Indian telecom service suppliers Bharti Airtel (Airtel) and Reliance Jio gained wi-fi subscribers in Could 2025, whereas Vodafone Concept (Vi) and state-run telcos BSNL and MTNL misplaced wi-fi subscribers through the month, in accordance with TRAI‘s Telecom Subscription Information as of Could 31, 2025. The info exhibits that the full variety of wi-fi (cell) subscribers elevated from 1,158.93 million on the finish of April 2025 to 1,161.03 million on the finish of Could 2025, thereby registering a month-to-month development price of 0.18 %. Likewise, the full wi-fi (cell + 5G FWA) subscribers elevated from 1,166.43 million on the finish of April 2025 to 1,168.42 million on the finish of Could 2025, thereby registering a month-to-month development price of 0.17 %.
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5G FWA Subscribers
Complete wi-fi (5G FWA) subscribers decreased from 7.50 million on the finish of April 2025 to 7.40 million on the finish of Could 2025 with subscriptions in city and rural areas of 4.49 million and a pair of.91 million, respectively.
As of Could 2025, Bharti Airtel reported a 5G FWA subscriber base of 1,540,430 (Added 182,458), whereas Reliance Jio reported 5,854,939 (Misplaced 286,331) FWA customers, bringing the full to 7,395,369—together with 2,909,702 rural subscribers from Jio alone.
Acquire and Lack of Wi-fi Subscribers
Bharti Airtel added 275,621 (0.27 million) wi-fi subscribers, whereas Reliance Jio added 2,700,066 (2.70 million) subscribers. In the meantime, Vodafone Concept misplaced 274,103 wi-fi subscribers throughout the identical interval. Public sector items (PSUs) BSNL misplaced 135,654 wi-fi subscribers and MTNL misplaced 470,812.
Wi-fi Market Share of Operators
As of Could 31, 2025, personal entry service suppliers held a 92.14 % market share of wi-fi (cell) subscribers, whereas BSNL and MTNL, the 2 PSU service suppliers, had a mixed market share of solely 7.86 %. This interprets to Reliance Jio holding a 40.92 % market share with 475.1 million wi-fi subscribers, Bharti Airtel with 33.61 % market share and 390.25 million wi-fi subscribers, Vodafone Concept with 17.61 % market share and 204.44 million wi-fi subscribers, BSNL with 7.82 % market share and 90.77 million wi-fi subscribers, and MTNL with a 0.04 % market share and 0.45 million wi-fi subscribers.
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Wi-fi Broadband Subscribers
Reliance Jio reported 480.96 million wi-fi broadband (fastened and cell) subscribers, adopted by Bharti Airtel with 292.89 million, Vodafone Concept with 126.67 million, and BSNL with 29.99 million subscribers.
Wired Market Share
Wireline subscribers elevated from 37.41 million on the finish of April 2025 to 38.66 million on the finish of Could 2025. Web improve within the wireline subscriber base was 1.25 million with a month-to-month price of development 3.34 %.
Within the wireline phase, Reliance Jio held a 37.44 % market share with 14,476,269 wireline subscribers, including 1,276,361 subscribers. Bharti Airtel had a 26.65 % share with 10,304,201 wireline subscribers, including 99, 246 subscribers through the month, and Vodafone Concept reported a 2.12 % market share with 820,574 wireline subscribers, including 1,795 subscribers through the month. BSNL reported a market share of 19.59 within the phase with 7,572,988 subscribers shedding 46,054 customers.
M2M Mobile Connections
In accordance with the report, the variety of M2M (Machine-to-Machine) mobile cell connections elevated from 69.87 million on the finish of April 2025 to 73.91 million on the finish of Could 2025. Bharti Airtel has the very best variety of M2M mobile cell connections at 40.14 million, holding a market share of 54.31 %, adopted by Vodafone Concept with 22.74 % (16.81 million), Reliance Jio with 18.31 % (13.53 million), and BSNL with 4.63 % (3.42 million).
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Lively Wi-fi Subscribers
Out of the full 1161.03 million wi-fi (cell) subscribers, 1080.06 million wi-fi (cell) subscribers have been energetic on the date of peak VLR within the month of Could 2025. The proportion of energetic wi-fi (cell) subscribers was roughly 93.03 % of the full wi-fi (cell) subscriber base, in accordance with TRAI. Airtel reported a peak VLR of 99.13 % through the month, BSNL 63.73 %, Vodafone Concept (Vi) 84.56 %, MTNL 96.84 %, and Reliance Jio 97.25 %. Lively wi-fi subscribers are primarily based on VLR information.
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