List of internet service providers in India explained

This is a list of internet service providers in India. There were 1076 internet service providers (ISPs) offering broadband and narrowband internet services in India as of 30 June 2023.^[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 895.832 million, out of which 34.36 million are narrowband subscribers and 861.472 million are broadband subscribers.^[3] The following table shows the top 5 ISPs in India by total subscriber base as of 30 June 2023.

Rank	ISP	Logo	Narrowband Subscribers	Broadband Subscribers	Total Subscribers
1	Jio			428,200,000	428,200,000
2	Airtel		19,969,265	268,028,831	287,998,096
3	Vi		11,043,432	124,896,076	135,939,508
4	BSNL		2,882,539	24,588,532	27,471,071
5	Atria Convergence Technologies			2,159,293	2,159,293
6	Hathway
7	Excitel Broadband

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]
   

Enterprise/wholesale only

• National Knowledge Network for educational institutions in India
• PowerGrid

See also

• List of telecom companies in India
• Internet in India

External links

• ISP market share grouped by ASNs used (APNIC report)
• List of ASNs assigned to India
• DoT website
• List of Telecom Service Providers on TRAI website

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicators April – June 2023. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. 5 December 2023.
2. Web site: Sep 1 . Debashis Sarkar . TRAI to government: Fix 2Mbps as the minimum broadband internet speed across India - Times of India . The Times of India . 16 February 2022 . en.
3. Web site: The Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicators September 2021. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. 5 December 2023.
4. News: Aircel, country's last small mobile phone operator, files for bankruptcy. Sengupta. Devina. 28 February 2018. The Economic Times. 28 February 2018.
5. News: Aircel's bankruptcy note on Facebook.
6. Web site: DoT approves Bharti Airtel and Telenor India merger. Gulveen Aulakh. The Economic Times.
7. News: NCLT gives go-ahead to Idea-Vodafone merger. Kalyan. Parbat. The Economic Times. 31 August 2018.