Archive · 2 Jun 2025
Jio Leads Subscriber Growth, Airtel Active Users Decline in April
In April, India's telecom market grew, adding subscribers overall.
Jio added many new customers and did well with 5G home internet.
Airtel also gained some customers but lost active users.
Vodafone Idea and BSNL, however, continued to lose subscribers.
Jio leads in the 5G home internet market.
These shifts show how the telecom companies are doing and how they are attracting customers.
India's telecom sector added 1.9 million subscribers in April 2025.
Jio added 2.6 million subscribers, the highest among operators.
Airtel added 0.2 million subscribers but saw a decline in active users.
Vodafone Idea lost 0.6 million subscribers in April.
Jio leads the 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) market with an 81.9% share.
- Who
- TRAI, Jio, Airtel, Vi, BSNL
- What
- Mobile and broadband subscriber data released
- When
- April 2025
- Where
- India
- Why
- To analyze telecom sector trends
Subscriber Growth
Subscriber Decline
Subscriber Performance
Subscriber Growth
Jio and Airtel saw subscriber gains. Jio's gains were substantial, while Airtel's were moderate. Jio leads the FWA segment.
Subscriber Decline
Vodafone Idea (Vi) and BSNL continued to lose subscribers. Airtel experienced a sharp drop in active users despite adding overall subscribers.
- Total Subscribers Added (April)
- 1.9 million
- Jio Subscriber Growth (April)
- 2.6 million
- Jio Active Subscriber Increase (April)
- 5.5 million
- Airtel Subscriber Growth (April)
- 0.2 million
- Airtel Active Subscriber Decline
- 4.1 million
- Vi Subscriber Loss (April)
- 0.6 million
- Vi Active Subscriber Loss (April)
- 1.1 million
- BSNL Subscriber Loss (April)
- 0.2 million
- BSNL Active Subscriber Loss (April)
- 1.8 million
- Jio 5G FWA Market Share
- 81.9%
- Jio VLR Ratio
- 96.6%
- Airtel VLR Ratio
- 98.9%
