Business EconomyPosted at: Sep 29 2026 11:42AM


Jio Adds 2.12 lakh mobile subscribers in AP Circle in August

Hyderabad, Sept 29 (UNI) Reliance Jio added 2.12 lakh wireless mobile subscribers in the Andhra Pradesh telecom circle, which includes Telangana, in August 2026, taking its total subscriber base to approximately 3.29 crore, according to the latest data released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
Jio also added 25,211 wireline connections during the month, taking its total wireline subscriber base in the circle to around 21.55 lakh.
In the Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) segment, the company added 11,058 connections in the 5G category and 26,513 connections in the UBR category during August.
Its subscriber base in the two segments stood at approximately 7.97 lakh and 4.67 lakh, respectively, taking the combined FWA connections to over 12.64 lakh in the circle.
At the national level, Jio added around 3.7 times more net subscribers than Airtel in terms of Home Location Register (HLR) additions during August, excluding Machine-to-Machine (M2M) connections, according to the company.
Jio was also the only operator to record positive net additions in active Visitor Location Register (VLR) subscribers, adding 1.7 million active subscribers during the month.
Over the three months since May 2026, its net additions in active subscribers were around four times those of Airtel.
In the national home broadband market, Jio added approximately 2.5 times more subscribers than its nearest competitor during August.
Its AirFiber service accounted for around four lakh Fixed Wireless Access connections, compared with approximately one lakh additions by Airtel.
Jio retained an estimated 78.6 per cent share of the national FWA market, adding around four lakh connections during the month, the company said.
The latest figures highlight the company's subscriber additions across mobile and broadband services in the Andhra Pradesh telecom circle and its growth in the national connectivity market.
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