Bharti Airtel leads India's mobile subscriber growth in July with 26.88 lakh additions
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- Bharti Airtel added 26.88 lakh mobile subscribers in July, leading India's telecom sector, followed by Reliance Jio with 24.46 lakh.
- Vodafone Idea and BSNL also gained users, pushing India's total wireless subscriber base to 128.79 crore.
- Broadband subscribers grew 0.64% month-on-month to 109.44 crore, according to TRAI data.
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India's telecom sector continues to grow with monthly subscriber additions tracked by TRAI, reflecting ongoing competition among major operators.
Bharti Airtel led mobile subscriber additions in July, adding 26.88 lakh users. Reliance Jio followed, adding 24.46 lakh users during the same period. Vodafone Idea and BSNL also saw subscriber base increases. India's overall wireless subscriber base grew to 128.79 crore in July. The broadband subscriber base also experienced a monthly growth of 0.64 percent.
Bharti Airtel led India's telecom industry in mobile subscriber additions in July, adding 26.88 lakh users, while market leader Reliance Jio added 24.46 lakh, according to data released by the sector regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Friday.
Vodafone Idea also posted a net increase in its mobile subscriber base, adding 2.40 lakh users during the month. State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) added 1.68 lakh wireless subscribers.
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The overall wireless subscriber base in India grew by 55.38 lakh during July, reaching 128.79 crore at the end of the month, compared with 128.23 crore at the end of June.
Airtel's additions took its wireless subscriber base to 48.94 crore, while Jio's total wireless subscriber base rose to 50.60 crore.
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Vodafone Idea's subscriber base increased to 19.90 crore by the end of July following the addition of 2.40 lakh users.
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The growth was accompanied by a rise in India's broadband subscriber base. "As per the information received from 1,562 operators for the month of July 2026, the total number of broadband subscribers increased from 1087.50 million (108.75 crore) at the end of June 2026 to 1094.48 million (109.44 crore) at the end of July 2026 with a monthly growth rate of 0.64 per cent," TRAI said in its latest monthly report.
The wireless subscriber base had stood at 128.23 crore at the end of June, with the July additions taking the total to 128.79 crore.
Open Questions
- What factors drove Airtel's higher subscriber additions compared to Jio in July?
- How sustainable is the current growth rate in wireless and broadband segments?
- What impact will TRAI's proposed regulations on call management apps have on subscriber trends?
