The total telecom subscriber base increased 6.28% sequentially to 1,306.14 million at the end of December 2025, compared with 1,228.94 million in September.
By Ankit Agarwal, Managing Director, Sterlite Technologies
India is one of the world’s largest telecom markets, with nearly a billion internet users, and one of the fastest-growing digital economies. Yet it remains the only major power without a globally dominant telecom equipment manufacturer of its own. This absence is now becoming a strategic vulnerability and an impediment to safeguarding our telecom security and sovereignty.
