List of internet service providers in India

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This is a list of internet service providers in India. There were 1076 internet service providers (ISPs) offering broadband and narrowband internet services in India as of 30 June 2023. [1]

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By subscribers

Broadband is defined by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India as "an always-on data connection ... that offers a minimum downlink and uplink speed of 2 Mbit/s". [2] The number of internet users is 895.832 million, out of whom 34.36 million are narrowband subscribers and 861.472 million are broadband subscribers. [1] The following table shows the top 5 ISPs in India by total subscriber base as of 30 June 2023.[ The last two rows of the table need explanation. ]

RankISPLogoSubscribers
NarrowbandBroadbandTotal
1 Jio
Reliance Jio Logo (October 2015).svg
—428,200,000428,200,000
2 Airtel
Bharti Airtel Logo.svg
19,969,265268,028,831287,998,096
3 Vi
Vodafone Idea logo.svg
11,043,432124,896,076135,939,508
4 BSNL
BSNL logo with slogan.svg
2,882,53924,588,53227,471,071
5 Atria Convergence Technologies —2,159,2932,159,293
6 Hathway
Hathway Cable & Datacom logo.svg
———
7 Excitel Broadband ———

Note:

  1. On 28 February 2018 Aircel filed for bankruptcy at NCLT and a substantial number of customers have migrated to other services due to closing down of most of the consumer services. [3] [4]
  2. The services of Telenor India has been merged with Airtel on 14 May 2018. [5]
  3. On 31 August 2018, Vodafone India has been merged with Idea Cellular and renamed as Vodafone Idea Limited. [6]

List

Service ProviderInternet Connection Type(s)Region(s) ServedParent/ownerNotesRef
Atria Convergence Technologies FTTH—
BSNL Broadband FTTHIndia
DEN Networks ——
Excitel Broadband FTTHDelhi,Mumbai,Rajasthan,Uttar Pradesh
MTNL Broadband FTTHDelhi, Mumbai
Hathway FTTHIndia
Tikona ——
Siti Networks

Other notable ISPs

ISPCoverage area
RailTel Corporation of India Public Sector (state-owned) ISP with pan-India optic fiber network along Railway track

Enterprise/wholesale only

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "The Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicators" (PDF). Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. 5 December 2023.
  2. ↑ Sep 1, Debashis Sarkar (September 2021). "TRAI to government: Fix 2Mbps as the minimum broadband internet speed across India - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 February 2022.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ↑ Sengupta, Devina (28 February 2018). "Aircel, country's last small mobile phone operator, files for bankruptcy". The Economic Times. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "Aircel's bankruptcy note on Facebook".
  5. ↑ Gulveen Aulakh (15 May 2018). "DoT approves Bharti Airtel and Telenor India merger". The Economic Times.
  6. ↑ Parbat, Kalyan (31 August 2018). "NCLT gives go-ahead to Idea-Vodafone merger". The Economic Times.
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