List of telecom companies in India
Rank Operator Subscribers ( Millions ) Market Share Ownership
1 DD Free Dish 35.00 Prasar Bharati
2 Tata Sky 21.90 31.61% Tata Sons ( 60% ) The Walt Disney Company ( 30% ) Temasek Holdings ( 10% )
3 Dish TV ( Zing Digital ) ( d2h ) 21.64 31.23% Zee Entertainment Enterprises ( 100% )
4 Airtel digital TV 16.20 23.39% Bharti Airtel Limited ( 100% )
5 Sun Direct 9.54 13.78% Sun Network ( 80% ) Astro Group ( 20% )
Direct-to-home ( DTH ) operators
As of 30 September 2019 , there are 69.30 million active pay DTH subscribers in addition to free to air state owned Dth ( dd free dish ) in the country according to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India ( TRAI ) . [ 36 ]
The total number of telephone subscribers in India reached 1204.85 million as on 31 October 2019. The number of wireless subscribers are 1183.40 million and the number of wireline subscribers are 21.45 million. The country's telecom regulator is Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).