Highlights of Telecom Subscription Data as on 30th April 2025

Highlights of Telecom Subscription Data as on 30th April 2025

Highlights of Telecom Subscription Data as on 30^th April 2025

Particulars

Wireless

Wireline

Total

(Wireless+

Wireline)

Broadband Subscribers (Million)

901.67^*

41.41

 

943.09

Urban Telephone Subscribers (Million)

633.29^*

33.90

667.19

     Net Addition in April 2025 (Million)

0.72

0.36

1.08

     Monthly Growth Rate

0.11%

1.07%

0.16%

Rural Telephone Subscribers (Million)

533.14^*

3.51

536.65

     Net Addition in April 2025 (Million)

1.95

0.01

1.96

     Monthly Growth Rate

0.37%

0.33%

0.37%

Total Telephone Subscribers (Million)

1166.43*

37.41

1203.84

     Net Addition in April 2025 (Million)

2.68

0.37

3.05

     Monthly Growth Rate

0.23%

1.00%

0.25%

Overall Tele-density^@ (%)

82.54%

2.65%

85.19%

     Urban Tele-density^@ (%)

124.78%

6.68%

131.46%

     Rural Tele-density^@ (%)

58.87%

0.39%

59.26%

Share of Urban Subscribers

54.29%

90.61%

55.42%

Share of Rural Subscribers

45.71%

9.39%

44.58%

 

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Note:

 

Segment–wise Broadband Subscribers and Monthly Growth Rate in the month of April 2025

Segment

Subscription

Subscribers

(in million)

% Change

Mar-25

Apr-25

Wired subscribers

Fixed (wired) Broadband

(DSL, FTTx, Ethernet/LAN, Cable Modem, ILL)

41.39

41.41

0.07%

Wireless Subscribers

Fixed Wireless Broadband

(5G FWA, Wi-Fi, Wi-Max, Radio, Satellite)

4.89

4.87

-0.55%

Mobile Broadband

(Handset/Dongle based)

897.84

896.81

-0.12%

Total Broadband Subscribers

944.12*

943.09*

-0.11%

 

  * This report has been prepared considering the last reported (November 2024) internet subscription data submitted by M/s Reliance Jio Infocom Ltd. and M/s Bharti Airtel Ltd., as they did not submit the required data in the prescribed report format since December 2024.

As on 30^th April 2025, top five Broadband

(Wired + Wireless) Service providers

S.N.

Name of the Service Provider

Subscriber base

(In million)

Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd

476.58*

Bharti Airtel Ltd.

289.31*

Vodafone Idea Ltd.

125.63

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.

34.26

Atria Convergence Technologies Limited

2.30

Market Share of Top Five Broadband (Wired+Wireless)

98.41%

*As per reported data of November,2024

Service Provider-wise Market Share of Broadband

(wired + wireless) Services as on 30^th April, 2025

As on 30^th April, 2025, Top Five Fixed (Wired) Broadband Service providers

S.N.

Name of the Service Provider

Subscriber base

(In million)

Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd

11.48^*

Bharti Airtel Ltd

8.55^*

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd

4.32

Atria Convergence Technologies Limited

2.30

Kerala Vision Broadband Ltd

1.33

Market Share of Top Five Fixed (Wired) Broadband Service Providers

67.56%

*As per reported data of November, 2024

 

As on 30^th April, 2025, top five Wireless (Fixed wireless & mobile) Broadband Service providers

S.N.

Name of the Service Provider

Subscriber base

(In million)

Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd

465.10*

Bharti Airtel Ltd

280.76*

Vodafone Idea Ltd

125.63

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd

29.94

IBus Virtual Network Services Private Limited

0.09

Market Share of Top Five Wireless Broadband Service Providers

99.98%

^*As per reported data of November, 2024

Access Service Provider-wise Market Share of Wireline Subscribers

as on 30^th April, 2025

Access Service Provider-wise Net Addition/Decline in wireline Subscribers during the month of April, 2025

 

(A) Wireless (mobile) subscriber

Detailed statistics of wireless (mobile) subscriber base are available at Annexure-II.

•      As on 30^th April 2025, the private access service providers held 92.08% market share of the wireless (mobile) subscribers, whereas BSNL and MTNL, the two PSU access service providers, had a market share of only 7.92%.

Access Service Provider-wise Market Shares in term of Wireless (Mobile) Subscribers as on 30^th April 2025

Net Addition/ Decline in Wireless (Mobile) Subscribers of Access Service Providers in the month of April, 2025

 

Growth in Wireless (Mobile) Subscribers

Major Access Service Provider-wise Monthly Growth/ Decline Rate of Wireless Subscribers in the month of April, 2025

 

 

Service Area-wise Monthly Growth/ Decline Rate of Wireless (Mobile) Subscribers in the month of April, 2025

(B) Wireless (5G FWA) subscribers

     The number of M2M cellular mobile connections increased from 66.54 million at the end of March-25 to 69.87 million at the end of April-25.

Bharti Airtel Limited has the highest number of M2M cellular mobile connections of 37.28 million with a market share of 53.35%, followed by Vodafone idea Limited, Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited and BSNL with market share of 23.64%, 18.24% and 4.77% respectively.

