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This is a list of telecom services providing companies in India. These companies are regulated by Department of Telecommunications and TRAI under Ministry of Communications, Government of India.

Direct-to-home (DTH) operators

There are 4 pay-for-use DTH service providers and one free-to-air service provider (DD Free Dish) in India.

As of 31 March 2024, there are 61.97 million active paying DTH subscribers, in addition to the subscribers of state-owned DD Free Dish, in the country according to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). DD Free Dish has over 4 crore (40 million) subscribers.

Market share of pay DTH operators in India as of 31th March 2024, according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)

Notes

• DD free dish is a free-to-air service hence their subscriber data is not shown in the TRAI performance report.
• On 22 March 2018, Dish TV merged with d2h, creating the then-largest DTH service provider in India.

Multiple-system operators (MSOs)

As of 31 March 2024, there are 880 MSOs (some also have an ISP license).

List of top MSOs by subscribers

Wireless operators

As of 30th September 2024 there are around 1.2 billion wireless subscribers in India according to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).

Market share of Wireless Mobile operators in India as of 30th September 2024, according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)

Mobile operators

Over the past decade, the Indian cellular services market has seen rapid consolidation. The launch of Jio Platforms in 2016 changed the market dynamics substantially as the company offered free data and voice services during its first year of operations, prompting a fierce price war in the market. Jio managed to garner over 8 crore (80 million). In 2018, airtel India lost its market leadership position for the first time in 15 years as a result of the completion of a merger between then telecom giants Vodafone India and Idea Cellular.

Active operators

Defunct operators

As of 25 October 2024, 16 mobile operators have ceased operations in India. The longest operating defunct operator is Aircel , while the oldest is Modi-Telstra - which was also the first mobile operator in the country. Most recently, Reliance Communications ceased operations citing bankruptcy.

Wireline operators

Fixed-line operators

As of 30 September 2024, there are 36.93 million wireline subscribers in India according to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).

Market share of fixed-line telecom operators in India as of 30 September 2024, according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

Internet service providers (ISPs)

Internet service providers (ISPs) offering broadband (wired + wireless) services. The total number of broadband subscribers stood at 944.40 million as of 30 September 2024. Total Wireless broadband subscribers stood at 899.79 million and wireline broadband subscribers stood at 44.62 million. The top 5 services constituted 98.42% market share of the total broadband subscribers.

Market share of broadband (wired + wireless) services in India as of 30th September 2024, according to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)

As of 30 September 2024, top five Wireless Broadband Service providers

The following table shows the top 5 wired broadband service providers in India by total subscriber base as of 30 April 2024.

Other notable ISPs

For enterprise/wholesale only

Telecom R&D firms

See also

• Telecommunications in India
• List of mobile network operators
• Direct-to-home television in India
• List of mobile network operators of the Asia Pacific region
• Internet in India

Notes

References

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External links

• ISP market share grouped by ASNs used (APNIC report)
• List of ASNs assigned to India
• List of Telecom Service Providers on TRAI website
• Department of Telecommunications, Government of India
• Updates on telecom
• Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
• Cellular Operators Association of India
• List of Telecom Service Providers on TRAI website

v t e Telecommunication companies of India
Mobile operators	Active Airtel DoT BSNL BSNL Mobile MTNL Vodafone Idea Jio MVNOs Aerovoyce Defunct Aircel Essar Etisalat (Cheers Mobile) !dea Loop MTS Orange RCom S Tel spice Tata DoCoMo T24 Virgin Telenor Tulip Telecom Videocon Vodafone
Internet providers	ACT Fibernet Airtel APSFL Asianet Digital BSNL BSNL Broadband MTNL InCablenet Jio DEN Networks Hathway Railtel Reliance Sify SPECTRA Tata Teleservices Tikona Excitel Broadband
DTH operators	ABS Free Dish Airtel digital TV Digiana DD Free Dish Dish TV d2h Zing Digital Grand TV Hathway Independent TV Siti Networks Sun Direct Tata Play
Infrastructure providers	GAILTEL POWERTEL Bharti Infratel Indus Towers HughesNet American Tower
Datacenter providers	National Informatics Centre ESDS GPX Netmagic NxtGen Nxtra Data Yotta Tata Communications Global Cloud Xchange
Internet exchanges	Mumbai IX National Internet Exchange of India AMR IX Extreme IX AMS-IX
Equipment manufacturers	HFCL Sterlite Technologies Vindhya Telelinks Tejas Networks Indian Telephone Industries Limited REIT India
Policies	Digital India Bharat Broadband Network
Agencies	Department of Telecommunications Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology Ministry of Communications (India) Centre for Development of Advanced Computing Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal
Associations	Cellular Operators Association of India
Related links	Internet in India Telecommunications in India Net neutrality in India

• Internet service providers of India
• Lists of companies of India by industry
• Telecommunications companies of India
• Lists of telecommunications companies