List of internet service providers in India
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This is a list of internet service providers in India. There were 1076 internet service providers (ISPs) offering broadband and narrowband internet services in India as of 30 June 2023.[1]
By subscribers
[edit]Broadband is defined by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India as "an always-on data connection ... that offers a minimum downlink and uplink speed of 2 Mbps".[2] The number of internet users are 895.832 million, out of which 34.36 million are narrowband subscribers and 861.472 million are broadband subscribers.[3] The following table shows the top 5 ISPs in India by total subscriber base as of 30 June 2023.
Rank | ISP | Logo | Narrowband Subscribers | Broadband Subscribers | Total Subscribers |
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1 | Jio | — | 428,200,000 | 428,200,000 | |
2 | Airtel | 19,969,265 | 268,028,831 | 287,998,096 | |
3 | Vi | 11,043,432 | 124,896,076 | 135,939,508 | |
4 | BSNL | 2,882,539 | 24,588,532 | 27,471,071 | |
5 | Atria Convergence Technologies | — | 2,159,293 | 2,159,293 | |
6 | Hathway | — | — | — | |
7 | Excitel Broadband | — | — | — |
Note:
- On 28 February 2018 Aircel filed for bankruptcy at NCLT and a substantial number of customers have migrated to other services due to closing down of most of the consumer services.[4][5]
- The services of Telenor India has been merged with Airtel on 14 May 2018.[6]
- On 31 August 2018, Vodafone India has been merged with Idea Cellular and renamed as Vodafone Idea Limited.[7]
List
[edit]Service Provider | Internet Connection Type(s) | Region(s) Served | Parent/owner | Notes | Ref |
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Atria Convergence Technologies | FTTH | — | |||
BSNL Broadband | — | India | |||
DEN Networks | — | — | |||
Excitel Broadband | FTTH | Delh,Mumbai,Rajasthan,Uttar Pradesh | |||
MTNL Broadband | — | Delhi, Mumbai,Kolkata,Chennai | |||
Hathway | FTTH | India | |||
Tikona | — | — |
Other notable ISPs
[edit]ISP | Coverage area |
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RailTel Corporation of India | Public Sector (state-owned) ISP with pan-India optic fiber network along Railway track |
Enterprise/wholesale only
[edit]- National Knowledge Network for educational institutions in India
- PowerGrid
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "The Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicators April – June 2023" (PDF). Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. 5 December 2023.
- ^ Sep 1, Debashis Sarkar (September 2021). "TRAI to government: Fix 2Mbps as the minimum broadband internet speed across India - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "The Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicators September 2021" (PDF). Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. 5 December 2023.
- ^ Sengupta, Devina (28 February 2018). "Aircel, country's last small mobile phone operator, files for bankruptcy". The Economic Times. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ^ "Aircel's bankruptcy note on Facebook".
- ^ Gulveen Aulakh (15 May 2018). "DoT approves Bharti Airtel and Telenor India merger". The Economic Times.
- ^ Parbat, Kalyan (31 August 2018). "NCLT gives go-ahead to Idea-Vodafone merger". The Economic Times.