India Adds Over 6 Million Wireless Subscribers in July 2026: TRAI

India’s main telecom service suppliers Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, Vodafone Concept (Vi), and state-owned operator BSNL recorded beneficial properties in wi-fi subscribers throughout July 2026, whereas state-owned operator MTNL reported subscriber losses, in accordance with the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) Telecom Subscription Knowledge on the finish of July 2026, launched on August 28, 2026. The information present that the full variety of wi-fi (cellular and Fastened Wi-fi Entry) subscribers elevated from 1,300.25 million on the finish of June 2026 to 1,306.27 million on the finish of July 2026, registering a month-to-month development charge of 0.46 p.c. Likewise, the variety of wi-fi (cellular) subscribers rose from 1,282.38 million to 1,287.92 million throughout the identical interval, reflecting a development charge of 0.43 p.c. Wi-fi tele-density in India elevated from 90.96 p.c to 91.33 p.c. M2M mobile cellular connections have additionally been included within the wi-fi subscriber and tele-density calculations.

Whole wi-fi 5G FWA (Fastened Wi-fi Entry) subscribers elevated from 12.94 million on the finish of June 2026 to 13.21 million on the finish of July 2026. City areas accounted for six.56 million subscribers, whereas rural areas accounted for six.64 million. The city and rural shares had been 49.69 p.c and 50.31 p.c, respectively.

As of July 2026, Bharti Airtel reported a 5G Fastened Wi-fi subscriber base of three,937,986, an addition of 116,951 subscribers, whereas Reliance Jio reported 9,270,226 5G FWA customers, an addition of 155,869 subscribers, bringing the full to 13,208,212 subscribers. The mixed 5G FWA base elevated by 272,820 subscribers in the course of the month, representing month-to-month development of two.11 p.c.

Reliance Jio Infocomm Restricted, the one operator reporting UBR FWA subscribers, elevated its UBR FWA base from 4,934,005 on the finish of June 2026 to five,138,325 on the finish of July 2026, including 204,320 customers, with month-to-month development of 4.14 p.c.

“The variety of complete wi-fi FWA subscribers utilizing UBR expertise (UBR FWA) stood at 5.14 million on the finish of July 2026,” with subscriptions in city and rural areas of three.65 million and 1.49 million respectively. The shares of city and rural wi-fi UBR FWA subscribers had been 71.07 p.c and 28.93 p.c respectively on the finish of July 2026.

Acquire and Lack of Wi-fi Subscribers

Bharti Airtel added 2,688,348 wi-fi (cellular) subscribers throughout July 2026, whereas Reliance Jio added 2,446,727 subscribers. Vodafone Concept added 240,114 subscribers in the course of the month. BSNL gained 168,874 wi-fi (cellular) subscribers, whereas MTNL misplaced 5,744 subscribers. Total, the wi-fi (cellular) subscriber base elevated by 5,538,296 subscribers in the course of the month.

All Licensed Service Areas (LSAs) besides Kolkata confirmed development in wi-fi (cellular) subscribers throughout July 2026.

Wi-fi Market Share of Operators

As of the top of July 2026, non-public entry service suppliers held 92.75 p.c of the wi-fi (cellular) market, whereas BSNL and MTNL collectively accounted for 7.25 p.c.

This interprets to Reliance Jio holding roughly a 39.29 p.c market share with 506.03 million (506,030,343) wi-fi subscribers; Bharti Airtel with roughly a 38.01 p.c market share and 489.49 million (489,488,305) wi-fi subscribers; Vodafone Concept with roughly a 15.46 p.c market share and 199.06 million (199,063,212) wi-fi subscribers; BSNL with roughly a 7.23 p.c market share and 93.18 million (93,177,868) wi-fi subscribers; and MTNL with roughly a 0.01 p.c market share and 160,733 wi-fi subscribers.

Wi-fi (Fastened Wi-fi and Cellular) Entry Broadband Subscribers

As of the top of July 2026, Reliance Jio reported 520.44 million wi-fi broadband subscribers—the best quantity—adopted by Bharti Airtel with 372.94 million, Vodafone Concept with 129.95 million, and BSNL with 22.74 million subscribers. The entire wi-fi entry broadband subscriber base, comprising mounted wi-fi and cellular entry, stood at 1,046.34 million when M2M mobile cellular connections had been included.

Wireline Phone Subscriber Base

Wireline subscribers elevated from 47.82 million on the finish of June 2026 to 48.01 million on the finish of July 2026. The web enhance within the wireline subscriber base was 0.19 million, with a month-to-month development charge of 0.39 p.c. Total wireline tele-density elevated from 3.35 p.c to three.36 p.c in the course of the month.

Within the wireline phase:

Reliance Jio held roughly a 32.89 p.c market share with 15,791,128 subscribers, including 165,786 subscribers in the course of the month.
Bharti Airtel accounted for roughly a 25.32 p.c share with 12,153,862 subscribers, including 163,425 subscribers in the course of the month.
Vodafone Concept held roughly a 1.58 p.c market share with 760,655 subscribers, dropping 23,206 subscribers in the course of the month.
BSNL held roughly a 13.85 p.c market share with 6,648,035 subscribers, including 10,630 subscribers in the course of the month.

M2M Mobile Connections

The variety of M2M (Machine-to-Machine) mobile cellular connections elevated from 134.73 million on the finish of June 2026 to 137.70 million on the finish of July 2026.

Bharti Airtel led with 84.45 million M2M connections (61.33 p.c market share), adopted by Reliance Jio with 26.56 million (19.29 p.c), Vodafone Concept with 21.92 million (15.92 p.c), and BSNL with 4.77 million (3.46 p.c).

Lively Wi-fi Subscribers

Out of the full 1,287.92 million wi-fi (cellular) subscribers, 1,204.01 million had been lively on the date of peak VLR in July 2026. The proportion of lively wi-fi (cellular) subscribers was roughly 93.48 p.c of the full wi-fi (cellular) subscriber base.

Bharti Airtel reported a peak VLR of 99.12 p.c in the course of the month, BSNL 55.02 p.c, Vodafone Concept 83.97 p.c, and Reliance Jio 98.82 p.c.