Broadband subscriber base crosses 100 crore in India

• Broadband subscriber base in the country crossed the 100 crore-mark in November 2025, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said on December 31.

• India had 99.98 crore broadband subscribers in October, comprising 95.49 crore on wireless networks and 4.48 crore on fixed connections.

• In the month of November 2025, the broadband subscriber base in India crossed the one  billion (100 crore) mark. 

• In the last 10 years, the broadband subscriber base in India has increased more than six times.

• There were 131.49 million (13.15 crore) broadband subscribers at the end of November 2015, which grew to 1 billion (100.37 crore) at the end of November 2025.

• Jio led the market with 51 crore broadband subscribers, comprising 49.69 crore wireless and 1.35 crore fixed-line broadband subscribers. 

• It was followed by Bharti Airtel with 31.42 crore broadband subscribers, which includes 30.42 crore wireless and over 1 crore wired broadband subscribers.

• Vodafone Idea (Vi) reported to have 12.77 crore wireless broadband subscribers.

• BSNL has 2.94 crore wireless and 44.5 lakh fixed line broadband connections.

• The total telecom subscriber base in the country grew to 123.45 crore, comprising 118.74 crore wireless and 4.7 crore wireline connections in November.