Reliance Jio, the largest telecom operator in India, has added more than six lakh 5G FWA (fixed-wireless access) and UBR (unlicensed band radio) users in November 2025. Now, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has started reporting FWA and UBR users separately. For now, UBR is only offered by Reliance Jio. In the FWA space, Jio and Airtel are the only telecom operators competing. Vodafone Idea (Vi) is yet to enter the space, even as the company has started deploying 5G.
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Reliance Jio and Airtel FWA Users
Reliance Jio had a total of 76,46,142 5G FWA users at the end of November 2025, according to TRAI data. Jio also had 31,87,263 users. The telco added 2,50,274 new 5G FWA users, and 3,51,757 UBR users.
Reliance Jio's total FWA and UBR base combined amounted to 1,08,33,405. This is more than 10 milllion users, by far the most in the country. The only competitor for Jio in this space is Bharti Airtel.
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Bharti Airtel had a total of 27,65,883 5G FWA users at the end of November 2025. The telco added 251,095 new users during the month. The numbers are close to what Jio reported in the FWA space, but Jio also had UBR, and that is why Jio's scale of business is much larger. Rolling out UBR services has helped Jio is rapidly growing its homes business. The telco is adding about a million new users in the home broadband space. Note that these numbers are just for the wireless fixed-broadband, there's also JioFiber, the fiber home broadband service from the company. The numbers there are separate and thus, allow Jio to add high-paying broadband users to its subscriber base. These users, in the medium to long-term will help Jio in boosting cashflow.
