,7 3 7 6 7 ,2 4 2 ,3 5 3 5 9 ,0 2 2 ,3 4 8 9 9 ,9 9 9 ,8 0 1 6,573,843 5 4 6 ,1 4 4 ,8 4 9 A n n e x u re -II N e t A d d itio n 5 1 6 ,9 2 6 8 5 ,9 4 3 3 2 9 ,1 9 6 1 ,0 7 5 ,8 8 4 5 5 0 ,2 7 4 6 6 ,4 8 1 5 3 ,4 0 3 8 6 ,7 9 2 5 0 5 ,4 2 9 1 7 7 ,8 3 8 3 4 ,2 0 1 7 1 5 ,2 4 0 4 0 4 ,1 8 2 3 2 9 ,5 1 5 9 1 ,1 6 4 2 1 0 ,0 2 3 1 4 1 ,7 7 8 2 8 2 ,8 7 0 2 3 5 ,3 5 8 5 7 9 ,0 3 6 3 1 ,4 5 8 7 0 ,8 5 2 6 ,5 7 3 ,8 4 3 1 ,5 6 3 ,0 5 9 RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/45462/2026RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/45462/2026 Proportion of VLR on the date of Peak VLR as against HLR in the month of September-26 (%) Annexure-III Overall (for all service LSA Bharti BSNL Vodafone Idea MTNL Reliance Com. Reliance Jio providers together) Andhra Pradesh 96.53 59.00 96.17 - 96.07 93.09 Assam 99.54 21.81 86.33 - 99.69 91.41 Bihar 90.26 28.46 83.29 - 96.13 89.12 Delhi 97.28 49.90 176.72 - 99.98 87.98 Gujarat 105.78 43.37 88.45 - 100.81 95.93 Haryana 105.25 19.75 92.31 - 103.80 86.82 Himachal Pradesh 96.01 45.97 95.03 - 99.59 87.75 J & K 106.56 55.05 81.49 - 85.61 94.07 Karnataka 97.44 73.31 68.82 - 91.55 91.59 Kerala 99.52 113.51 93.42 - 92.64 98.84 Kolkata 94.15 69.14 87.61 - 98.75 93.56 Madhya Pradesh 96.34 40.43 84.96 - 95.60 90.95 Maharashtra 107.80 88.83 95.07 - 109.60 105.10 Mumbai 98.56 71.73 123.23 100.00 91.21 89.11 North East 100.08 49.38 96.20 - 107.17 97.44 Odisha 99.32 39.41 84.34 - 104.14 92.65 Punjab 113.13 31.92 91.23 100.00 101.72 96.56 Rajasthan 101.22 33.07 90.21 100.00 98.04 92.62 Tamil Nadu 95.78 86.90 80.32 - 97.54 92.78 U.P. (E) 99.63 29.21 81.68 - 100.43 91.98 U.P. (W) 105.90 32.96 91.99 - 97.87 94.60 West Bengal 92.12 73.09 90.67 100.00 97.42 93.44 Total 98.94 54.46 83.85 165.94 100.00 98.67 93.29

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/45462/2026 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/45462/2026 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/45462/2026 Annexure-V Fixed-Wireless (5G) Subscribers Base 5G-Fixed Wireless Subscribers TSPs Name Bharti Airtel Reliance Jio Grand Total → ↓Telecom August- September August- September August- September Service 26 -26 26 -26 26 -26 Area Andhra 337,659 340,084 797,158 797,113 1,134,817 1,137,197 Pradesh Assam 92,953 95,818 221,099 224,896 314,052 320,714 Bihar 201,284 201,554 812,258 829,809 1,013,542 1,031,363 Delhi 200,100 205,621 232,536 233,344 432,636 438,965 Gujarat 234,694 238,002 486,836 488,201 721,530 726,203 Haryana 106,962 107,662 269,930 274,092 376,892 381,754 Himachal 21,777 22,302 87,600 88,594 109,377 110,896 Pradesh Jammu & 66,303 65,289 201,004 204,347 267,307 269,636 Kashmir Karnataka 335,897 343,048 466,934 466,909 802,831 809,957 Kerala 80,143 82,137 207,821 207,352 287,964 289,489 Kolkata 113,684 115,119 170,258 171,640 283,942 286,759 Madhya 189,395 192,911 664,600 673,073 853,995 865,984 Pradesh Maharashtr 355,014 362,243 690,160 693,019 1,045,174 1,055,262 a Mumbai 132,940 135,721 116,259 116,157 249,199 251,878 North East 45,049 45,424 101,892 102,953 146,941 148,377 Odisha 94,547 96,172 360,198 366,444 454,745 462,616 Punjab 191,716 191,439 550,683 556,654 742,399 748,093 Rajasthan 238,166 239,036 545,765 552,970 783,931 792,006 Tamil Nadu 456,984 463,693 430,124 425,973 887,108 889,666 Uttar 251,820 255,822 816,037 829,257 1,067,857 1,085,079 Pradesh

(East) Uttar 184,074 187,355 627,253 637,346 811,327 824,701 Pradesh

(West) West Bengal 103,164 101,227 562,691 577,339 665,855 678,566 TOTAL 4,034,325 4,087,679 9,419,096 9,517,482 13,453,421 13,605,161 Net 53,354 98,386 151,740 Addition Monthly 1.32% 1.04% 1.13% Growth % 24RP-2/9/(4)/2025-NSL-II I/45462/2026 Annexure-VI Fixed-Wireless (UBR) Subscribers Base UBR- Fixed Wireless Subscribers TSPs Name → Reliance Jio ↓Telecom Service Area August-26 September-26 Andhra Pradesh 467,390 493,506 Assam 47,681 49,961 Bihar 356,310 368,121 Delhi 371,300 385,875 Gujarat 367,493 381,608 Haryana 224,754 230,958 Himachal Pradesh 15,321 16,252 Jammu & Kashmir 90,783 92,452 Karnataka 341,021 356,469 Kerala 14,151 15,129 Kolkata 242,137 247,830 Madhya Pradesh 332,066 350,480 Maharashtra 441,115 459,003 Mumbai 75,864 78,641 North East 20,806 21,471 Odisha 76,404 79,665 Punjab 311,503 323,084 Rajasthan 370,338 385,221 Tamil Nadu 241,444 254,466 Uttar Pradesh (East) 353,777 366,485 Uttar Pradesh (West) 450,151 466,259 West Bengal 156,175 160,517 TOTAL 5,367,984 5,583,453 Net Addition 215,469 Monthly Growth % 4.01% *Only Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited has reported the information on the number of UBR FWA subscribers.

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