List of internet service providers in India

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

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
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:

  1. 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]
  2. The services of Telenor India has been merged with Airtel on 14 May 2018.[6]
  3. On 31 August 2018, Vodafone India has been merged with Idea Cellular and renamed as Vodafone Idea Limited.[7]

List

Service Provider Internet Connection Type(s) Region(s) Served Parent/owner Notes Ref
Atria Convergence Technologies FTTH —
BSNL Broadband — India
DEN Networks — —
Excitel Broadband FTTH Delhi,Mumbai,Rajasthan,Uttar Pradesh
MTNL Broadband — Delhi, Mumbai
Hathway FTTH India
Tikona — —
Siti Networks
DEN Networks

Other notable ISPs

ISP Coverage area
RailTel Corporation of India Public Sector (state-owned) ISP with pan-India optic fiber network along Railway track

Enterprise/wholesale only

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicators April – June 2023" (PDF). Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. 5 December 2023.
  2. ^ 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.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "The Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicators September 2021" (PDF). Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. 5 December 2023.
  4. ^ Sengupta, Devina (28 February 2018). "Aircel, country's last small mobile phone operator, files for bankruptcy". The Economic Times. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Aircel's bankruptcy note on Facebook".
  6. ^ Gulveen Aulakh (15 May 2018). "DoT approves Bharti Airtel and Telenor India merger". The Economic Times.
  7. ^ Parbat, Kalyan (31 August 2018). "NCLT gives go-ahead to Idea-Vodafone merger". The Economic Times.