 

Overall Tele-density (LSA Wise) – As on 30^th April, 2025

Notes: –

 

Circle Category-wise Net Additions in Telephone Subscribers in the month April, 2025

          

Circle

Category

Net additions in the month of April 2025

Telephone Subscriber base as on 30^th April 2025

Wireline segment

Wireless* segment

Wireline segment

Wireless* segment

Circle A

123033

1122724

14691279

387660891

Circle B

126718

731768

10326625

472204750

Circle C

58320

832811

3004991

193100415

Metro

62149

-11939

9388059

113464478

All India

370220

2675364

37410954

1166430534

          *Wireless includes 5G FWA subscription also

Circle Category-wise monthly and yearly Growth Rates in Telephone Subscribers in the month of April, 2025

Circle Category

Monthly growth rate (%)

(March-25 to April-25)

Yearly growth rate (%)

(April-24 to April-25)

Wireline Segment

Wireless* Segment

Wireline Segment

Wireless* Segment

Circle A

0.84%

0.29%

10.12%

-0.19%

Circle B

1.24%

0.16%

12.25%

-0.25%

Circle C

1.98%

0.43%

11.93%

2.18%

Metro

0.67%

-0.01%

3.89%

-1.10%

All India

1.00%

0.23%

9.19%

0.08%

 

*Wireless includes 5G FWA subscription also.

 

Note:  Circle Category-Metro includes Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. Data for Chennai has been included in Circle Category-A, as part of Tamil Nadu.

 

Access Service Provider-wise Percentage of VLR Subscribers

in the month of April, 2025   

 

 

Service Area wise percentage of VLR Subscribers

in the month of April, 2025

 

Service Area Wise MNP Status

Zone-I

Zone–II

Service Area

Cumulative Number of Porting Requests Till      (in Million)

Service Area

Cumulative Number of Porting Requests Till

(in Million)

Mar-25

Apr-25

Mar-25

Apr-25

Delhi

53.25

53.87

Andhra Pradesh

72.69

73.33

Gujarat

76.11

77.03

Assam

8.20

8.30

Haryana

35.19

35.58

Bihar

64.93

65.97

Himachal Pradesh

4.68

4.74

Karnataka

73.53

74.10

Jammu & Kashmir

3.23

3.30

Kerala

26.34

26.58

Maharashtra

90.87

91.80

Kolkata

20.17

20.36

Mumbai

36.23

36.50

Madhya Pradesh

88.41

89.58

Punjab

36.37

36.72

North East

2.55

2.58

Rajasthan

74.56

75.23

Odisha

19.48

19.70

U.P.(East)

111.89

113.81

Tamil Nadu

69.33

69.96

U.P.(West)

84.03

85.44

West Bengal

66.88

67.93

Total

606.43

614.03

Total

    512.51

    518.38

Total (Zone-I + Zone-II)

 

1,118.94

1,132.41

Net Addition (April 2025)

13.48

 

 

Contact details in case of any clarification: –

Shri Akhilesh Kumar Trivedi, Advisor (NSL-II),

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India                                                                 

World Trade Centre, Tower-F,

Nauroji Nagar, New Delhi – 110029

Ph: 011-20907758                                                                (S.B. Singh)

E-mail: advmn@trai.gov.in                                              Pr. Advisor (NSL), TRAI

 Note: Peak VLR figures in some circles of some of the service providers are more than their HLR  figures due to a large number of inroamers.

Annexure IV

VLR Subscribers in the Wireless Segment

Home Location Register (HLR) is a central database that contains details of each mobile phone subscriber that is authorized to use the GSM core network. The HLRs store details of every SIM card issued by the service provider. Each SIM has a unique identifier called an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI), which is the primary key to each HLR record. The HLR data is stored for as long as a subscriber remains with the service provider. HLR also manages the mobility of subscribers by means of updating their position in administrative areas. It sends the subscriber data to a Visitor Location Register (VLR).

Subscriber numbers reported by the service providers is the difference between the numbers of IMSI registered in service provider’s HLR and sum of other figures as given below: –

 

1

Total IMSI’s in HLR (A)

2

Less: (B = a + b + c + d + e)

a.

Test/Service Cards

b.

Employees

c.

Stock in hand/in Distribution Channels (Active Card)

d.

Subscriber Retention period expired

e.

Service suspended pending disconnection

3

Subscribers Base (A-B)

Visitor Location Register (VLR) is a temporary database of the subscribers who have roamed into the particular area, which it serves. Each base station in the network is served by exactly one VLR; hence a subscriber cannot be present in more than one VLR at a time.

If subscriber is in active stage i.e. he is able to send/receive calls/SMSs he is available both in HLR and VLR. However, it may be possible that the subscriber is registered in HLR but not in VLR due to the reason that he is either switched-off or moved out of coverage area, not reachable etc. In such circumstances he will be available in HLR but not in VLR. This causes difference between subscriber number reported by the service providers based on HLR and numbers available in VLR.

The VLR subscriber data calculated here is based on active subscribers in VLR on the date of Peak subscriber number in VLR of the particular month for which the data is being collected. This data is to be taken from the switches having the purge time of not more than 72 hours.