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India ended June with 1.210 billion telephone subscribers, up by 5.86 million from May. The total comprises 1.186 billion mobile subscribers, up by 6.02 million in the month, and 24 million fixed-line subscribers, down by 16,000 users in the month. In June, 5.88 million subscribers submitted requests for mobile number portability, according to figures from the Telecom Regularity Authority of India (Trai).
India’s mobile subscriber base increased by 0.51 percent month-on-month to 1.186 billion at end-June. Private operators held 90.92 percent of the mobile market share (based on subscriber base), while state-owned companies BSNL and MTNL held 9.08 percent market share.
India’s fixed-line subscriber base decreased to 24 million in June from 24.16 million in the previous month. The net decline in India’s fixed-line subscriber base was 0.16 million at a monthly decline rate of 0.66 percent. BSNL and MTNL held a share of 69.36 percent of the fixed-line market.
The Indian broadband subscriber base increased to 300.84 million at end-June, from 291.61 million a month earlier. Top five ISPs in terms of market share (based on subscriber base) are Reliance Jio Infocom (123.36 million), Bharti Airtel (55.34 million), Vodafone (41.14 million), Idea Cellular (26.37 million) and BSNL (21.76 million).
