Particulars	Wireless*	Wireline	Total (Wireless+ Wireline)
Broadband Subscribers (Million)	945.51	44.07	989.58
Urban Telephone Subscribers (Million)	645.27	41.52	686.79
Net Addition in August 2025 (Million)	4.23	-0.96	3.27
Monthly Growth Rate	0.66%	-2.27%	0.48%
Rural Telephone Subscribers (Million)	532.76	4.99	537.75
Net Addition in August 2025 (Million)	1.88	-0.64	1.24
Monthly Growth Rate	0.36%	-11.44%	0.23%
Total Telephone Subscribers (Million)	1178.03	46.51	1224.54
Net Addition in August 2025 (Million)	6.12	-1.61	4.51
Monthly Growth Rate	0.52%	-3.34%	0.37%
Overall Tele-density@(%)	83.12%	3.28%	86.40%
Urban Tele-density@(%)	126.38%	8.13%	134.51%
Rural Tele-density@(%)	58.76%	0.55%	59.31%
Share of Urban Subscribers	54.78%	89.28%	56.09%
Share of Rural Subscribers	45.22%	10.72%	43.91%

 

5. In the month of August 2025 15.05 million subscribers submitted their requests for Mobile Number Portability (MNP).                                                                                  
6. The Number of active wireless (Mobile) subscribers (on the date of peak VLR#) in August 2025 was 1086.18 million.

Note:

^*   Wireless includes fixed wireless access (FWA) subscription also. 

@ Based on the projection of population from the ‘Report of the Technical Group on Population Projections for India and States 2011 – 2036’.   

# VLR is acronym of Visitor Location Register. The dates of peak VLR for various telecom service providers (TSPs) are different in different service areas.

Information in this Press Release is based on the data provided by the TSPs to TRAI.

1. Broadband Subscribers

• As per the information received from 1426 operators in August 2025, the total number of broadband subscribers increased from 984.69 million at the end of July 2025 to 989.58 million at the end of August 2025 with a monthly growth rate of 0.50%. 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 August 2025

Segment	Subscription	Broadband Subscribers (in million)		Percent Change
		July-2025	August-2025
Wired subscribers	Fixed (Wired) Access (DSL, FTTx, Ethernet/LAN, Cable Modem, ILL)	45.49	44.07	-3.13%
Wireless Subscribers	Fixed Wireless Access [1] (5G FWA, Wi-Fi, Wi-Max, Radio/UBR, Satellite)	8.79	11.40	29.69%
	Mobile Wireless Access (Handset/Dongle based-3G, 4G, 5G)	930.41	934.11	0.40%
Total Broadband Subscribers		984.69	989.58	0.50%

 

[1] Variation in FWA broadband is due to the separate reporting of Fixed Wireless (Unlicensed bands), earlier included under FTTx by M/s Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited.

Top five Broadband (Wired + Wireless) Service providers as on 31^st August 2025

S.N.	Name of the Service Provider	Subscriber base (In million)
	Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd.	501.31
	Bharti Airtel Ltd.	309.22
	Vodafone Idea Ltd.	127.48
	Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.	34.31
	Atria Convergence Technologies Ltd.	2.35
Market Share of Top Five Broadband (Wired + Wireless) Service Providers		98.49%

 

• 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 as on 31^st August 2025

Top Five Fixed (Wired) Access Broadband Service providers as on 31^st August 2025

 

Top five Wireless (Fixed Wireless & Mobile) Access

Broadband Service providers as on 31^st August 2025

2. Wireline Subscribers

• The number of wireline subscribers decreased from 48.11 million at the end of July 2025 to 46.51 million at the end of August 2025. The net decrease in the wireline subscriber base was -1.61 million with a monthly growth rate of -3.34%.              
• The overall wireline tele-density in India decreased from 3.40% at the end of July 2025 to 3.28% at the of August 2025. Urban and rural wireline tele-density were 8.13% and 0.55% respectively, on 31^st August 2025.  The respective share of urban subscribers, and rural subscribers in total wireline subscribers were 89.28% and 10.72% respectively at the end of August 2025.       
• PSU access service providers viz. BSNL, MTNL, and APSFL together held 20.53% of the wireline market share as on 31^st August 2025. Detailed statistics of the wireline subscriber base are available at

Annexure-I.  

