New Delhi: Reliance Jio continued to lead India's telecom subscriber market in July 2026, adding 2.45 million wireless mobile subscribers and strengthening its position in 5G fixed wireless access (FWA), according to
TRAI data.
Jio's wireless mobile subscriber base rose to 506.03 million at the end of July from 503.58 million in June, an addition of 2,446,727 subscribers. India's overall wireless mobile subscriber base increased by 5.54 million to 1,287.92 million during the month.
Jio held a 39.29 per cent share of the wireless mobile market, ahead of Bharti Airtel's 38.01 per cent. Jio's subscriber base grew 0.49 per cent month-on-month, compared with Airtel's 0.55 per cent.
In broadband, Jio had 535.12 million subscribers at the end of July, compared with Airtel's 384.23 million.
Jio's 5G FWA subscriber base rose to 9.27 million from 9.11 million in June, adding 155,869 subscribers. Airtel's 5G FWA base stood at 3.94 million after adding 116,951 subscribers.
The total 5G FWA subscriber base stood at 13.21 million, with Jio accounting for about 70.2 per cent.
Jio's UBR FWA subscriber base increased to 5.14 million from 4.93 million, adding 204,320 subscribers and registering monthly growth of 4.14 per cent.
Jio was the only telecom service provider to report UBR FWA data. Its active subscriber ratio stood at 98.82 per cent, against the all-operator average of 93.48 per cent.