Editing Telecommunications in India (section)

==Revenue and growth==
The adjusted gross revenue in the telecom service sector was {{INRConvert|160814|c|lk=|year=2017|1}} in 2017 as against {{INRConvert|198207|c|lk=|year=2016|1}} in 2016, registering a negative growth of 18.87%.<ref name="performance2017">{{Cite web|url=https://www.trai.gov.in/sites/default/files/YPIRReport04052018.pdf|title=Yearly Performance Indicators of Indian Telecom Sector (Second Edition) 2017|website=TRAI|access-date=11 September 2018|archive-date=19 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619052032/http://www.trai.gov.in/sites/default/files/YPIRReport04052018.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The major contributions to this revenue are as follows (in INR crores):<ref name="performance2017" />
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!Service provider
!Calendar year 2018-19
(in INR crores)
!Calendar year 2019-20
(in INR crores)
!% change
!Q2 2020-21
(in INR crores)
|-
|[[Bharti Airtel|Airtel]]
|80,780.2 <ref name=FYAIR2019-20>{{Cite web | url=https://assets.airtel.in/teams/simplycms/web/docs/Airtel-Integrated_Report_and_Annual_Financial_Statements_2019-20.pdf | title=Integrated Report and Annual Financial Statements 2019-20 | page=52 | access-date=27 December 2020 | archive-date=3 February 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203155805/https://assets.airtel.in/teams/simplycms/web/docs/Airtel-Integrated_Report_and_Annual_Financial_Statements_2019-20.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref>
|87,539.0 <ref name="FYAIR2019-20"/>
| <span style="color:green">+08.37%</span>
|<nowiki>--</nowiki>
|-
|[[Jio|Reliance Jio]]
|48,660 <ref name="FYRIL2019-20">{{Cite web | url=https://www.ril.com/getattachment/299caec5-2e8a-43b7-8f70-d633a150d07e/AnnualReport_2019-20.aspx | title=Annual Report for the year 2019-20 | website=[[Reliance Industries]] | access-date=27 December 2020 | archive-date=24 April 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424184318/http://www.ril.com/getattachment/2b3a5223-b9a3-4bc1-b9b6-99f9b1e85a07/Financial%20performance%20for%20the%20year%20ended%2031%20Mar,%202019.aspx | url-status=dead }}</ref>
|68,462 <ref name="FYRIL2019-20"/>
| <span style="color:green">+40.69%</span>
|<nowiki>--</nowiki>
|-
|[[Vodafone Idea Limited|Vi]]
|37,823.6 <ref name="VIFY2019-20">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vodafoneidea.com/content/dam/vodafone-microsite/docs/pdf/investor-/annuanlreports/VIL%20-%20Annual%20Report_2019-20.pdf|title=Vodafone Idea Annual Results 2019-20|website=vodafoneidea.com|access-date=27 December 2020|archive-date=29 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129094841/https://www.vodafoneidea.com/content/dam/vodafone-microsite/docs/pdf/investor-/annuanlreports/VIL%20-%20Annual%20Report_2019-20.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> 
|45,996.8<ref name="VIFY2019-20"/>
| <span style="color:green">+21.68%</span>
|<nowiki>--</nowiki>
|-
|[[Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited|BSNL]]
|19,308 <ref name="FYBSNL2018-19">{{cite web | url=https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/bsnl-estimated-fy19-loss-at-over-rs14000-cr-govt/70059560 | title=Annual Report 2018-19 | publisher=Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited. | date=31 March 2019 | access-date=4 July 2019 | archive-date=3 July 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703181423/https://telecom.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/bsnl-estimated-fy19-loss-at-over-rs14000-cr-govt/70059560 | url-status=live }}</ref>
|18,906 <ref name="FYBSNL2019-20">{{cite web | url=http://tender.bsnl.co.in/bsnltenders/pdf/BSNL%20_Annual%20Report%202019-20.pdf | title=Annual Report 2020 | publisher=Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited. | date=31 March 2020 | access-date=4 July 2020 | archive-date=30 December 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211230092914/http://tender.bsnl.co.in/bsnltenders/pdf/BSNL%20_Annual%20Report%202019-20.pdf | url-status=live }}</ref> 
| <span style="color:red">-02.08%</span>
|<nowiki>--</nowiki>
|-
| colspan="5" |'''Note:'''
* [[Bharti Airtel]] acquired [[Telenor India]] in May 2018 and the data of Airtel and Telenor India has been merged.
* On 31 August 2018, Vodafone and Idea merged to form the world's second-largest telecom company, and the largest in India, officially known as [[Vodafone Idea|Vi]] and both the companies' data has been merged.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.livemint.com/Industry/2E0PXuw33i4eyhDtaQbMEN/NCLT-approves-IdeaVodafone-merger.html|title=NCLT approves Idea-Vodafone merger|last=Pandey|first=Navadha|date=2018-01-12|work=livemint.com|access-date=2018-01-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180621070110/https://www.livemint.com/Industry/2E0PXuw33i4eyhDtaQbMEN/NCLT-approves-IdeaVodafone-merger.html|archive-date=21 June 2018|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* On 1 November 2017, [[MTS India]] merged with [[Reliance Communications]] and their data has been merged.
* Videocon shut down its network and discontinued operations in the Gujarat and UP (West) circles on 26 December 2015, and in the Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and UP (East) circles on 11 May 2016.
* [[Reliance Communications]] discontinued its wireless voice services on 29 December 2017, but continued its data and B2B services until 2018. Reliance Communications filed for bankruptcy as it was unable to sell its assets to [[Jio]] and closed its operations under mobile network division on 26 February 2019.
* On 28 February 2018 [[Aircel]] filed for bankruptcy at [[National Company Law Tribunal|NCLT]] and has discontinued operations.
* Quadrant discontinued its wireless mobile services in April 2017; however, it has continued to provide wired line services in Punjab circle.
* In July 2016, [[Airtel India|Virgin Mobile India]] and [[Airtel India|T24 Mobile]] merged their virtual network operations into [[Tata Docomo]].
* [[Bharti Airtel]] acquired the consumer mobile businesses of [[Tata Teleservices]] which include [[Tata Docomo]] in a debt-free deal on 1 July 2019.
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