According to TRAI data, the number of broadband subscribers increased 1.57 percent to 100.76 million in April 2015 from 99.20 million in March 2015.
The share of Bharti Airtel in the Indian broadband market including wireless and wireline in April 2015 was 22.46 percent, Vodafone 20.15 percent, BSNL 17.88 percent, Idea Cellular 14.9 percent and Reliance Communications 8.02 percent.
Bharti Airtel had 22.63 million broadband subscribers, Vodafone 20.30 million, BSNL 18.02 million, Idea Cellular 15.01 million and Reliance Communications 8.08 million, TRAI said.
The top five wired broadband service providers were BSNL with 9.92 million, Bharti Airtel 1.44 million, MTNL 1.14 million, Atria Convergence Technologies 0.68 million and YOU Broadband 0.45 million.
The top five wireless broadband service providers were Bharti Airtel with 21.19 million, Vodafone 20.29 million, Idea Cellular 15.01 million, BSNL 8.10 million and Reliance Communications 7.97 million, said TRAI.
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