This is a list of mobile, DTH, ISP, wireless and wireline operators in India.

Wireless operators

As of 31 October 2022, there are 117.04

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(1.17 billion) wireless subscribers including inactive users in India according to

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(TRAI).

Mobile operators

Defunct operators

Direct-to-home (DTH) operators

There are 4 pay DTH service providers and one

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service provider (

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) in India. As of 31 December 2021, there are 7.099 crore (70.99 million) active paying DTH subscribers, in addition to the subscribers of state-owned DD Free Dish, in the country according to

(TRAI). DD Free Dish has over 4 crore (40 million) subscribers.

List of pay DTH service providers

;Notes * DD free dish is Free To air Service hence their subscriber data is not shown in TRAI performance report. * On 22 March 2018,

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merged with

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, creating the then largest DTH provider in India.

Wireline operators

Fixed-line operators

As of 31 october 2022, there are 2.682 crore (26.82 million) wireline subscribers in India according to

(TRAI).

Multiple-system operators (MSOs)

As of 31 December 2021, there are 1753 MSOs (some also have an

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license). List of top MSOs by subscribers

Internet service providers (ISPs)

As of 31 october 2022, there were 874

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(ISPs) offering broadband (wired + wireless) services; the top 5 services constituted 98.40% market share of the total broadband subscribers according to TRAI. These service providers were : The following table shows the top 5 wired broadband service providers in India by total subscriber base as of 31 october 2022. The following table shows the top 5 wireless broadband service providers in India by total subscriber base as of 31 october 2022. Notes * Broadband: Internet access with a minimum capacity of greater or equal 512 Kbit/s in one or both directions. * Narrowband: Internet access with a capacity of less than 512 Kbit/s in one or both directions.

Other notable ISPs

For enterprise/wholesale only

;Notes # On 28 February 2018

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filed for

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with NCLT and a substantial number of customers have migrated to other service providers due to closing down of most of the consumer services. #The services of

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India have been merged with

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on 14 May 2018. # On 31 August 2018, Vodafone India has been merged with Idea Cellular to form Vi. #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

Notes

References

External links

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List of ASNs assigned to India

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List of Telecom Service Providers on TRAI website

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Cellular Operators Association of India

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