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In 2025, India was the second-largest telecommunications market across the globe, with a subscriber base of more than *** billion users. The number of subscribers of the telecommunications company Bharti Airtel was approximately *million in financial year 2025. Out of this, ****million subscribers were from India. The company operates across Asia and Africa. In terms of subscribers, the company ranks among the leading three mobile service providers.

The Indian telecommunications industry

Spending in the communication services segment across the South Asian country increased in 2021 despite the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. And the telecommunication spending was estimated to reach **** million U.S. dollars in 2024. With a growing subscriber base, investments into the sector have increased. The country saw a foreign direct investment equity inflow of about *** billion dollars in 2025. India became the third-largest market for mobile-based applications in the world in 2023. 

Government initiatives and outlook

As per the national e-governance plan, the Department of Information Technology intends to set up more than a million internet-accessible common service centers to aid the rapid increasing number of internet users within the country. The IP traffic increased fourfold in 2021, playing a vital role in revenue generation and possible mergers and acquisitions in the sector.