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This is a landmark moment not just for Airtel -- but for India. Bharti Airtel announced on April 2, 2026 that it has crossed 650 million customers globally, officially becoming the world's second largest telecom operator by mobile subscriber base, as ranked by GSMA Intelligence. Airtel Only China Mobile stands ahead. Airtel's 650 Million Milestone -- Key Numbers How Did Airtel Get Here? The milestone reflects Airtel's growing scale across two of the world's fastest-growing telecom markets -- ...Read More >
New Delhi - Reliance Jio continues to lead India's telecom subscriber growth, adding 1.6 million users in January 2026, while Vodafone Idea (Vi) continues to struggle with subscriber losses, according to a report by JM Financial. Bharti Airtel also saw gains, adding 1.2 million subscribers during the same period, while Bharat Sanchar Nigam added 0.4 million. The overall net wireless subscriber additions for the Indian telecom industry - excluding machine-to-machine (M2M) subscribers and 5G fixe ...Read More >
MUMBAI: India's telecom sector is ringing in steady growth once again adding millions of new connections every month while the race for broadband supremacy continues to heat up like a fiercely contested cricket match. According to the latest data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on 1 April 2026, the total telephone subscriber base in the country reached 1,321.31 million at the end of February 2026. This marked a net addition of 7.31 million subscribers during the mont ...Read More >
New Delhi: India's total telephone subscriber base climbed to 1,321.31 million at the end of February 2026, according to the telecom subscription data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). As per TRAI, the sector recorded a net addition of 7.31 million subscribers during the month, reflecting an overall monthly growth rate of 0.56 per cent. This growth was largely underpinned by the broadband segment, which saw its user base rise from 1,052.72 million in January 2026 to ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 2 (ANI): India's total telephone subscriber base climbed to 1,321.31 million at the end of February 2026, according to the telecom subscription data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). As per TRAI, the sector recorded a net addition of 7.31 million subscribers during the month, reflecting an overall monthly growth rate of 0.56 per cent. This growth was largely underpinned by the broadband segment, which saw its user base rise from 1,052.72 mill ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 31 (PTI) India's average monthly mobile data consumption per user crossed the 31 GB mark in 2025, up from 27.5 GB in 2024, according to a report by telecom gear maker Nokia. The 13th edition of Nokia's annual Mobile Broadband Index (MBiT) said pan-India monthly 5G data traffic surged 70 per cent year-on-year to reach 12.9 exabytes (EB) in 2025. With this, 5G now contributes nearly 47 per cent of the country's overall mobile broadband traffic. "Average monthly mobile data consum ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 31 (PTI) India's average monthly mobile data consumption per user crossed the 31 GB mark in 2025, up from 27.5 GB in 2024, according to a report by telecom gear maker Nokia. The 13th edition of Nokia's annual Mobile Broadband Index (MBiT) said pan-India monthly 5G data traffic surged 70 per cent year-on-year to reach 12.9 exabytes (EB) in 2025. With this, 5G now contributes nearly 47 per cent of the country's overall mobile broadband traffic. "Average monthly mobile data consum ...Read More >
BCSSL said in the filing that the company has commenced first proof-of-concepts (PoC) at Mindi, Visakhapatnam and Anakapalli to validate the performance of its 5G FWA integration solutions, adding that it would kick off service trials in the first week of November 2025. NEW DELHI: State-controlled Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has empaneled homegrown enterprise services company Blue Cloud Softech Solutions (BCSSL) as a 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) system integrator for the Andhra Prades ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 18 (PTI) The Supreme Court has said money cannot be recovered by filing an FIR and seeking help of police as it quashed a cheating case against the producer of Bollywood movie "Tanu Weds Manu". A bench of Justices J B Pardiwala and R Mahadevan expressed displeasure over the approach of the Allahabad High Court in dealing with the petition of producer Shailesh R Singh for quashing of the FIR against him by complainant Kunal Jain. "Money cannot be recovered, more particularly, in ...Read More >
Mumbai: Jio Platforms Ltd (JPL), which houses Reliance Industries' telecom and digital businesses, posted a nearly 25% year-on-year rise in fiscal first quarter net profit, boosted by continued addition of data users. JPL's consolidated net profit stood at ₹7,110 in the June quarter from ₹5,698 crore a year earlier, and ₹7,022 crore crore in the previous three months, the Mukesh Ambani-owned company said in a statement Friday. "I am happy to share that Jio has scaled newer heights during the q ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is adopting a "multi-fold strategy" to launch commercial fifth generation or 5G services concurrently with 4G network densification, carried out by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)-led consortium with an additional 19,000 sites. 'BSNL has placed an order for an additional 19,000 sites to densify its 4G footprint, with seamless software upgrade capability to 5G. This follows the successful commissioning of around 90,000 4G sites,' A. Robert Ravi, Cha ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 29 (PTI) Indian telecom major Reliance Jio is on track to become the world's largest Fixed Wireless Access provider by subscriber base, eclipsing US-based telecom giant T-Mobile, an analyst report said on Sunday. According to recent data released by telecom regulator Trai, Reliance Jio total 5G FWA subscriber base (including unlicensed band radio) reached 6.88 million in May, while T-Mobile had 6.85 million subscribers in March. Also Read | How To Spot a Fake Website? PIB Fact C ...Read More >
New Delhi: India's telecom sector continued to soar in May 2025, recording notable growth across broadband, mobile, and wireline markets, according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), reported PTI. Broadband users surged to nearly 975 million, driven by a 60 per cent jump in fixed wireless (5G FWA) adoption. While the wireline segment grew steadily, wireless users touched 1.168 billion, despite a slight dip in metro areas. Tele-density remained robust, especially in urban zones. ...Read More >
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