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Mumbai: India recorded 5.72 million 5G FWA (fixed wireless access) subscribers, or home connections, as of January-end, with Reliance Jio leading the market with 85% share, latest data published by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) showed. 5G FWA subscriptions in urban and rural areas were 5.
513 million and 0.202 million, respectively, the data showed. This is the first time the regulator has classified 5G FWA as a separate category under wireless, unlike previously, when home connections were reported under the wireline category.
5G FWA has emerged as the only monetizable opportunity so far for telecom operators who spent top dollars in buying 5G airwaves. Advt The home broadband and FWA segment lends thrice the average revenue per user (ARPU at Rs 600-700) than mobile. Reliance Jio remains the big leader with 4.
84 million subscribers followed by Bharti Airtel at 0.86 million subscribers. Overall, India’s telecom subscriber base grew by 2.
1 million in January 2025, reaching 1.192 billion total telephone connections, with Reliance Jio adding 0.69 million users, compared with second ranked Bharti Airtel gaining 1.
65 million. Vodafone Idea continued ceding ground, losing 1.34 million subscribers, Trai data showed.
Jio ended the month with 454.7 million users to Airtel’s 360.7 million and Vi’s 221.
3 million. The number of wireless subscribers, including both mobile and 5G FWA, grew by 0.55% to 1.
157 billion in January from 1.151 billion in December. In contrast, wireline subscriptions fell sharply by 4.
24 million to 35.03 million. This drop is attributed not to disconnections but the above-mentioned reporting change, said Trai.
Mobile Number Portability (MNP) requests remained elevated, with 14.14 million users seeking to switch operators in January alone. The cumulative number of porting requests since implementation now stands at over 1.
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