Telcos Gross Revenue Up 6.9 PC to Rs 1.05 Lakh Cr in Mar’26 Qtr, AGR up 9.45 PC to Rs 86,716 Cr

New Delhi: The cumulative gross revenue of telecom service providers increased by 6.9 per cent to Rs 1.051 lakh crore in the March 2026 quarter, a Trai report released on Tuesday said.

The gross revenue of telecom service providers (TSPs) was Rs 98,250 crore a year ago.

The adjusted gross revenue (AGR) grew by 9.45 per cent on a year-over-year basis to Rs 86,716 crore in the March 2026 quarter from Rs 79,226 crore in the same period a year ago.

The adjusted gross revenue (AGR) is derived from sale of telecom services and government levies, including licence fees and spectrum usage charges.

Access service providers, which are players like Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea etc, accounted for 83.59 per cent of total AGR in the March 2026 quarter.

The AGR data published till the March 2026 quarter by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) in the performance indicator report shows that Reliance Jio topped the chart with revenue of Rs 32,467.88 crore.

It was followed by Bharti Airtel with an AGR of Rs 28,773.59 crore, Vodafone Idea Rs 8,195.12 crore.

State-run BSNL, which has turned profitable, has reported a decline of 6.19 per cent year-over-year in AGR to Rs 2100.96 crore.

BSNL’s sister concern MTNL posted about 8.54 per cent increase in AGR on YoY basis to Rs 333.71 crore.

Government’s licence fees collection grew by 9.41 per cent on YoY basis to Rs 6,936 crore and spectrum usage charges by 1.68 per cent to Rs 1,017 crore.

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