List of telecom companies in India

The total number of telephone subscribers in India reached 1.18 billion as of 31 January 2020. The number of wireless subscribers is over 1.17 billion and the number of wireline subscribers are 20.58 million. The country's telecom regulator is Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).[1]

Wireless operators

As of 31 January 2020, there are 1156.44 million wireless subscribers in India according to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).[1].

Mobile operators
RankOperatorTrade LogoTechnologySubscribers[1] (millions)Market Share[1]Ownership
1

Jio
850 (B5)/ 1800 (B3)/ 2300(B40) LTE, TD-LTE, FD-LTE, LTE-A
 376.53 [1] [3] 32.56%

Jio Platforms

2

Vodafone Idea
GSM-900/1800 (EDGE), GPRS
2100 MHz HSPA, UMTS, HSPA+
900(B8)/ 1800 (B3)/ 2100(B1)/ 2300(B40)/ 2500(B41) LTE, TD-LTE, FD-LTE, LTE-A[4]
 329.00 [8] 28.45%

Vodafone Group (45.1%)
Aditya Birla Group (26%)
Axiata Group Berhad (8.17%)
Private Equity (20.73%)

3

Airtel
GSM-900/1800 (EDGE), GPRS
900 (B8)/ 1800 (B3)/ 2100 (B1)/ 2300(B40) LTE, TD-LTE, FD-LTE, LTE-A
 328.19 [1] [10] 28.38%

Bharti Airtel Limited

4

BSNL
[11][12][13]
GSM-900/1800 (EDGE), GPRS
2100 MHz HSPA, UMTS, HSDPA, TD-HSDPA, HSPA+
2100 (B1) / 2500(B41) LTE, TD-LTE, FD-LTE, LTE-A, VoLTE[14]
 122.69 [1] [Note2 1] [11] 10.61%

Government of India

Market Share
Operators Share
Jio
 
 32.56%
Vodafone Idea
 
 28.45%
Airtel
 
 28.38%
BSNL
 
 10.61%
Market share of mobile telecom operators in India as of January 2020 according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).[1]


Defunct operators
Operator Ceased Operations Fate Citation
Modi Telstra 2000 Merged into Axiata Spice Communications [15]
Hutch 2007 Bought by Vodafone Group [16]
Axiata Spice Communications 2008 Merged into Idea Cellular [17]
S-Tel 2012 Licence cancelled by the Supreme Court of India [18]
Etisalat 2012 Licence cancelled by the Supreme Court of India [19]
Loop Mobile 2014 Ceased operations after expiration of licence [20][21]
Virgin Mobile India 2015 Merged into Tata Docomo [22]
T24 Mobile 2015 Merged into Tata Docomo [23]
Videocon 2016 Shut down following sale of spectrum to Bharti Airtel [24]
MTS India 2017 Merged into Reliance Communications [25][26]
Vodafone India 2018 Merged with Idea Cellular to form Vodafone Idea [27]
Idea Cellular 2018 Merged with Vodafone India to form Vodafone Idea [27][28]
Aircel 2018 Bankrupt [29]
Telenor India 2018 Merged into Bharti Airtel [30][31][32]
Tata Docomo 2019 Merged into Bharti Airtel [33][34]
Reliance Communications 2019 Bankrupt [35]


Direct-to-home (DTH) operators

As of 30 September 2019, there are 69.30  million active pay DTH subscribers in addition to free to air state owned Dth(dd free dish) in the country according to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).[36]


Rank Operator Trade Logo Subscribers
(Millions)		 Market Share Ownership
1 DD Free Dish
35.00[37][38] Prasar Bharati
2 Tata Sky
21.90[36][39] 31.61% Tata Sons (60%)
The Walt Disney Company (30%)
Temasek Holdings (10%)[40]
3

Dish TV
(Zing Digital)
(d2h)[41]
21.64 [42][43]

[36][42]

