Wireline Subscriber Base in the NE States as on 31-03-2024:
(In Numbers)
Service Area | BSNL | Bharti Airtel | Vodafone Idea | Reliance Jio | Total |
Assam | 1,03,023 | 32,572 | 2,550 | 1,96,999 | 3,35,144 |
North East | 72,410 | 0 | 510 | 1,89,843 | 2,62,763 |
Total - NE Region | 1,75,433 | 32,572 | 3,060 | 3,86,842 | 5,97,907 |
Total - India | 64,99,472 | 87,77,711 | 7,81,857 | 1,20,32,750 | 3,37,91,014 |
Notes:
1. Other service providers (MTNL, Reliance Comm. and Tata Tele) do not have any subscribers in any of the above service areas
2. North East includes both NE-I (Meghalaya, Mizoram & Tripura) and NE-II (Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur & Nagaland). State-wise figures have not been furnished for these Service Areas
3. Total for NE Region excludes Sikkim, which is under the West Bengal Service Area. Separate figures for Sikkim have not been provided in the source document
4. 'Total-NE Region' has been computed on the basis of the figures for the Service Areas that cover seven of the NE states (except Sikkim)
5. 'Total-India' includes the subscribers from other companies that are not present in NE Region, which are not included in the above table
Source: NEC Yearbook 2025
Wireless Subscriber Base in the NE States as on 31-03-2024:
(In Numbers)
Service Area | BSNL | Bharti Airtel | Vodafone Idea | Reliance Jio | Total |
Assam | 30,76,922 | 1,18,16,732 | 15,62,512 | 99,10,354 | 2,63,66,520 |
North East | 12,40,979 | 62,83,732 | 7,57,938 | 42,67,960 | 1,25,50,609 |
Total - NE Region | 43,17,901 | 1,81,00,464 | 23,20,450 | 1,41,78,314 | 3,89,17,129 |
Total - India | 8,80,67,665 | 38,57,64,790 | 21,98,17,861 | 4,69,73,284 | 1,16,54,90,336 |
Notes
1. Other service providers (MTNL and Reliance Comm.) do not have any subscribers in any of the above service areas
2. Figures for Bharti Airtel include those of Tata Tele
3. North East includes both NE-I (Meghalaya, Mizoram & Tripura) and NE-II (Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur & Nagaland). State-wise figures have not been furnished for these Service Areas
4. Total for NE Region excludes Sikkim, which is under the West Bengal Service Area. Separate figures for Sikkim have not been provided in the source document
5. 'Total-NE Region' has been computed on the basis of the figures for the Service Areas that cover seven of the NE states (except Sikkim)
6. 'Total-India' includes the subscribers from other companies that are not present in NE Region, which are not included in the above table
Source: NEC Yearbook 2025
State-wise Telephones Per 100 Population, 2004 to 2024:
(as on 31st March)
State | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
Assam | 2.1 | 2.8 | 5.7 | 9.7 | 14.7 | 20.7 | 30.0 | 39.0 | 46.6 |
North East | 3.4 | 4.3 | 8.1 | 16.6 | 27.7 | 44.5 | 68.9 | 56.5 | 65.7 |
All India | 7.1 | 9.0 | 12.7 | 18.2 | 26.2 | 37.0 | 52.7 | 70.9 | 78.7 |
Contd.
State | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
Assam | 46.51 | 48.74 | 53.95 | 57.64 | 66.97 | 76.87 | 68.81 | 70.01 | 70.86 | 68.50 | 70.72 | 74.02 |
North East | 67.78 | 69.97 | 77.00 | 80.22 | 89.94 | 98.06 | 84.17 | 83.37 | 81.11 | 77.35 | 79.71 | 80.55 |
All India | 73.32 | 75.23 | 79.36 | 83.4 | 93.01 | 93.3 | 90.10 | 88.66 | 88.15 | 84.87 | 84.51 | 85.65 |
Source: Handbook of Statistics on Indian States 2023-24
State-wise Subscriber Base (Wireline+Wireless):
States | Total Telephone Subscription (million) | ||
Total | Rural | Urban | |
Arunachal Pradesh | 1.27 | 0.83 | 0.44 |
Assam | 26.35 | 16.91 | 9.45 |
Manipur | 2.45 | 0.97 | 1.48 |
Meghalaya | 2.64 | 1.64 | 1.00 |
Mizoram | 1.41 | 0.53 | 0.88 |
Nagaland | 1.70 | 0.86 | 0.84 |
Sikkim | 0.80 | 0.49 | 0.31 |
Tripura | 3.24 | 1.69 | 1.55 |
NER | 39.86 | 23.92 | 15.95 |
All India | 1190.66 | 528.51 | 662.15 |
Source: The Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicators July-September, 2024
Number of Subscribers in the NE Region (Wireline & Wireless) as on 31-03-2024:
(In Numbers)
Service Area | Wireline Subscriber Base | |||||
TOTAL | PSU Operators | Private Operators | ||||
Mar-23 | Mar-24 | Mar-23 | Mar-24 | Mar-23 | Mar-24 | |
Assam | 2,83,324 | 3,35,144 | 1,10,813 | 1,03,023 | 1,72,511 | 2,32,121 |
North East | 2,14,369 | 2,62,763 | 73,127 | 72,410 | 1,41,242 | 1,90,353 |
Total - NE Region | 4,97,693 | 5,97,907 | 1,83,940 | 1,75,433 | 3,13,753 | 4,22,474 |
Total-India | 28409776 | 33791014 | 7105823 | 6499472 | 21303953 | 27291542 |
Contd.