Access Service Provider-wise Market Share of wireline Subscribers as on 31^st August 2025

• The net addition/ decline in the wireline subscriber base of various access service providers in the month of August 2025 is given below:

Access Service Provider-wise Net Addition/Decline in Wireline Subscribers during the month of August 2025

 

3. Wireless (Mobile + FWA) Subscribers

 

•  The number of wireless (mobile + fixed wireless access) subscribers increased from 1171.91 million at the end of July 2025 to 1178.03 million at the end of August 2025, thereby registering a monthly growth rate of 0.52%. Total wireless subscription in urban areas increased from 641.03 million on 31^st July 2025  to 645.27 million on  31^st August 2025. The subscription in rural areas also increased from 530.88 million to 532.76 million during the same period. The monthly growth rate of urban and rural wireless subscriptions was 0.66% and 0.36%, respectively.                               
•   The wireless tele-density in India increased from 82.75% at the end of July 2025 to 83.12% at the end of August 2025. The urban wireless tele-density increased from 125.74% at the end of July 2025 to 126.38% at the end of August 2025. The rural wireless tele-density increased from 58.57% to 58.76% during the same period. The share of urban and rural wireless subscribers in the total number of wireless subscribers was 54.78% and 45.22%, respectively, at the end of August 2025.                        

•  The details of Wireless (mobile) subscribers and Wireless (FWA) subscribers are given below:

 

(A) Wireless (mobile) subscribers

• The number of wireless (mobile) subscribers increased from 1163.51 million at the end of July 2025 to 1167.03 million at the end of August 2025 thereby registering a monthly growth rate of 0.30%. Wireless (mobile) subscription in urban areas increased from 636.02 million at the end of July 2025 to 638.49 million at the end of August 2025 and wireless (mobile) subscription in rural areas also increased from 527.49 million to 528.54 million during the same period. The monthly growth rates of urban and rural wireless (mobile) subscription ware 0.39% and 0.20% respectively.  

            

•  The wireless (mobile) tele-density in India increased from 82.16% at the end of July 2025 to 82.35% at the end of August 2025. The urban wireless (mobile) tele-density decreased from 124.75% at the end of July 2025 to 125.05% at the end of August 2025 and rural wireless (mobile) tele-density increased from 58.20% to 58.30% during the same period. The share of urban and rural wireless (mobile) subscribers in the total number of wireless (mobile) subscribers ware 54.71% and 45.29% respectively at the end of August 2025.

The detailed statistics of wireless (mobile) subscriber base is available at Annexure-II.

 

•  As on 31^st August 2025 the private access service providers held a market share of 92.11% of the wireless (mobile) subscribers, whereas PSU access service providers viz. BSNL and MTNL together held a market share of 7.89%.                                                                

• 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 as on 31^st August 2025

 

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

Major Access Service Provider-wise Monthly Growth/ Decline Rate of Wireless (Mobile) Subscribers in the month of August 2025

 

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

 

• Except West Bengal, North East and Punjab, all other service areas have showed growth in their wireless (Mobile) subscribers during the month of August 2025.                                                                                                                                                          

(B)  Wireless (FWA) subscribers

• At present, fixed wireless access (FWA) based services are being provided under two categories viz.

1. 5G FWA i.e. FWA using 5G radio access technology; and
2. UBR FWA i.e. FWA using unlicensed band radio (UBR) technology.

• The number of wireless (5G FWA) subscribers increased from 8.40 million at the end of July 2025 to 8.90 million at the end of August 2025 with subscriptions in urban and rural areas of 5.27 million and 3.63 million, respectively. The shares of urban and rural wireless (5G FWA) subscribers in total wireless (5G FWA) subscribers were 59.21% and 40.79%, respectively at the end of August 2025.
• Information on the wireless (5G FWA) subscriber base is available at Annexure-V.      
• Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited have started reporting the number of UBR FWA subscribers w.e.f. the month of August 2025.
• UBR FWA subscription stood at 2.1 million at the end of August 2025 with subscriptions in urban and rural areas of 1.51 million and 0.59 million, respectively. The shares of urban and rural wireless (UBR FWA) subscribers in total wireless (UBR FWA) subscribers were 71.90% and 28.10%, respectively at the end of August 2025.
• Information on the wireless (UBR FWA) subscriber base is available at Annexure-VI.                                                                          

4. M2M cellular mobile connections

        The Number of M2M cellular mobile connections increased from 84.62 million at the end of July 2025 to 89.70 million at the end of August 2025.

 

Bharti Airtel Limited has the highest number of M2M cellular mobile connections of 52.61 million with a market share of 58.66%, followed by Vodafone Idea Limited, Reliance Jio Infocom Limited and BSNL with market share of 19.40%, 17.94% and 4.01% respectively.

