List of internet service providers in India

This is a list of internet service providers in India.. There were 358 internet service providers (ISPs) offering broadband and narrow band internet services in India as of 31 December 2019.[1]

By subscribers

The following table shows the top 10 ISPs in India by total subscriber base as of 31 March 2020. Broadband is defined as "an always-on Internet connection with download speed of 512 kbit/s or above." The number of internet users is 743.19 million, out of which 55.75 million are narrow band subscribers and 687.44 million are broadband subscribers.[2]

Rank ISP Narrowband Broadband Total
1 Reliance Jio 0 388,390,116 388,390,116
2 Airtel 27,111,012 148,569,937 175,680,949
3 Vodafone Idea 22,019,406 117,451,416 139,470,822
4 BSNL 6,400,380 24,507,496 30,907,876
5 ACT Fibernet 0 1,607,015 1,607,015
6 APSFL 0 970,270 970,270
7 MTNL 170,697 855,744 1,026,441
8 Hathway 0 969,157 969,157
9 You Broadband 14,660 778,584 793,244
10 GTPL Broadband 0 359,347 359,347
11 Excitel 0 350,783 350,783

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.[3][4]
  2. The services of Telenor India has been merged with Airtel on 14 May 2018.[5]
  3. On 31 August 2018, Vodafone India has been merged with Idea Cellular and renamed as Vodafone Idea Limited.[6]

Other notable ISPs
ISP Coverage area
RailTel Corporation of India 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 October — December, 2019" (PDF). TRAI. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  2. "The Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicators January – March, 2020" (PDF). Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. 17 September 2020.
  3. Sengupta, Devina (28 February 2018). "Aircel, country's last small mobile phone operator, files for bankruptcy". The Economic Times. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  4. "Aircel's bankruptcy note on Facebook".
  5. Gulveen Aulakh. "DoT approves Bharti Airtel and Telenor India merger". The Economic Times.
  6. Parbat, Kalyan (31 August 2018). "NCLT gives go-ahead to Idea-Vodafone merger". The Economic Times.
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