New Delhi, 27 June (IANS) | The total number of broadband consumers rose 3.37 percent from 943.09 million to 974.87 million in late May at 974.87 million. That is, the number of broadband consumers has increased by 3.37 percent on a monthly basis. This information was received from the data released by TRAI on Friday.
In May, 14.03 million customers sent a request for mobile number portability (MNP). At the same time, let us know that the number of wireless (mobile) customers active in May 2025 was 1,080.06 million.
The total wireless (mobile + 5G FWA) customers were 1,166.43 million at the end of April 2025, which increased to 1,168.42 million at the end of May 2025, ie the monthly growth rate was 0.17 percent.
The total number of wireless consumers in urban areas, which was 633.29 million on April 30, 2025, increased to 634.91 million on 31 May, 2025.
During this period, membership in rural areas also increased from 533.14 million to 533.51 million. According to data from the Ministry of Communications, the monthly growth rate in the number of urban and rural wireless consumers was 0.25 percent and 0.07 percent respectively.
Wireless (mobile) tele-density in India rose from 82.01 percent in late April to 82.10 percent in late May.
The urban wireless tele-denseness rose from 123.85 percent to 124.03 percent in late April and during the same period rural tele-denseness increased from 58.57 percent to 58.58 percent.
In the end of May, the total wireless (mobile) customers had urban and rural wireless (mobile) customers’ share of 54.30 percent and 45.70 percent respectively.
According to the data, “By May 31, private access service providers had 92.14 percent market share of wireless (mobile) customer base, while two PSU access service providers, BSNL and MTNL had market share of 7.86 percent.”
Machine-to-machine (M2M) Cellular mobile connections increased from 69.87 million to 73.91 million at the end of April 2025 to 73.91 million.
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