Telecom Growth Slows: Key Trends in October

October telecom data shows overall growth slowing. Wireless accessibility remains strong, while urban mobile subscribers decline for the first time. Reliance Jio leads in broadband market share.

Dealt with Wireless Accessibility became the only segment revealing continual velocity. 5G FWA subscribers climbed progressively from 8.90 million in August to 9.40 million in September to 9.91 million in October, adding roughly 500,000 clients every month.

5G FWA Subscriber Growth

Overall telephone clients reached 1,231.38 million at end-October, up from 1,228.94 million in September and 1,224.54 million in August. While the outright base continues to expand, the rate of development has actually greater than cut in half in 2 months.

This turnaround was most significant in the nation’s city circles; Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata. They jointly lost around 527,205 cordless subscribers in October after including 693,744 in September, a decrease of 1.22 million connections in a solitary month.

Dependence Jio maintained supremacy with 508.34 million broadband clients with a 50.8% market share), complied with by Bharti Airtel at 312.53 million at 31.3% and Vodafone Idea at 127.22 million with a 12.7% share. The top 3 operators control 94.5% of the broadband market.

Overall broadband clients reached 999.81 million in October, up from 995.63 million in September and 989.58 million in August. Month-to-month development decreased to 0.42% in October from 0.61% in September.

Of 1,171.87 million mobile customers, only 1,094.28 million were active in October, leaving 77.59 million dormant links. The energetic subscriber proportion improved partially to 93.38% in October from 93.01% in September.

Urban Subscriber Decline

Regular monthly development decreased to 0.20% in October from 0.36% in September. Urban mobile subscribers fell by 180,000 to 639.99 million in October after rising 1.68 million in September and 1.68 million in August, marking the initial contraction in the section.

Urban tele-density stood at 134.66% in October, down somewhat from 134.76% in September however up from 134.51% in August. Eleven solution areas consisting of Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, West Bengal, Mumbai, Kolkata, Uttar Pradesh (West), Gujarat and Delhi tape-recorded cordless subscriber declines in October.

Telecommunications firms included 2.44 million telephone clients in October 2025, down 45% from 4.40 million in September, as city mobile clients declined for the first time in current months, data launched by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India revealed on Thursday

Reliance Jio’s UBR FWA revealed also more powerful energy, surging from 2.10 million in August to 2.48 million in September to 2.84 million in October, a 35% boost over two months with regular monthly growth rates of 18.17% in September and 14.30% in October.

UBR FWA Performance