Service Area | Wireless Subscriber Base | TOTAL | ||||||
TOTAL | PSU Operators | Private Operators | ||||||
Mar-23 | Mar-24 | Mar-23 | Mar-24 | Mar-23 | Mar-24 | Mar-23 | Mar-24 | |
Assam | 2,49,93,855 | 2,63,66,520 | 31,84,184 | 30,76,922 | 2,18,09,671 | 2,32,89,598 | 2,52,77,179 | 2,67,01,664 |
North East | 1,23,50,504 | 1,25,50,609 | 13,65,085 | 12,40,979 | 1,09,85,419 | 1,13,09,630 | 1,25,64,873 | 1,28,13,372 |
Total - NE Region | 3,73,44,359 | 3,89,17,129 | 45,49,269 | 43,17,901 | 3,27,95,090 | 3,45,99,228 | 3,78,42,052 | 3,95,15,036 |
Total-India | 1143927943 | 1165490336 | 103580534 | 88067665 | 1040347409 | 1077422671 | 1172337719 | 1199281350 |
1. North East includes both NE-I (Meghalaya, Mizoram & Tripura) and NE-II (Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur & Nagaland). State-wise figures have not been furnished for these states
2. 'Total-NE Region' has been computed on the basis of the figures for the Service Areas that cover seven of the NE states (except Sikkim). Total of NE Region excludes Sikkim, as data for this state is included under West Bengal Circle, and separate state data for Sikkim is not available in the source document
3. Subscriber data is as furnished by the Telecom Service Providers
Source: NEC Yearbook 2025
Urban & Rural Break-up of Total Number of Telephones & Tele-Density in the NE Region as on 31-03-2024:
Service Area | Number of Telephones | |||||
Urban | Rural | Overall | ||||
March-23 | March-24 | March-23 | March-24 | March-23 | March-24 | |
Assam | 9363199 | 9625185 | 15913980 | 17076479 | 25277179 | 26701664 |
North East | 6335861 | 6378072 | 6229012 | 6435300 | 12564873 | 12813372 |
Total-NE Region | 15699060 | 16003257 | 22142992 | 23511779 | 37842052 | 39515036 |
Total-India | 653901578 | 665408294 | 518422350 | 533338794 | 1172323928 | 1198747088 |
Contd.
Service Area | Tele-Density (Telephones per 100 Persons) | Rural Phones to Overall Phones (%) | ||||||
Urban | Rural | Overall | ||||||
March-23 | March- 24 | March- 23 | March- 24 | March- 23 | March- 24 | March- 23 | March- 24 | |
Assam | 168.25 | 170.03 | 52.74 | 56.15 | 70.73 | 74.02 | 62.96 | 63.95 |
North East | 115.68 | 113.41 | 60.55 | 62.58 | 79.71 | 80.55 | 49.57 | 50.22 |
Total-NE Region | 142.17 | 141.81 | 54.73 | 57.77 | 73.47 | 76.02 | 58.51 | 59.50 |
Total-India | 134.18 | 134.13 | 57.61 | 59.03 | 84.51 | 85.65 | 44.22 | 44.49 |
1. North East includes both NE-I (Meghalaya, Mizoram & Tripura) and NE-II (Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur & Nagaland). State-wise figures have not been furnished for these states
2. 'Total-NE Region' has been computed on the basis of the figures for the Service Areas that cover seven of the NE states (except Sikkim). Total of NE Region excludes Sikkim, as data for this state is included under West Bengal Circle, and separate state data for Sikkim is not available in the source document
3. Subscriber data is as furnished by the Telecom Service Providers
Source: NEC Yearbook 2025
State-wise Total Tele-Density:
State | Total Tele-Density (%) | ||
Total | Rural | Urban | |
Arunachal Pradesh | 80.09 | 70.93 | 106.15 |
Assam | 72.72 | 55.37 | 165.48 |
Manipur | 74.83 | 44.10 | 137.65 |
Meghalaya | 77.72 | 60.94 | 141.96 |
Mizoram | 112.10 | 93.88 | 126.77 |
Nagaland | 74.86 | 73.14 | 76.73 |
Sikkim | 114.57 | 146.58 | 85.36 |
Tripura | 77.04 | 68.20 | 89.75 |
All India | 84.69 | 58.48 | 131.86 |
Source: The Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicators July-September, 2024
State-wise Wireless Subscriber Base:
States | Wireless Subscribers (in million) | ||
Total | Rural | Urban | |
Arunachal Pradesh | 1.25 | 0.83 | 0.42 |
