Indian telecom service suppliers Bharti Airtel (Airtel), state-run telco BSNL and Reliance Jio gained wi-fi subscribers in March 2025, whereas Vodafone Thought (Vi) and state-run telco MTNL misplaced wi-fi subscribers in the course of the month, in accordance with TRAI‘s Telecom Subscription Knowledge as of March 31, 2025. The info reveals that the whole variety of wi-fi (Cellular) subscribers elevated from 1,154.05 million on the finish of February 2025 to 1,156.99 million on the finish of March 2025, thereby registering a month-to-month progress charge of 0.25 p.c. Likewise, the whole wi-fi subscribers elevated from 1,160.33 million (cell and 5G-FWA) on the finish of February 2025 to 1,163.76 million on the finish of March 2025, thereby registering a month-to-month progress charge of 0.28 p.c.
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5G FWA Subscribers
Whole wi-fi 5G FWA subscribers elevated from 6.27 million on the finish of February 2025 to six.77 million on the finish of March 2025 with subscriptions in city and rural areas of 4.26 million and a pair of.51 million, respectively.
As of February 2025, Bharti Airtel reported a 5G FWA subscriber base of 1,197,757, whereas Reliance Jio reported 5,571,332 FWA customers, bringing the whole to six,769,089—together with 2,506,272 rural subscribers from Jio alone with 2,506,272 rural subscribers added in March 2025.
Achieve and Lack of Wi-fi Subscribers
Bharti Airtel added 1,250,758 (1.25 million) wi-fi subscribers, whereas Reliance Jio added 2,174,747 (2.17 million) subscribers. In the meantime, Vodafone Thought misplaced 5,41,377 wi-fi subscribers throughout the identical interval. Public sector models (PSUs) BSNL added 49,177 wi-fi subscribers and MTNL misplaced 2,050.
Wi-fi Market Share of Operators
As of March 31, 2025, non-public entry service suppliers held a 92.04 p.c market share of wi-fi (cell) subscribers, whereas BSNL and MTNL, the 2 PSU service suppliers, had a mixed market share of solely 7.96 p.c. This interprets to Reliance Jio holding a 40.60 p.c market share with 469.8 million wi-fi subscribers, Bharti Airtel with 33.69 p.c market share and 389.8 million wi-fi subscribers, Vodafone Thought with 17.75 p.c market share and 205.36 million wi-fi subscribers, BSNL with 7.87 p.c market share and 91.06 million wi-fi subscribers, and MTNL with a 0.09 p.c market share and 0.99 million wi-fi subscribers.
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Wi-fi Broadband Subscribers
Reliance Jio reported 465.10 million wi-fi broadband (fastened and cell) subscribers, adopted by Bharti Airtel with 280.76 million, Vodafone Thought with 126.40 million, and BSNL with 30.23 million subscribers. The info for Jio and Airtel relies on experiences as of November 2024.
Wired Market Share
Wireline subscribers elevated from 36.91 million on the finish of February 2025 to 37.04 million on the finish of March 2025. Internet improve within the wireline subscriber base was 0.13 million with a month-to-month charge of progress 0.37 p.c.
Within the wireline phase, Reliance Jio held a 34.72 p.c market share with 12,859,575 wireline subscribers, including 1,46,511 subscribers. Bharti Airtel had a 27.38 p.c share with 10,141,102 wireline subscribers, including 68,330 subscribers in the course of the month, and Vodafone Thought reported a 2.23 p.c market share with 826,943 wireline subscribers, shedding 5,601 subscribers in the course of the month. BSNL reported a market share of 20.74 within the phase with 7,683,781 subscribers shedding 31,774 customers.
M2M Mobile Connections
In accordance with the report, the variety of M2M (Machine-to-Machine) mobile cell connections elevated from 64.71 million on the finish of February 2025 to 66.54 million on the finish of March 2025. Bharti Airtel has the best variety of M2M mobile cell connections at 34.82 million, holding a market share of 52.32 p.c, adopted by Vodafone Thought with 24.39 p.c (16.23 million), Reliance Jio with 18.25 p.c (12.15 million), and BSNL with 5.04 p.c (3.35 million).
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Energetic Wi-fi Subscribers
Out of the whole 1,156.99 million wi-fi subscribers, 1,074.21 million wi-fi subscribers have been lively on the date of peak VLR (Customer Location Register) within the month of mARCH 2025. The proportion of lively wi-fi subscribers was roughly 92.85 p.c of the whole wi-fi subscriber base, in accordance with TRAI. Airtel reported a peak VLR of 99.97 p.c in the course of the month, BSNL 63.37 p.c, Vodafone Thought (Vi) 85.38 p.c, MTNL 48.07 p.c, and Reliance Jio 96.01 p.c. Energetic wi-fi subscribers are based mostly on VLR knowledge.
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