Lok Sabha Question No. 984 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-26
Subject: Number of Mobile Consumers
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Shankar Lalwani, Bharatiben Dhirubhai Shyal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 984 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26 TH  JULY, 2023

## NUMBER OF MOBILE CONSUMERS

## †984.   SHRI SHANKAR LALWANI: DR. BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

(a) the  details  of  the  band,  State  and  operator-wise  number  of  consumers  of  2G,  4G  and  5G registered at present;

- (b) whether all mobile operators have 4G and 5G bands and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the time by which BSNL and MTNL are likely to be brought in this purview;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to provide HD voice to BSNL and MTNL; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS

## ANSWER (SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN)

(a) The details of number of wireless subscribers (all technologies together) operator wise/ StateUT wise, as on May 2023 is at Annexure.

(b) All mobile operators, who are providing the services presently (i.e., Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea, BSNL and MTNL), have liberalised spectrum holdings in various frequency bands. These spectrum holdings could be used by the mobile operators to provide any generation mobile services including 4G and 5G services.

(c) to (e) Presently, BSNL is providing 4G services on limited scale at few locations on existing spectrum. Further, BSNL has issued purchase order for 100,000 4G sites to rollout 4G services (HD voice) all over India. Additional spectrum for provision of 5G services has been reserved for BSNL.

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.984 to be answered on 26 th July 2023 regarding Number of Mobile Consumers

Operator wise/ State-UT wise details of number of wireless subscribers (all technologies together), as on May, 2023

| Sl. No.   | State/ UT                       | BHARTI AIRTEL   | BSNL         | MTNL      | RCL   | RJIO         | VODAFONE IDEA   |
|-----------|---------------------------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------|-------|--------------|-----------------|
| 1.        | Andhra Pradesh                  | 1,59,95,357     | 53,62,470    |           | 0     | 1,53,61,862  | 60,46,678       |
| 2.        | Arunachal Pradesh               | 6,66,663        | 1,64,255     |           | 0     | 2,87,766     | 1,15,964        |
| 3.        | Assam                           | 1,11,40,124     | 31,91,181    |           | 0     | 89,28,523    | 19,37,529       |
| 4.        | Bihar                           | 3,13,28,205     | 41,40,582    |           | 0     | 2,55,81,996  | 71,32,081       |
| 5.        | Chattisgarh                     | 32,88,213       | 21,16,264    |           | 19    | 1,14,06,311  | 31,38,494       |
| 6.        | Goa                             | 5,08,460        | 1,46,933     |           | 0     | 10,46,943    | 7,99,818        |
| 7.        | Gujarat                         | 1,11,55,258     | 50,09,223    |           | 47    | 2,75,57,574  | 2,16,06,979     |
| 8.        | Haryana                         | 95,87,694       | 44,38,346    |           | 11    | 1,14,40,565  | 72,54,897       |
| 9.        | Himachal Pradesh                | 34,23,864       | 16,03,132    |           | 92    | 33,13,440    | 4,42,699        |
| 10.       | Jharkhand                       | 90,94,368       | 16,93,319    |           | 0     | 1,20,62,392  | 10,01,717       |
| 11.       | Karnataka                       | 3,13,65,250     | 54,37,302    |           | 589   | 2,19,84,476  | 67,77,831       |
| 12.       | Kerala                          | 80,42,208       | 96,53,689    |           | 113   | 1,01,93,682  | 1,42,45,870     |
| 13.       | Madhya Pradesh                  | 1,20,87,020     | 30,98,066    |           | 0     | 2,80,03,546  | 1,38,05,429     |
| 14.       | Maharashtra                     | 3,06,74,649     | 60,22,301    | 4,55,630  | 925   | 5,15,88,613  | 3,41,94,481     |
| 15.       | Manipur                         | 13,17,471       | 65,544       |           | 0     | 8,66,224     | 1,68,270        |
| 16.       | Meghalaya                       | 9,50,792        | 3,33,019     |           | 0     | 10,31,232    | 2,07,459        |
| 17.       | Mizoram                         | 6,72,929        | 2,61,561     |           | 0     | 3,72,728     | 91,706          |
| 18.       | Nagaland                        | 9,05,170        | 65,198       |           | 0     | 5,41,516     | 1,18,054        |
| 19.       | Odisha                          | 1,13,30,083     | 62,12,785    |           | 29    | 1,42,01,913  | 15,80,880       |
| 20.       | Punjab                          | 1,14,45,193     | 43,86,453    |           | 87    | 1,09,70,380  | 67,00,471       |
| 21.       | Rajasthan                       | 2,27,43,075     | 59,28,371    |           | 155   | 2,52,62,849  | 99,90,444       |
| 22.       | Sikkim                          | 2,04,090        | 69,453       |           | 0     | 2,91,917     | 2,89,033        |
| 23.       | Tamil Nadu                      | 2,74,98,627     | 92,06,084    |           | 262   | 2,39,59,673  | 1,61,01,995     |
| 24.       | Telangana                       | 1,65,83,406     | 25,71,629    |           | 0     | 1,52,77,007  | 54,01,297       |
| 25.       | Tripura                         | 14,51,144       | 4,67,309     |           | 0     | 10,09,337    | 2,15,980        |
| 26.       | Uttar Pradesh                   | 5,69,19,189     | 1,25,11,336  |           | 8     | 5,76,05,877  | 3,11,40,879     |
| 27.       | Uttarakhand                     | 32,05,562       | 14,95,530    |           | 0     | 42,35,156    | 33,40,080       |
| 28.       | West Bengal                     | 2,22,70,497     | 43,71,460    |           | 147   | 3,30,13,065  | 1,94,16,928     |
| 29.       | Andaman& Nicobar Islands        | 1,93,621        | 2,42,204     |           | 0     | 48,268       | 10,348          |
| 30.       | Chandigarh                      | 8,25,320        | 2,00,432     |           | 0     | 5,54,144     | 2,57,500        |
| 31.       | Dadar& Nagar Haveli &Daman& Diu | 2,17,797        | 19,231       |           | 0     | 3,43,537     | 3,25,958        |
| 32.       | Delhi                           | 89,51,808       |              | 16,89,628 | 23    | 1,24,73,040  | 1,65,09,158     |
| 33.       | Jammu& Kashmir                  | 56,66,716       | 6,52,553     |           | 0     | 49,37,999    | 3,35,707        |
| 34.       | Ladakh                          | 1,99,532        | 1,76,347     |           | 0     | 1,61,754     | 0               |
| 35.       | Lakshadweep                     | 3,510           | 65,513       |           | 0     | 0            | 0               |
| 36.       | Puducherry                      | 4,02,917        | 1,11,940     |           | 0     | 3,93,965     | 2,38,821        |
|           | Total                           | 37,23,15,782    | 10,14,91,015 | 21,45,258 | 2,507 | 43,63,09,270 | 23,09,41,435    |

Source: Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)

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