5.  Total Telephone Subscribers

 

•  The number of total telephone subscribers in India increased from 1220.02 million at the end of July, 2025 to 1224.54 million at the end of August, 2025, thereby showing a monthly growth rate of 0.37%. Urban telephone subscription increased from 683.52 million at the end of July, 2025 to 686.79 million at the end of August, 2025 and the rural telephone subscription also increased from 536.51 million to 537.75 million during the same period. The monthly growth rates of urban and rural telephone subscription were 0.48% and   0.23% respectively during the month of August, 2025.          
• The overall tele-density in India increased from 86.15% at the end of July 2025 to 86.40% at the end of August 2025. The urban tele-density increased from 134.07% at the end of July 2025 to 134.51% at the end of August 2025 and rural tele-density also increased from 59.19% to 59.31% during the same period. The share of urban and rural subscribers in total number of telephone subscribers at the end of August 2025 were 56.09% and 43.91% respectively.       

                               

Overall Tele-density (LSA Wise) – As on 31^st August 2025

• As may be seen in the above chart, eight LSA have less tele-density than the all-India average tele-density at the end of August 2025. Delhi service area has the maximum tele-density of 277.54% and the Bihar service area has the minimum tele-density of 57.67% at the end of August 2025.                                                                    

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.
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 area(s).
5. Data/information for Andhra Pradesh includes Telengana, Madhya Pradesh includes Chhatishgarh, 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. Category-wise Growth in subscriber base​​​​​​​

Circle Category-wise Net Additions in Telephone Subscribers in the month of August 2025

*Wireless includes FWA subscription also.

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

 

 

*Wireless includes FWA subscription also.

Note:  Circle Category-Metro includes Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata.

• As can be seen in the above tables, in the wireless segment, during the month of August 2025, on a monthly basis, all circles have registered a growth in their subscriber bases. On a yearly basis, except ‘Metro’, all other circles have registered a growth in their subscriber bases.
•  In the wireline segment, during the month of August 2025 on a monthly basis all circles have registered a decline in their subscriber bases and on a yearly basis, all circles have registered a growth in their subscriber bases.

 

 

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: -

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.

5G FWA Subscriber Base					Annexure-V
Service Area	Bharti Airtel		Reliance Jio		Total
	July-25	August-25	July-25	August-25	July-25	August-25
Andhra Pradesh	177,752	195,960	547,960	573,123	725,712	769,083
Assam	36,911	40,624	143,848	152,880	180,759	193,504
Bihar	74,641	85,980	490,871	525,129	565,512	611,109
Delhi	106,193	113,891	229,078	229,208	335,271	343,099
Gujarat	111,916	122,558	375,537	387,552	487,453	510,110
Haryana	54,399	59,338	186,951	195,556	241,350	254,894
Himachal Pradesh	8,825	9,695	58,402	62,206	67,227	71,901
J & K	32,137	35,003	144,039	150,144	176,176	185,147
Karnataka	174,477	190,348	351,817	363,327	526,294	553,675
Kerala	35,550	39,504	131,059	139,760	166,609	179,264
Kolkata	63,435	67,843	154,978	156,257	218,413	224,100
Madhya Pradesh	84,597	91,576	426,614	452,663	511,211	544,239
Maharashtra	170,668	185,785	512,281	532,893	682,949	718,678
Mumbai	70,080	75,632	93,080	95,525	163,160	171,157
North East	19,321	21,709	69,391	73,208	88,712	94,917
Odisha	43,173	47,296	211,432	226,688	254,605	273,984
Punjab	91,332	99,479	404,730	419,972	496,062	519,451
Rajasthan	116,617	127,478	363,258	381,286	479,875	508,764
Tamil Nadu	242,085	262,278	316,468	326,039	558,553	588,317
U.P.(E)	105,951	117,839	520,021	550,049	625,972	667,888
U.P.(W)	84,647	94,590	411,662	435,985	496,309	530,575
West Bengal	48,576	54,164	302,452	331,841	351,028	386,005
Total	1953283	2,138,570	6,445,929	6,761,291	8,399,212	8,899,861
Net Addition		185287		315362		500649
Monthly Growth%		9.49%		4.89%		5.96%

Annexure-VI

UBR FWA Subscriber Base

Service Area	Number of UBR FWA subscribers of Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited* on 31.08.2025
Andhra Pradesh	157,025
Assam	17,555
Bihar	139,818
Delhi	144,120
Gujarat	152,408
Haryana	94,995
Himachal Pradesh	4,677
Jammu & Kashmir	39,283
Karnataka	120,346
Kerala	6,550
Kolkata	89,559
Madhya Pradesh	115,637
Maharashtra	172,621
Mumbai	34,078
North East	7,096
Odisha	25,851
Punjab	133,799
Rajasthan	154,604
Tamil Nadu	96,045
Uttar Pradesh (East)	150,701
Uttar Pradesh (West)	179,922
West Bengal	62,703
Total	2,099,393

 * Only Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited has reported the information on the number of UBR FWA subscribers.

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Samrat/Allen

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