New Delhi, Oct. 27 -- India's largest telecom operator Reliance Jio added 27.13 lakh mobile subscribers in September 2026, ahead of Bharti Airtel's 26.92 lakh wireless additions, data released by TRAI on Tuesday showed. The mobile subscriber additions for Vodafone Idea stood at 5.50 lakh in September.
With the latest additions, Jio's wireless mobile subscriber tally increased to 51.11 crore at September-end, compared with Airtel's 49.43 crore, and Vodafone Idea's over 20 crore count.
State-owned BSNL added 6.26 lakh mobile subscribers during the month, taking its user base to 9.43 crore, according to the TRAI data. Overall, India's wireless mobile subscriber base increased by 65.74 lakh to almost 130 crore at the end of September, from 129.34 crore in August, registering a monthly growth rate of 0.51 per cent.
Jio maintained its lead in the mobile subscriber market with a 39.32 per cent share, followed by Airtel at 38.02 per cent and Vodafone Idea at 15.39 per cent.
The broader wireless subscriber base, which includes mobile and fixed wireless access connections, rose by 69.41 lakh to 131.92 crore in September.
Meanwhile, India's total telephone subscriber base, including wireline connections, increased to 136.79 crore in September. The number of active wireless mobile subscribers stood at 121.28 crore.
TRAI data further showed that 1.68 crore subscribers submitted requests for mobile number portability during September.
The country's broadband subscriber base increased to 110.77 crore from 110.12 crore in August, registering a monthly growth of 0.59 per cent.
The number of M2M (machine-to-machine) cellular mobile connections increased from about 14 crore at the end of August 2026 to 14.4 crore at the end of September 2026, TRAI said in a release. "Bharti Airtel Ltd has the highest number of M2M cellular mobile connections of 88.58 million with a market share of 61.16 per cent, followed by Reliance Jio Infocomm, Vodafone Idea Ltd & BSNL with market share of 19.29 per cent, 16.14 per cent and 3.41 per cent, respectively," TRAI said.
Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Millennium Post.