Indian telecom service suppliers Bharti Airtel (Airtel) and Reliance Jio gained wi-fi subscribers in January 2025, whereas Vodafone Thought (Vi) and state-run telco BSNL misplaced wi-fi subscribers through the month, in line with TRAI‘s Telecom Subscription Information as of January 31, 2025. The info reveals that the entire variety of wi-fi subscribers elevated from 1,150.66 million (cell) on the finish of December 2024 to 1,1157 million (cell + 5G FWA) on the finish of January 2025, marking a month-to-month development charge of 0.55 p.c.
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5G FWA Subscribers
The variety of 5G FWA subscribers, which was beforehand reported underneath the wireline class, has now been included within the wi-fi class with impact from January 2025. On account of this inclusion, the month-to-month development charge has elevated, TRAI acknowledged in its report launched on Monday, April 21, 2025.
As of January 2025, Bharti Airtel reported a 5G FWA subscriber base of 872,308, whereas Reliance Jio reported 4,844,071 FWA customers, bringing the entire to five,716,379—together with 202,629 rural subscribers from Jio alone.
Achieve and Lack of Wi-fi Subscribers
Bharti Airtel added 1,653,303 (1.65 million) wi-fi subscribers, whereas Reliance Jio added 686,143 (0.68 million) subscribers. In the meantime, Vodafone Thought misplaced 1,338,301 (1.33 million) wi-fi subscribers throughout the identical interval. Public sector models (PSUs) BSNL and MTNL misplaced 152,181 and a couple of,617 wi-fi subscribers, respectively.
Wi-fi Market Share of Operators
As of January 31, 2025, personal entry service suppliers held a 91.96 p.c market share of wi-fi subscribers, whereas BSNL and MTNL, the 2 PSU service suppliers, had a mixed market share of solely 8.04 p.c. This interprets to Reliance Jio holding a 40.46 p.c market share with 465.8 million wi-fi subscribers, Bharti Airtel with 33.61 p.c market share and 386.96 million wi-fi subscribers, Vodafone Thought with 17.89 p.c market share and 205.92 million wi-fi subscribers, BSNL with 7.95 p.c market share and 91.58 million wi-fi subscribers, and MTNL with a 0.09 p.c market share and 1.0023 million wi-fi subscribers.
BSNL additionally revised its rural subscriber depend from 29,300,726 to 29,946,250 for the month of December 2024, TRAI famous.
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Wi-fi Broadband Subscribers
Reliance Jio reported 465.10 million wi-fi broadband subscribers, adopted by Bharti Airtel with 280.76 million, Vodafone Thought with 126.41 million, and BSNL with 31.52 million subscribers. The info for Jio and Airtel relies on stories as of November 2024.
Wired Market Share
Wireline subscribers decreased from 39.27 million on the finish of December 2024 to 35.03 million on the finish of January 2025. The online lower within the wireline subscriber base was 4.24 million, representing a month-to-month decline charge of 10.80 p.c. “This lower is because of the accounting of 5G FWA subscribers’ numbers earlier being erroneously reported underneath the wireline class however now being accounted for underneath the wi-fi class w.e.f January 2025,” TRAI famous.
Within the wireline section, Reliance Jio held a 36.03 p.c market share with 12,619,375 wireline subscribers. Bharti Airtel had a 28.45 p.c share with 9,965,082 wireline subscribers, including 117,504 subscribers through the month, and Vodafone Thought reported a 2.40 p.c market share with 839,278 wireline subscribers, dropping 3,447 subscribers through the month.
M2M Mobile Connections
In accordance with the report, the variety of M2M (Machine-to-Machine) mobile cell connections elevated from 59.09 million on the finish of December 2024 to 63.09 million on the finish of January 2025. Bharti Airtel has the best variety of M2M mobile cell connections at 33.04 million, holding a market share of 52.37 p.c, adopted by Vodafone Thought with 25.07 p.c (15.82 million), Reliance Jio with 17.40 p.c (10.97 million), and BSNL with 5.16 p.c (3.26 million).
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Lively Wi-fi Subscribers
Out of the entire 1151.29 million wi-fi subscribers, 1,065.01 million have been lively on the date of peak VLR (Customer Location Register) in January 2025, in line with TRAI. Airtel reported a peak VLR of 99.94 p.c through the month, BSNL 61.55 p.c, Vodafone Thought (Vi) 85.39 p.c, MTNL 48.31 p.c, and Reliance Jio 95.66 p.c. Lively wi-fi subscribers are based mostly on VLR knowledge.
