New Delhi, Oct 27: India added 6.57 million mobile subscribers in September 2026, taking the wireless mobile base to 1,300 million, according to data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and reported by The Hindu BusinessLine.

Source: The Hindu BusinessLine

The total telephone base, counting wireless and wireline connections, rose to 1,367.93 million in September from 1,360.70 million in August — a net addition of 7.23 million, or monthly growth of 0.53 per cent, TRAI's release showed, also reported by TelecomByte.

Source: TelecomByte

1,367.93 millionTotal telephone subscribers, Sept 2026 — yaani ~136.79 crore
6.57 millionNet mobile additions in September
2.71 millionJio additions — the month's largest
95.52%Overall tele-density, up from 95.07% in August

Reliance Jio led mobile additions with 2.71 million, followed closely by Bharti Airtel with 2.69 million. State-run BSNL added 6.26 lakh subscribers and Vodafone Idea added 5.50 lakh, while MTNL lost 6,628 subscribers during the month, The Hindu BusinessLine reported.

Broadband subscribers rose from 1,101.21 million in August to 1,107.68 million in September. As many as 16.77 million subscribers submitted mobile number portability requests in September, TRAI data showed.

Urban wireless subscriptions rose from 748.84 million to 753.85 million, and rural wireless subscriptions from 544.58 million to 546.14 million. Overall tele-density increased from 95.07 per cent in August to 95.52 per cent in September, with urban tele-density at 155.85 per cent and rural at 61.30 per cent, according to TRAI figures reported by GTC Bharat.

Source: GTC Bharat

Wireline subscribers also edged up, from 48.45 million in August to 48.74 million in September. The TRAI figures count connections, not individual people, so the totals include multiple SIMs and fixed wireless access services.