According to official data, the number of telecom subscribers rose slightly to 1,170.38 million in December 2022, driven by an increase in fixed line access.
The total number of subscribers in the country was 1,170.17 million as of November last year.
“The number of telephone subscribers in India increased from 1,170.18 million at the end of November to 1,170.38 million at the end of December, showing a monthly growth rate of 0.02 percent,” according to the telecom regulator TRAI said in its monthly subscriber report for December 2022, published on Thursday.
Wireline subscribers increased to 27.45 million in December from 27.13 million in November, with a net increase of 0.32 million in the wireline subscriber base.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) report showed that growth in the fixed line segment was driven by trust jio with an increase of 2,92,411 new customers. Bharti Airtel 1,46,643 new landline customers added, BSNL (13.189) and quadrant (6.355).
State MTNL 1.10.168 fixed network customers lost in December Vodafone idea lost 15,920 fixed line customers, Reliance Communications (6,292) and Tata Teleservices (5,849).
The mobile phone, mobile phone The country’s subscriber base declined slightly from 1,143.04 million in November to 1,142.93 million in December.
Growth in the wireless segment was negatively impacted as Vodafone Idea (VIL) lost 2.47 million subscribers.
While Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel added 1.7 million and 1.52 million new customers, respectively, the loss of subscribers from Vi, BSNL (8,76,429), MTNL (3,450) and Reliance Communications (214) hampered growth in the mobile segment.
Broadband subscribers grew slightly to 832.2 million in December from 825.38 million in November, with mobile accounting for 798.69 million subscribers in this segment.
“The top five service providers accounted for 98.41 percent of total broadband subscribers at the end of December 22. These service providers were Reliance Jio Infocomm (432.16 million), Bharti Airtel (234.46 million), Vodafone Idea (123.87 million), BSNL (26.35 million) and Atria Convergence (2.14 million).” it in the report.