Assam | 25.99 | 16.89 | 9.10 |
Manipur | 2.38 | 0.96 | 1.41 |
Meghalaya | 2.57 | 1.64 | 0.93 |
Mizoram | 1.37 | 0.53 | 0.84 |
Nagaland | 1.66 | 0.86 | 0.80 |
Sikkim | 0.79 | 0.49 | 0.31 |
Tripura | 3.19 | 1.69 | 1.50 |
NER | 39.20 | 23.89 | 15.31 |
All India | 1153.72 | 525.60 | 628.12 |
Source: The Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicators July-September, 2024
State-wise Wireless Tele-Density:
State | Wireless Tele-Density (%) | ||
Total | Rural | Urban | |
Arunachal Pradesh | 78.95 | 70.85 | 101.98 |
Assam | 71.70 | 55.31 | 159.36 |
Manipur | 72.68 | 43.92 | 131.47 |
Meghalaya | 75.69 | 60.83 | 132.55 |
Mizoram | 108.85 | 93.76 | 121.00 |
Nagaland | 73.13 | 73.12 | 73.14 |
Sikkim | 113.49 | 146.26 | 83.59 |
Tripura | 75.81 | 67.96 | 87.13 |
All India | 82.07 | 58.16 | 125.08 |
Source: The Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicators July-September, 2024
State-wise Wireline Subscriber base:
States | Wireline Subscribers (in million) | ||
Total | Rural | Urban | |
Arunachal Pradesh | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 |
Assam | 0.37 | 0.02 | 0.35 |
Manipur | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.07 |
Meghalaya | 0.07 | 0.00 | 0.07 |
Mizoram | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.04 |
Nagaland | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.04 |
Sikkim | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 |
Tripura | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.05 |
NER | 0.67 | 0.04 | 0.65 |
All India | 36.93 | 2.90 | 34.03 |
Source: The Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicators July-September, 2024
State-wise Wireline Tele-Density:
State | Wireline Tele-Density | ||
Total (%) | Rural (%) | Urban (%) | |
Arunachal Pradesh | 1.14 | 0.08 | 4.17 |
Assam | 1.02 | 0.06 | 6.13 |
Manipur | 2.16 | 0.18 | 6.19 |
Meghalaya | 2.03 | 0.11 | 9.40 |
Mizoram | 3.25 | 0.12 | 5.77 |
Nagaland | 1.73 | 0.02 | 3.59 |
Sikkim | 1.08 | 0.32 | 1.77 |
Tripura | 1.22 | 0.25 | 2.63 |
All India | 2.63 | 0.32 | 6.78 |
Source: The Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicators July-September, 2024
State-wise Break-up of Rural-Urban Internet Subscriber Base:
(in millions)
States | Narrowband | Broadband | Total (Sep-2024) | ||||||
Rural | Urban | Total | Rural | Urban | Total | Rural | Urban | Total | |
Arunachal Pradesh | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.53 | 0.38 | 0.91 | 0.54 | 0.39 | 0.93 |
Assam | 0.16 | 0.09 | 0.25 | 13.11 | 6.99 | 20.10 | 13.28 | 7.08 | 20.36 |
Manipur | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.95 | 1.32 | 2.27 | 0.96 | 1.33 | 2.29 |
Meghalaya | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 1.32 | 0.75 | 2.07 | 1.34 | 0.76 | 2.10 |
Mizoram | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.53 | 0.71 | 1.24 | 0.53 | 0.72 | 1.25 |
Nagaland | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.96 | 0.68 | 1.64 | 0.97 | 0.69 | 1.66 |
Sikkim | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.36 | 0.29 | 0.65 | 0.37 | 0.29 | 0.66 |
Tripura | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 1.05 | 1.12 | 2.17 | 1.06 | 1.14 | 2.20 |
All India | 9.94 | 17.17 | 27.11 | 395.40 | 548.99 | 944.39 | 405.33 | 566.16 | 971.49 |
Source: The Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicators July-September, 2024
State-wise Number of Internet Subscribers per 100 Population:
(As on 30-09-2024)
States | Total Subscribers (In million) | Tele-Density (%) | ||||
Rural | Urban | Total | Rural | Urban | Total | |
Arunachal Pradesh | 0.54 | 0.39 | 0.93 | 46.02 | 94.76 | 58.69 |
Assam | 13.28 | 7.08 | 20.36 | 43.48 | 124.03 | 56.17 |
