The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) yesterday released its Telecom subscription report for June 2026. According to the report, the total number of wireless (mobile and Fixed Wireless access) subscribers increased from 1,294.46 million (at the end of May 2026) to 1,300.25 million (at the end of June 2026).
Telecom subscription report for June 2026
The report revealed that among the telecom companies in India, Bharti Airtel added 2.9 million mobile subscribers this month, followed by Jio with 2.1 million new mobile subscribers; Vodafone Idea added 163,757 mobile subscribers, while BSNL was at the lowest with 94,006 new mobile subscribers. But MTNL saw a decline of 11,284 mobile subscribers this month.
Other than mobile subscribers, Airtel had 173,000 new fixed-line connections, and Jio had 144,000 new fixed-line connections
These figures show that Airtel was able to attract more consumers last month. The telecom subscriber base in India increased marginally to 1.348 billion in June, driven by net additions of subscribers on Airtel and Jio networks.
Apart from this, the total number of broadband subscribers increased from 1080.15 million (at the end of May 2026) to 1087.50 million (at the end of June 2026). The number of wireless subscribers decreased from 48.64 million (at the end of May 2026) to 47.82 million (at the end of June 2026). While the number of M2M cellular mobile connections increased from 131.11 million (at the end of May 2026) to 134.73 million (at the end of June 2026).