 31.23% Zee Entertainment Enterprises (100%)
4 Airtel digital TV
16.20[36][44] 23.39% Bharti Airtel Limited (100%)
5 Sun Direct
9.54[36] 13.78% Sun Network (80%)
Astro Group (20%)
Market Share
Operators Share
Tata Sky
 
 31.61%
Dish TV (Zing Digital & d2h Combined)
 
 31.23%
Airtel Digital TV
 
 23.39%
Sun Direct
 
 13.78%
DD Free Dish (N/A - Free To Air)
 
 %
Market share of DTH operators in India as of January 2020 according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).[45]
Notes
  • DD free dish is Free To air Service hence their subscriber data is not shown in trai performance report.[36]
  • On 22 March 2018, Dish TV merged with d2h, creating the largest DTH provider in India.[41]

Wireline operators

Fixedline operators

As of 31 January 2020, there are 20.58 million wireline subscribers in India according to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).[1]

RankOperatorSubscribers (millions)Market shareOwnership
1BSNL[Note1 1] [11]12.25 [Note2 2] [11]59.56%Government of India
2Airtel4.3120.96%Bharti Airtel
3Tata Teleservices1.788.69%Tata Group
4Jio1.055.13%Jio Platforms
5Reliance Communications0.532.61%Reliance ADAG
6Vodafone Idea0.432.13%Vodafone Group (45.1%) Aditya Birla Group (26%) Axiata Group Berhad (8.17%)
7Quadrant0.190.93%Quadrant Infotech India Pvt. Ltd

Multiple-system operators (MSOs)
See also: List_of_cable_television_companies § India

As of 1 January 2016, there are 415 MSOs (some also have an ISP license).[46]

  • A.Ptv Network
  • Advanced Multisystem Broadband Communication Pvt. Ltd
  • RCCNetwork Cable & Broadband services
  • Arasu Cable
  • Arkays Digital Media Cable
  • Asianet Satellite Communications Limited
  • Atria Convergence Technologies
  • Barasat Cable TV Network Pvt. Ltd
  • CableComm Services Pvt. Ltd
  • ChandparaCable TV Network Ltd
  • Channel 3
  • Darshan Pooja Cable TV Network
  • DEN Networks
  • Dew Shree Network
  • Digi Maharaja Cable Network
  • DIGICON
  • DL GTPL Cabnet Pvt. Ltd
  • Dolly Cable Network
  • DWL - Digital Space Link
  • Fastway Transmissions Pvt. Ltd.[47]
  • Gujarat Telelink P Limited (GTPL)
  • Hathway
  • Home Cable Network Pvt Limited
  • ICE TV Pvt
  • IndusInd Media & Communication Ltd (IMCL)
  • JAK Communications
  • JPR Channel
  • Kailash Cable Network P Ltd
  • Kal Cables Pvt. Ltd
  • Kerala Communicators Cable Ltd
  • Kolkata Cable & Broadband Pariseva Ltd
  • Link Entertainment (Howrah Cable)
  • Live Satellite
  • Mahalakshmi Digital Cable (MLC Communications)
  • Manthan Digital/Manthan Broadband Services Pvt Ltd
  • Marine BizTV
  • Mohit Cable Vision
  • NXT Digital (Hinduja-HITS network)
  • Ortel Communications
  • Prem Channels Pvt Ltd
  • Ravi Cable Network
  • Ramtek City Cable Network
  • Rupnarayan Cable & Broadband Services Pvt Ltd
  • Reliance Digicom (ex Digicable)
  • RVR Infra
  • Sanjay Cable Network Pvt Ltd
  • Satellite Vision Cable TV & Broadband Services
  • Satellite Vision Pvt Limited
  • SCV
  • Seven Star Dot Com Pvt Ltd
  • Silver Line Broadband Services P Ltd
  • Siti Cable (Siti Network Limited)
  • Siti Vision Digital Media
  • Spectra Net Ltd
  • Star Broadband Services (India) P Ltd
  • STV Network
  • TACTV
  • UCN Cable Network Pvt. Ltd
  • Universal Communication System
  • You Telecom
  • Viom Networks

