New Delhi: India’s telecom market is adding new mobile users at a steady pace, but the old wireline base continues to fall. The latest subscription data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) for August 2025 shows how public sector player Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is fighting to stay relevant in both broadband and mobile services.

While Reliance Jio and Airtel dominate the charts with hundreds of millions of users, BSNL’s figures reveal the challenge of holding ground in a market that is rapidly shifting to wireless. Remember the long copper wire that connected our home phone during school days. It rang with a distinct sound, but those phones are now part of history for most Indian families.

India added 4.51 million new telecom subscribers in August 2025.

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