List of telecom companies in India


The total number of telephone subscribers in India reached 1.16 billion as of 30 April 2020. The number of wireless subscribers is over 1.14 billion and the number of wireline subscribers are 19.92 million. The country's telecom regulator is Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.

Wireless operators

As of 30 April 2020, there are 1149.52 million wireless subscribers in India according to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India..

Mobile operators

Defunct operators

OperatorCeased OperationsFateCitation
Modi Telstra2000Merged into Axiata Spice Communications
Hutch2007Bought by Vodafone Group
Axiata Spice Communications2008Merged into Idea Cellular
S-Tel2012Licence cancelled by the Supreme Court of India
Etisalat2012Licence cancelled by the Supreme Court of India
Loop Mobile2014Ceased operations after expiration of licence
Virgin Mobile India2015Merged into Tata Docomo
T24 Mobile2015Merged into Tata Docomo
Videocon2016Shut down following sale of spectrum to Bharti Airtel
MTS India2017Merged into Reliance Communications
Vodafone India2018Merged with Idea Cellular to form Vodafone Idea
Idea Cellular2018Merged with Vodafone India to form Vodafone Idea
Aircel2018Bankrupt
Telenor India2018Merged into Bharti Airtel
Tata Docomo2019Merged into Bharti Airtel
Reliance Communications2019Bankrupt

Direct-to-home (DTH) operators

As of 30 September 2019, there are 69.30 million active pay DTH subscribers in addition to free to air state owned Dth in the country according to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.


RankOperatorSubscribers
Market ShareOwnership
1DD Free Dish35.00Prasar Bharati
2Tata Sky21.9031.61%Tata Sons
The Walt Disney Company
Temasek Holdings
3
Dish TV
21.6431.23%Zee Entertainment Enterprises
4Airtel digital TV16.2023.39%Bharti Airtel Limited
5Sun Direct9.5413.78%Sun Network
Astro Group

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Fixedline operators

As of 30 April 2020, there are 19.92 million wireline subscribers in India according to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.
RankOperatorSubscribers Market shareOwnership
1BSNL11.5858.14%Government of India
2Airtel4.3121.66%Bharti Airtel
3Tata Teleservices1.758.82%Tata Group
4Jio1.145.73%Jio Platforms
5Reliance Communications0.482.43%Reliance ADAG
6Vodafone Idea0.462.31%Vodafone Group Aditya Birla Group Axiata Group Berhad
7Quadrant0.180.91%Quadrant Infotech India Pvt. Ltd

Multiple-system operators (MSOs)

As of 1 January 2016, there are 415 MSOs.
This is a list of internet service providers in India. There were 341 internet service providers offering broadband and narrow band internet services in India as of 30 September 2019.
The following table shows the top 7 ISPs in India by total subscriber base as of 30 September 2019. Broadband is defined as "an always-on Internet connection with download speed of 512 kbit/s or above." The number of internet users are 687.62 million, out of which 62.20 million are narrow band subscribers and 625.42 million are broadband subscribers.
RankProviderSubscribers Subscribers Subscribers Ownership
1Reliance Jio0355926487355926487Jio Platforms
2Airtel27054156127826269154880425Bharti Airtel Limited
3Vodafone Idea Limited28167503111266247139433750Vodafone Group Aditya Birla Group Axiata Group Berhad
4BSNL69333062288482529818131Government of India
5ACT Fibernet014792331479233TA Associates
6Hathway0861946861946Reliance Industries Limited
7GTPL Broadband Pvt. Ltd.0301750301750GTPL

Other notable ISPs

ProviderOwnership
APSFLGovernment of Andhra Pradesh
Asianet BroadbandRajan Raheja Group
DEN NetworksReliance Industries
Kerala VisionKCCL
RailTel Corporation of IndiaGovernment of India
SifySify Group
SpectranetShyam Telecom Limited
Tata CommunicationsTata Group
Government of India
Tata SkyTata Sons
Walt Disney Company
Temasek Holdings
Tikona Infinet LimitedGoldman Sachs

For enterprise/wholesale only

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  1. On 28 February 2018 Aircel filed for bankruptcy with NCLT and a substantial number of customers have migrated to other service providers due to closing down of most of the consumer services.
  2. The services of Telenor India have been merged with Airtel on 14 May 2018.
  3. On 31 August 2018, Vodafone India has been merged with Idea Cellular to form Vodafone Idea Limited.
  4. The consumer mobile businesses of Tata Docomo, Tata Teleservices and Tata Teleservices Maharashtra Limited have been merged into Bharti Airtel from 1 July 2019.

Telecom R&D firms

NameHeadquarters
MYMO WirelessBangalore
Sasken TechnologiesBangalore
Tejas NetworksBangalore
Sterlite TechnologiesPune

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