List of telecom companies in India

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telecom services providing companies are regulated by Department of Telecommunications and TRAI under Ministry of Communications, Government of India.

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Direct-to-home (DTH) operators

There are 4 pay-for-use DTH service providers and one free-to-air service provider (DD Free Dish) in India. [1]

As of 30 September 2024, there are 59.91 million active DTH subscribers, in addition to the subscribers of state-owned DD Free Dish, in the country according to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).

Market share of pay DTH operators in India as of 30 September 2024, according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)
  1. Tata Play (31.99%)
  2. Bharti Telemedia Limited (29.38%)
  3. Dish TV (19.53%)
  4. Sun Direct (19.1%)

Wireless operators

As of 31st December 2024 there are around 1150.66 million wireless subscribers in India according to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). [2]

Market share of Wireless Mobile operators in India as of 31st December 2024, according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) [3]
  1. Jio 40.42 (40.4%)
  2. Airtel 33.49 (33.5%)
  3. Vodafone Idea 18.01 (18.0%)
  4. BSNL 7.99 (7.98%)
  5. MTNL 0.17 (0.17%)

Wireline operators

Fixed-line operators

As of 30 November 2024, there are 38.50 million wireline subscribers in India according to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). [2]

Market share of fixed-line telecom operators in India as of 30 November 2024, according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India [2]
  1. Jio (42.33%)
  2. Airtel (25.15%)
  3. BSNL (15.81%)
  4. Tata Teleservices (6.11%)
  5. Vi (2.21%)
  6. Others (8.37%)

Internet service providers (ISPs)

Internet service providers (ISPs) offering broadband (wired + wireless) services. The total number of broadband subscribers stood at 941.47 million as of 30 November 2024. [32] [33] Total Wireless broadband subscribers stood at 903.79 million and wireline broadband subscribers stood at 40.97 million. [3] The top 5 services constituted 98.42% market share of the total broadband subscribers. [33]

Market share of broadband (wired + wireless) services in India as of 30th November 2024, according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) [3]
  1. Jio (50.44%)
  2. Airtel (30.62%)
  3. Vi (13.21%)
  4. BSNL (3.91%)
  5. ACT (0.24%)
  6. Others (1.58%)

Telecom R&D firms

NameHeadquartersType
Beetel Gurgaon Private
C-DOT New Delhi State-owned enterprise
HFCL New Delhi Private
Sasken Technologies Bangalore Private
Sterlite Technologies Pune Private
Tejas Networks Bangalore Private
United Telecoms Limited Bangalore State-owned enterprise

See also

Notes

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