List of internet service providers in India

This is a list of internet service providers in India. There were 262 internet service providers (ISPs) offering broadband and narrowband internet services in India as of 31 March 2018.[1]

By subscribers

The following table shows the top 10 ISPs in India by total subscriber base as of 31 March 2018. Broadband is defined as "an always-on Internet connection with download speed of 512 kbit/s or above." The number of internet users are 493.96 million, out of which 81.35 million are narrowband subscribers and 412.60 million are broadband subscribers.[1]

Rank ISP Narrowband Broadband Total
1 Jio 0 186,560,828 186,560,828
2 Airtel 30,580,187 85,667,724 116,247,911
3 Vodafone 16,199,270 59,772,810 75,972,080
4 Idea Cellular 6,972,603 39,837,803 46,810,406
5 BSNL 10,336,667 21,077,551 31,414,218
6 Aircel* 8,885,040 5,594,608 14,479,648
7 Telenor India** 5,648,139 2,876,344 8,524,483
8 Tata Teleservices 2,088,630 3,837,164 5,925,794
9 MTNL 541,299 1,399,106 1,940,405
10 ACT Fibernet 0 1,305,767 1,305,767

Note:

  1. On 28 February 2018 Aircel filed for bankruptcy at NCLT and a substantial number of customers has migrated to other services due to closing down of most of the consumer services*.[2][3]
  2. The services of Telenor India has been merged with Airtel on 14 May 2018**.
  1. On 31 August 2018, Vodafone India has been merged with Idea Cellular and renamed as Vodafone Idea.

Other notable ISPs

ISP Coverage area
Asianet Broadband Kerala
Atria Convergence Technologies Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Delhi
Connect Broadband Punjab
DEN Networks
Hathway
Kerala Vision Digital TV Kerala
RailTel Corporation of India State-owned ISP with pan-India optic fiber network along Railway track
Sify
Spectranet Delhi NCR, Chennai, Banglore, Mumbai, Pune
Tata Communications
Tikona Infinet Limited

Enterprise/wholesale only

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "The Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicators January – March, 2018" (PDF). TRAI. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  2. ↑ Sengupta, Devina (28 February 2018). "Aircel, country's last small mobile phone operator, files for bankruptcy". The Economic Times. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Aircel's bankruptcy note on Facebook".
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