Jump to content

List of telecom companies in India

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Saffrin (talk | contribs) at 12:19, 6 September 2018 (→Mobile network operators). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Mobile network operators

The total number of wireless subscribers in India reached 1,146.49 million as on 30th of June 2018. [1]


Rank Operator Technology Subscribers[1]
(in millions)		 Market Share[1] Ownership
1 Vodafone Idea Limited

GSM-900/1800 (EDGE) 2100 MHz UMTS, HSPA+ LTE Band 3 (1800 MHz)[2] LTE Band 40 (2300 MHz) LTE Band 41 (2500 MHz) VoLTE

408 32.3%

Vodafone Group (45.1%) Aditya Birla Group (26%) Axiata Group Berhad Providence Equity (28.9%)

2

GSM-900/1800 (EDGE) 2100 MHz UMTS, HSPA+. LTE Band 3 (1800 MHz), LTE Band 40 (2300 MHz), LTE Advanced VoLTE

Airtel - 344.56

Tata DoCoMo 26.62

Airtel - 30.05%

Tata DoCoMo - 2.32%

Bharti Enterprises (64%) SingTel (36%)

3

LTE Band 5 (850 MHz),
LTE Band 3 (1800 MHz),
LTE Band 40 (2300 MHz), LTE Advanced VoLTE WiFi

Jio - 215.25

RCom - 0.07

Jio - 18.78%

RCom - 0.01%

Reliance Industries

4

BSNL

GSM-900/1800 (EDGE) 2100 MHz UMTS, HSPA+ WiMAX WiFi LTE Band 1 (2100 MHz)

113.11

9.87%

State-Owned

5

MTNL

GSM-900/1800 (EDGE) 2100 MHz UMTS, HSPA+ CDMA

3.52

0.31%

State-Owned


Note:

  • On 31 August 2018, Vodafone and Idea merged to form the world's second-largest telcom company, and the largest in India and officially known as Vodafone Idea Limited.[4].
  • Reliance Communications and its subsidiaries plan to exit their state of insolvency and reduce their debt of 46,000 crore rupees by selling physical assets such as towers and fiber optic networks, as well as part of its bandwidth, to Reliance Jio.[5]
  • Reliance jio subscriber as of July 2018 as announced on Reliance jio AGM

Landline operators

As of 30 June, 2018, there were 22.40 million wired subscribers in India in total. [1]

Rank Operator Subscribers Market Share Ownership
1 BSNL 11.887 53.08% State-owned
2 AirTel 3.955 17.66% Private
3 MTNL 3.315 14.80% State-owned
4 Tata 1.879 8.39% Private
5 Reliance 0.879 3.92% Private
6 Vodafone 0.240 1.07% Private
7 Quadrant 0.239 1.07% Private

Direct-To-Home (DTH) operators

India is the largest DTH market in the world by number of subscribers.

As of September 30th, 2017, there are 66.09 million pay DTH subscribers in the country.[6]

On 22 March 2018, Dish TV merged with Videocon d2h, creating the largest DTH provider in India.[7]

Rank Operator Launch Date Subscribers

(in millions)

Ownership
1 2003

2009

15.86 [9][10]

12.50 [11]

Essel Group (55%)

Videocon Group (45%)

2 Tata Sky 2006 15.86 [12] Tata Sons (60%)
21st Century Fox (30%)
Temasek Holdings (10%)[13]
3 Airtel digital TV 2008 13.88 [14] Bharti Airtel Limited
4 Sun Direct 2007 6.61 Sun Network (80%)
Astro Group (20%)

Multiple-system operators (MSOs)

As of January 1st, 2016, there are 415 MSOs (some also have an ISP license).[15]

See also: List_of_cable_television_companies § India

Internet service providers (ISPs)

As of June 30th, 2016, there are 244 ISP providers, including mobile, CDMA, and broadband providers.[16]

See also: List of internet service providers in India

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Press Release on Telecom Subscription Data". Telecom Regulatory Authority of India.
  2. ^ "Idea covers 10 telecom circles with its world class 4G LTE services". Idea Cellular.
  3. ^ "Tata Teleservices to merge consumer business with Bharti Airtel". EconomicTimes.
  4. ^ Pandey, Navadha (2018-01-12). "NCLT approves Idea-Vodafone merger". livemint.com. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  5. ^ www.ETTelecom.com. "RCom shares gain after telco moves NCLAT - ET Telecom". ETTelecom.com. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  6. ^ "The Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicators" (PDF) (Press release). TRAI. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Dish TV India, Videocon d2h merger completed". The Economic Times. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Dish TV India, Videocon d2h merger completed". The Economic Times. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  9. ^ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/media/dish-tv-india-videocon-d2h-merger-completed/articleshow/63414778.cms
  10. ^ "Dish TV's Q1 subs adds strong, EBITDA up 12% amid flat ARPU | TelevisionPost.com". www.televisionpost.com. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
  11. ^ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/media/entertainment/media/dish-tv-india-videocon-d2h-merger-completed/articleshow/63414778.cms
  12. ^ "With DTH evolution, life is not so 'jhingalala' for Tata Sky - The Economic Times". Retrieved 2016-10-01.
  13. ^ http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/tata-sky-to-invest-rs-1000-cr-for-tech-upgrade/article5022824.ece
  14. ^ "Airtel Digital TV's Q1 net subs adds highest in 4 years, EBITDA up 9.5% QoQ | TelevisionPost.com". www.televisionpost.com. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
  15. ^ "Highlights of Telecom Subscription Data" (PDF). TRAI. TRAI.
  16. ^ "Highlights of Telecom Subscription Data" (PDF). TRAI. TRAI. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_telecom_companies_in_India&oldid=858329831"