Telecom subscriber base rises to 134.8 crore in June: TRAI

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According to data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Tuesday, the Telecom subscriber base expanded to 134.8 crore in June, largely led by Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio who added new subscribers, a PTI news report stated.

Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio's new additions

Bharti Airtel added 31.63 lakh users during the month. The additions included 29.89 lakh mobile subscribers and 1.73 lakh fixed-line connections. Reliance Jio during the month added 22.91 lakh subscribers, comprising 21.46 lakh in mobile segment and 1.44 lakh in fixed line segment.

The duo together accounted for 54.54 lakh, or about 87 per cent, of the total net addition of 62 lakh subscribers in June, as per PTI.

"The number of total telephone subscribers in India increased from 1,343.1 million at the end of May 2026 to 1,348.08 million at the end of June 2026, thereby showing a monthly growth rate of 0.37 per cent," sector regulator TRAI's monthly data subscriber report for June 2026 said.

Wireless Connections

In terms of wireless connections, the total number in June edged up marginally to 130 crore from 129.4 crore in May. The total wireless connections comprised 114.7 crore consumer sim, 13.47 crore M2M sim and 1.78 crore fixed wireless access connections, according to PTI.

Vodafone Idea added 1.63 lakh wireless subscribers, while State-run BSNL added 94,006 subscribers during the reported month. However, MTNL lost 11,284 mobile subscribers in June, said the PTI news report.

Overall, the wireline subscriber base fell 1.67 per cent on monthly basis to 4.78 crore in June, from 4.86 crore in May, mainly due to BSNL losing 7.96 lakh fixed line subscribers, as per PTI.

Amongst the fixed line connections, Airtel, Reliance Jio and STPL added new subscribers, while the others including Vodafone Idea, MTNL, APSFL, Tata Teleservices, Quadrant all reported a decline in fixed line connections.

Based on the information filed by 1,580 operators for June 2026, the total number of broadband subscribers increased to 108.75 crore from 108 crore in May, as per PTI.

Reliance Jio led the segment with 53.22 crore broadband subscribers, followed by Bharti Airtel with 37.99 crore subscribers, Vodafone Idea 13 crore, BSNL 2.7 crore and Atria Convergence 24.5 lakh broadband subscribers, according to PTI.

(With PTI inputs)