India's total telephone subscriber base, including wireless and wireline connections, increased to 1,367.93 million in September 2026 from 1,360.70 million in August, a net addition of 7.23 million and monthly growth of 0.53%, The Hindu BusinessLine reported, citing data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).

Source: The Hindu BusinessLine (TRAI data)

1,367.93 millionTotal telephone subscribers, September
7.23 millionNet additions in September
1,107.68 millionBroadband subscribers
95.52%Overall tele-density

TRAI's September highlights, reproduced from the regulator's release, put wireless subscribers at 1,319.19 million and wireline subscribers at 48.74 million, with urban subscribers at 59.05% of the total and rural subscribers at 40.95%.

Source: TRAI via India Education Diary

The broader report said India added 6.57 million wireless mobile subscribers in September, with Reliance Jio adding 2.71 million and Bharti Airtel 2.69 million — together over 5.3 million — while BSNL and Vodafone Idea also added subscribers and MTNL lost subscribers. Active wireless subscribers stood at 1,212.80 million.

Broadband subscribers rose from 1,101.21 million in August to 1,107.68 million in September, growth of 0.59%. During the same month, 16.77 million subscribers submitted mobile number portability requests, TRAI data showed.

Overall tele-density increased from 95.07% at the end of August to 95.52% at the end of September, with urban tele-density at 155.85% and rural tele-density at 61.30%, according to the reported TRAI figures. Subscriber counts count connections, not individual people, as many users hold more than one connection.