The company pipped its rival Reliance Jio in net subscriber addition in the wireline segment as well during the month under review.
The total telecom subscriber base grew by 69.5 lakh in April to an all-time high of 133.75 crore, according to the monthly subscribers report released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai).
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“The number of total telephone subscribers in India increased from 1,330.58 million at the end of March 2026 to 1,337.54 million at the end of April 2026, thereby showing a monthly growth rate of 0.52 per cent,” the report said.
Airtel’s net new subscriber addition stood at 34.82 lakh, comprising 31.39 lakh in the wireless or mobile segment and 3.43 lakh in the wireline segment in April 2026.
Jio’s net subscriber addition stood at 30.84 lakh, which includes 29.42 lakh new mobile connections and 1.42 lakh wireline connections.The wireless subscriber base, which includes mobile and fixed wireless access connections, increased to 128.89 crore at the end of April 2026 from 128.23 crore recorded in the preceding month.
Vodafone Idea (Vi) added 53,257 new subscribers, and BSNL added 76,175. The growth in the segment was marginally mitigated with state-run telecom MTNL losing 33,403 subscribers.
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The number of wireline subscribers increased to 4.85 crore at the end of April 2026 from 4.82 crore in March. All three private telecom operators and BSNL gained subscribers while MTNL and Tata Teleservices were losers in the segment.
Tata Teleservices lost 82,407 customers, and MTNL lost 76,633 connections.
The total number of broadband subscribers in the country increased to 107.34 crore at the end of April 2026.
Reliance Jio led the segment with 52.69 crore subscribers. It was followed by Airtel with 37.3 crore subscribers, Vi 12.8 crore, BSNL 2.7 crore and Atria Convergence with 24.2 lakh subscribers.