Airtel Gains, Jio Adds Users in Jan: Trai Data

New Delhi, Mar 19 (PTI) Bharti Airtel added 44.06 lakh wireless subscribers in January, clinching some major gains in the first month of the calendar year, while Reliance Jio registered 24.37 lakh new mobile users, according to monthly data released by telecom regulator Trai on Thursday.

India's largest telecom company Jio added 24.37 lakh mobile users in January, pushing its total wireless subscriber tally to 49.14 crore.

Notably, Bharti Airtel recorded substantial gains during the month, adding 44.06 lakh wireless users, as its subscriber base rose to 46.77 crore in January.

Airtel's subscriber base stood at 46.33 crore in December 2025, data by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) showed.


Vodafone Idea lost 4.11 lakh mobile users, as its wireless customer count shrunk to 19.9 crore in January.

"As per the information received from 1,480 operators for the month of January 2026, the total number of broadband subscribers increased from 1,050.60 million at the end of December 2025 to 1,052.72 million at the end of January 2026 with a monthly growth rate of 0.20 per cent," Trai said in a release.

Reliance Jio topped the list of broadband subscribers (wired and wireless combined), with 51.75 crore users, followed by Airtel (35.92 crore), and Vodafone Idea (12.89 crore) as of January 31, 2026.

Given its sheer numbers, Jio accounted for over 49 per cent of India's broadband services market, with Airtel's market share at 34.13 per cent.

State-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd had a broadband subscriber base of 2.96 crore.