List of internet service providers in India

This is a list of internet service providers in India. There were 584 internet service providers (ISPs) offering broadband and narrow band internet services in India as of 30 September 2021.[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 83,42,88,767 (83Crore+) out of which 3,94,07,323 (3Crore+) are narrow band subscribers and 79,48,81,444 (79Crore+) are broadband subscribers.[3] The following table shows the top 4 ISPs in India by total subscriber base as of 30 September 2021.

Rank ISP Logo Narrowband Subscribers Broadband Subscribers Total Subscribers
1 Jio
N/A 428,778,364 428,778,364
2 Airtel
21,970,670 207,297,100 229,267,770
3 Vi
14,358,349 122,366,711 136,725,060
4 BSNL
2,913,382 24,152,989 27,066,371

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]

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 September 2021" (PDF). Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. 10 January 2022.
  2. Sep 1, Debashis Sarkar. "TRAI to government: Fix 2Mbps as the minimum broadband internet speed across India - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  3. "The Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicators September 2021" (PDF). Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. 10 January 2022.
  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. "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.
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