Vodafone Thought Begins 2026 with Subscriber Loss: TRAI January 2026 Knowledge

March 20, 2026

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Vodafone Thought Begins 2026 with Subscriber Loss: TRAI January 2026 Knowledge
Indian telecom service suppliers Bharti Airtel, BSNL and Reliance Jio gained wi-fi subscribers in January 2026, whereas Vodafone Thought (Vi) noticed subscriber losses, in keeping with TRAI‘s Telecom Subscription Knowledge as of January 31, 2026, launched on March 19, 2026. The info present that the full variety of wi-fi (cellular and Mounted Wi-fi Entry) subscribers elevated from 1,258.77 million on the finish of December 2025 to 1,266.34 million on the finish of January 2026, registering a month-to-month development charge of 0.60 %. Likewise, the variety of wi-fi (cellular) subscribers rose from 1,244.20 million to 1,250.89 million throughout the identical interval, reflecting a development charge of 0.54 %. Wi-fi tele-density in India elevated from 88.41 % to 88.87 %. (M2M mobile cellular connections have additionally been included.)

Additionally Learn: Airtel Crosses 463 Million Wi-fi Subscribers; Hole With Jio Shrinks: TRAI December 2025 Knowledge

FWA Subscribers — 5G and UBR Breakdown

Whole wi-fi 5G FWA subscribers elevated from 10.99 million on the finish of December 2025 to 11.53 million on the finish of January 2026, with 5.83 million (50.55 %) in city areas and 5.70 million (49.45 %) in rural areas.

As of January 2026, Bharti Airtel reported a 5G FWA subscriber base of three,359,437 (an addition of 287,621), whereas Reliance Jio reported 8,167,604 (an addition of 245,716) 5G FWA customers, bringing the full to 11,527,041.

Reliance Jio Infocomm Restricted, the one operator reporting UBR FWA subscribers, elevated its UBR FWA base from 3,579,406 on the finish of December to three,919,220 on the finish of January, including 339,814 customers and registering a month-to-month development of 9.49 %.

Acquire and Lack of Wi-fi Subscribers

Bharti Airtel added 4,406,661 (4.41 million) wi-fi (cellular) subscribers, and Reliance Jio added 2,437,550 (2.44 million) subscribers in the course of the month. In the meantime, Vodafone Thought misplaced 411,337 (0.41 million) wi-fi (cellular) subscribers. BSNL added 271,486 subscribers, whereas MTNL misplaced 6,562 subscribers throughout January 2026.

Besides Kolkata, all Licensed Service Areas (LSAs) confirmed development in wi-fi (cellular) subscribers throughout January 2026.

Wi-fi Market Share of Operators

As of January 31, 2026, non-public entry service suppliers held 92.54 % of the wi-fi (cellular) market, whereas BSNL and MTNL accounted for 7.46 %.

This interprets to Reliance Jio holding a 39.29 % market share with 491.49 million wi-fi subscribers; Bharti Airtel with a 37.40 % market share and 467.79 million wi-fi subscribers; Vodafone Thought with a 15.86 % market share and 198.36 million wi-fi subscribers; BSNL with a 7.44 % market share and 93.03 million wi-fi subscribers; and MTNL with a 0.02 % market share and 0.23 million wi-fi subscribers.

Wi-fi (Mounted wi-fi and Cell) Entry Broadband Subscribers

As of January 31, 2026, Reliance Jio reported 503.57 million wi-fi broadband subscribers—the very best quantity—adopted by Bharti Airtel with 348.91 million, Vodafone Thought with 128.97 million, and BSNL with 25.17 million subscribers.

Wireline Phone Subscriber Base

Wireline subscribers elevated from 47.37 million on the finish of December 2025 to 47.66 million on the finish of January 2026. The online enhance within the wireline subscriber base was 0.29 million, with continued development within the phase.

Within the wireline phase:

Reliance Jio held a 31.32 % market share with 14,931,095 subscribers, including 179,166 subscribers in the course of the month.
Bharti Airtel accounted for a 23.43 % share with 11,165,055 subscribers, including 209,890 subscribers.
Vodafone Thought held a 1.71 % market share with 815,071 subscribers, dropping 122 subscribers.
In the meantime, BSNL held a 15.65 % market share with 7,459,040 subscribers, dropping 28,098 subscribers throughout January 2026.

M2M Mobile Connections

The variety of M2M (Machine-to-Machine) mobile cellular connections elevated from 109.19 million on the finish of December 2025 to 113.46 million on the finish of January 2026.

Bharti Airtel led with 70.17 million M2M connections (61.85 % market share), adopted by Reliance Jio with 20.60 million (18.15 %), Vodafone Thought with 18.8 million (16.58 %), and BSNL with 3.88 million (3.42 %).

Lively Wi-fi Subscribers

Out of the full 1,250.89 million wi-fi (cellular) subscribers, 1,172.10 million had been energetic on the date of peak VLR in January 2026. The proportion of energetic wi-fi (cellular) subscribers was roughly 93.70 % of the full wi-fi (cellular) subscriber base. Bharti Airtel reported a peak VLR of 99.64 % in the course of the month, BSNL 57.46 %, Vodafone Thought 85.28 %, MTNL 144.87 %, and Reliance Jio 98.29 %.