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Particulars
Wireless*
Wireline
Total
(Wireless+
Wireline)
Broadband Subscribers including M2M cellular mobile connections (Million)
1039.78
47.71
1087.50
Broadband Subscribers excluding M2M cellular mobile connections (Million)
953.79
47.71
1001.50
Urban Telephone Subscribers (Million)
749.39
42.68
792.06
Net Addition in June 2026 (Million)
5.03
-0.68
4.36
Monthly Growth Rate
0.68%
-1.56%
0.55%
Rural Telephone Subscribers (Million)
550.86
5.15
556.01
Net Addition in June 2026 (Million)
0.76
-0.14
0.62
Monthly Growth Rate
0.14%
-2.56%
0.11%
Total Telephone Subscribers (Million)
1300.25
47.82
1348.08
Net Addition in June 2026 (Million)
5.79
-0.81
4.98
Monthly Growth Rate
0.45%
-1.67%
0.37%
Share of Urban Subscribers
57.63%
89.23%
58.76%
Share of Rural Subscribers
42.37%
10.77%
41.24%
Overall Tele-density@ with M2M cellular mobile connections
90.96%
3.35%
94.31%
Urban Tele-density@
145.17%
8.27%
153.43%
Rural Tele-density@
60.32%
0.56%
60.89%
Tele-density@ without M2M cellular mobile connections
81.54%
3.35%
84.88%
Note:
@ Tele-density has been computed on the basis of the projection of population from the ‘Report of the Technical Group on Population Projections for India and States 2011 – 2036’, published in July 2020.
# VLR is an acronym of Visitor Location Register. The dates of peak VLR for various Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) June be different in different service areas.
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Source attribution: Press Information Bureau, Government of India.