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India mobile base crosses 1.3 billion in September
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India's wireless mobile subscriber base crossed 1.3 billion in September 2026 after operators added a net 6.57 million users, TRAI data showed. Reliance Jio added 2.71 million and Bharti Airtel 2.69 million, together more than 5.3 million. BSNL added 626,000 and Vodafone Idea 550,000, while MTNL lost 6,628 subscribers. Overall tele-density rose to 95.52 percent from 95.07 percent.
Prism
What It Means For You
- Urban wireless users rose to 753.85 million while rural users reached 546.14 million.
- Active wireless mobile subscribers stood at 1,212.80 million in September.
- About 16.77 million mobile number portability requests were filed during the month.
What's Happening
- Wireless mobile subscribers rose from 1,293.43 million at end-August to 1,300 million.
- MTNL lost 6,628 subscribers in September while private operators gained.
- Broadband subscribers increased by 6.47 million to 1,107.68 million.
How TRAI Counts The Base
- The broader wireless base including fixed wireless access reached 1,319.19 million.
- Total telephone subscribers including wireline rose to 1,367.93 million.
- Urban tele-density reached 155.85 percent and rural tele-density 61.30 percent.
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