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Highlights of Telecom Subscription Data at the end of June 2026

Particulars Wireless* Wireline Total

(Wireless+

Wireline)

Broadband Subscribers including M2M cellular mobile connections (Million) 1039.78 47.71 1087.50
Broadband Subscribers excluding M2M cellular mobile connections (Million) 953.79 47.71 1001.50
Urban Telephone Subscribers (Million) 749.39 42.68 792.06
Net Addition in June 2026 (Million) 5.03 -0.68 4.36
Monthly Growth Rate 0.68% -1.56% 0.55%
Rural Telephone Subscribers (Million) 550.86 5.15 556.01
 Net Addition in June 2026 (Million) 0.76 -0.14 0.62
 Monthly Growth Rate 0.14% -2.56% 0.11%
Total Telephone Subscribers (Million) 1300.25 47.82 1348.08
Net Addition in June 2026 (Million) 5.79 -0.81 4.98
Monthly Growth Rate 0.45% -1.67% 0.37%
Share of Urban Subscribers 57.63% 89.23% 58.76%
Share of Rural Subscribers 42.37% 10.77% 41.24%
Overall Tele-densitywith M2M cellular mobile connections 90.96% 3.35% 94.31%
Urban Tele-density@ 145.17% 8.27% 153.43%
Rural Tele-density@ 60.32% 0.56% 60.89%
Tele-density@ without M2M cellular mobile connections 81.54% 3.35% 84.88%

 

  • In the month of June 2026, 14.78 million subscribers submitted their requests for Mobile Number Portability (MNP).
  • The number of active wireless (mobile) subscribers (on the date of peak VLR#) in June 2026 was 1201.06 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) June 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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