In December, India had one billion active mobile subscribers, with Airtel having the most active users, according to TRAI.

 

HIGHLIGHTS

• Jio accounted for 36% of all wireless subscriptions in the country.
• In December 2016, 8.54 million users requested MNP, bringing the total number of mobile subscribers to one billion for the first time.

According to figures from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, India has a billion active mobile subscribers in December 2021. (TRAI). According to the research, Airtel had the greatest maximum proportion of active wireless users at 98 percent, while MTNL had the lowest proportion at 18.58 percent over the same time. The country's mobile user base had previously surpassed one billion for the first time in 2016, four years after China. Meanwhile, 8.54 million requests for mobile number portability were submitted in December.

According to a TRAI report on telecom subscription data as of December 2021, the total number of mobile subscriptions in India was 1.155 billion in December, with 1,00,06,30,000 active mobile subscribers counted in a day. The total number of mobile subscriptions in India surpassed one billion in 2016, and the country is expected to have one billion smartphone users by 2026.

According to the data, the overall number of wireless customers in the country in December was 1,155 million, a 12.88-million decrease from the previous month. In metropolitan regions, there were 633 million mobile users with a tele-density of 132.68 percent, while rural areas had 521 million mobile subscribers with a tele-density of 58.28 percent.

In December, 8.54 million customers requested mobile number portability (MNP), increasing the total number of porting requests in the nation to 661.42 million since MNP was established in 2010.

According to the TRAI data, Reliance Jio has the largest percentage of users (36%), followed by Airtel (30.81%). Vodafone Idea and BSNL had a market share of 23 percent and 9.90 percent, respectively.

According to the research, Airtel had the highest proportion of active wireless subscribers (VLR) compared to total wireless subscribers (HLR) in December 2021, with 98.01 percent of active customers, while MTNL had the lowest proportion of VLR at 18.58 percent.