Internet service providers (ISPs)

This is a list of internet service providers in India. There were 341 internet service providers (ISPs) offering broadband and narrow band internet services in India as of 30 September 2019.[36]

The following table shows the top 7 ISPs in India by total subscriber base as of 30 September 2019. Broadband is defined as "an always-on Internet connection with download speed of 512 kbit/s or above." The number of internet users are 687.62 million, out of which 62.20 million are narrow band subscribers and 625.42 million are broadband subscribers.[36]

Rank Provider Subscribers (Narrowband) Subscribers (Broadband) Subscribers (Total) Ownership
1 Reliance Jio 0 355926487 355926487 Jio Platforms
2 Airtel 27054156 127826269 154880425 Bharti Airtel Limited
3 Vodafone Idea Limited [Note2 3] [48] 28167503 [Note2 4] 111266247 [Note2 5] 139433750 [Note2 6] Vodafone Group (45.1%) Aditya Birla Group (26.0%) Axiata Group Berhad (8.17%)
4 BSNL [Note1 2] [11] 6933306 [Note2 7] [11] 22884825 [Note2 8] [11] 29818131 [Note2 9] [11] Government of India
5 ACT Fibernet 0 1479233 1479233 TA Associates
6 Hathway 0 861946 861946 Reliance Industries Limited
7 GTPL Broadband Pvt. Ltd. 0 301750 301750 GTPL

Other notable ISPs
Provider Ownership
APSFL Government of Andhra Pradesh
Asianet Broadband Rajan Raheja Group
DEN Networks Reliance Industries
Kerala Vision KCCL
RailTel Corporation of India Government of India
Sify Sify Group
Spectranet Shyam Telecom Limited
Tata Communications Tata Group (45%)
Government of India (35%)
Tata Sky Tata Sons (60%)
Walt Disney Company (30%)
Temasek Holdings (10%)
Tikona Infinet Limited Goldman Sachs (40.1%)

For enterprise/wholesale only
Provider Ownership
CtrlS Datacenters Ltd CtrlS Labs Limited
ERNET Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
GAILTEL Government of India
National Knowledge Network
(for educational institutions only)		 Government of India
PowerGrid Government of India
Tulip Telecom Tulip Enterprises
Notes
  1. On 28 February 2018 Aircel filed for bankruptcy with NCLT and a substantial number of customers have migrated to other service providers due to closing down of most of the consumer services.[49][50]
  2. The services of Telenor India have been merged with Airtel on 14 May 2018.[51]
  3. On 31 August 2018, Vodafone India has been merged with Idea Cellular to form Vodafone Idea Limited.
  4. The consumer mobile businesses of Tata Docomo, Tata Teleservices (TTSL) and Tata Teleservices Maharashtra Limited (TTML) have been merged into Bharti Airtel from 1 July 2019.

Telecom R&D firms
NameHeadquarters
MYMO WirelessBangalore
Sasken TechnologiesBangalore
Tejas NetworksBangalore
Sterlite TechnologiesPune

See also

Footnotes
  1. BSNL and MTNL merger approved by Government of India.
  2. BSNL and MTNL merger approved by Government of India.
  1. After adding subscribers of MTNL to BSNL, because MTNL will merge with BSNL.
  2. After adding subscribers of MTNL to BSNL, because MTNL will merge with BSNL.
  3. After adding subscribers of You Broadband Because it is subsidiary of Vodafone Idea Limited.
  4. After adding subscribers of You Broadband Because it is subsidiary of Vodafone Idea Limited.
  5. After adding subscribers of You Broadband Because it is subsidiary of Vodafone Idea Limited.
  6. After adding subscribers of You Broadband Because it is subsidiary of Vodafone Idea Limited.
  7. After adding subscribers of MTNL to BSNL, because MTNL will merge with BSNL.
  8. After adding subscribers of MTNL to BSNL, because MTNL will merge with BSNL.
  9. After adding subscribers of MTNL to BSNL, because MTNL will merge with BSNL.

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