Manipur | 0.96 | 1.33 | 2.29 | 43.77 | 124.00 | 70.13 |
Meghalaya | 1.34 | 0.76 | 2.10 | 49.62 | 107.85 | 61.68 |
Mizoram | 0.53 | 0.72 | 1.25 | 95.43 | 102.87 | 99.55 |
Nagaland | 0.97 | 0.69 | 1.66 | 82.55 | 63.31 | 73.30 |
Sikkim | 0.37 | 0.29 | 0.66 | 110.81 | 79.46 | 94.42 |
Tripura | 1.06 | 1.14 | 2.20 | 42.89 | 65.88 | 52.31 |
All India | 405.33 | 566.16 | 971.50 | 44.85 | 112.74 | 69.10 |
Source: The Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicators July-September, 2024
State-wise Public Wi-Fi Hotspots:
(As on 30-09-2024)
State | Number of Public Wi-Fi Hotspots | Number of Access Points | Number of Unique Wi-Fi Users | Aggregate Data Consumed (TB) during the Quarter (Jul-Sep, 24) |
Arunachal Pradesh | 482 | 1019 | 1780 | 12 |
Assam | 779 | 1707 | 169157 | 488 |
Manipur | 74 | 252 | 735 | 1 |
Meghalaya | 176 | 483 | 3477 | 74 |
Mizoram | 34 | 116 | 508 | 7 |
Nagaland | 81 | 262 | 6196 | 13 |
Sikkim | 47 | 334 | 1689 | 2 |
Tripura | 767 | 883 | 22204 | 63 |
NER | 2440 | 5056 | 205746 | 660 |
All India | 164803 | 385154 | 8345556 | 18431 |
Source: The Indian Telecom Services Performance Indicators July-September, 2024
State-wise Number of Cumulative Broadband Connections provided through BharatNet Project in North East India, March, 2019 to October, 2024:
States | March, 2019 | March, 2020 | March, 2021 | March, 2022 | March, 2023 | March, 2024 | October, 2024 |
Arunachal Pradesh | 0 | 0 | 24 | 88 | 88 | 13 | 13 |
Assam | 740 | 986 | 5839 | 1136 | 2229 | 5024 | 5649 |
Manipur | 0 | 0 | 100 | 335 | 1105 | 1110 | 1737 |
Meghalaya | 0 | 0 | 100 | 16 | 14 | 149 | 103 |
Mizoram | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 32 | 9 | 41 |
Nagaland | 0 | 0 | 52 | 116 | 116 | 101 | 131 |
Sikkim | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 41 | 44 |
Tripura | 0 | 651 | 2980 | 1426 | 709 | 1231 | 1370 |
North East India | 740 | 1637 | 9124 | 3117 | 4308 | 7678 | 9088 |
India | 23357 | 35296 | 500168 | 229141 | 340118 | 966213 | 1174536 |
Source : Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1179, dated on 03.12.2024
State/Telecom Company-wise Number of Villages where Mobile Base Transceiver Stations (BTSs) setup in Rural Areas in North East India - Part II, 2020-2021 to 2022-2024:
States | Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited | Vodafone Idea Limited | ||||||
2020-2021 | 2021-2022 | 2022-2023 | 2023-2024 | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 | 2022-2023 | 2023-2024 | |
Arunachal Pradesh | 23 | 122 | 46 | 17 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Assam | 821 | 3077 | 501 | 122 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 2 |
Manipur | 49 | 105 | 46 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Meghalaya | 66 | 113 | 67 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mizoram | 15 | 51 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nagaland | 30 | 66 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sikkim | 20 | 38 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
Tripura | 16 | 90 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
North East India | 1040 | 3662 | 788 | 161 | 6 | 45 | 10 | 2 |
India | 17275 | 24946 | 10873 | 1389 | 6913 | 8829 | 4226 | 180 |
Note : Position as on 26.07.2023.
Source : Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1146, dated on 26.07.2023.
State-wise details of Mobile Towers Commissioned:
State | Tower Commissioned |
Arunachal Pradesh | 652 |
Assam | 836 |
Manipur | 404 |
Meghalaya | 467 |
Mizoram | 218 |
Nagaland | 186 |
Sikkim | 10 |
Source: Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 979 for answer on 13.02.2025