In December 2023, the market share of Vodafone Idea Limited in wireless subscriber base across India amounted to approximately 19.2 percent. A linear fall in the market share of the service provider has been seen over the past few years.

This statistic represents the revenue share of Vodafone across India from June 2017 to March 2018. The revenue share of the telecommunication company was approximately 24 percent of the gross telecommunications revenue in June 2017.

The wireless subscriber base of Vodafone Idea Limited across India amounted to approximately 223 million subscribers as of December 2023. There was a continuous decrease in the subscriber base around the time of merger. Marriage of equals In August 2018, the Vodafone Group and Aditya Birla Group’s Idea Cellular Limited forged a partnership to become the country’s leading telecom service provider. It was termed as the marriage of equals because of the agreement to merge operations with an equal swap ratio. The two companies were renamed V! or VI and had joint control over it. After the merger, it was supposed to have a large customer market share as well as a large revenue market share. (916140) This merger was to overcome the competition it faced from Bharti Airtel and Reliance Jio. Services offered The company provided voice and data service across different platforms like 2G, 3G, and 4G over its large spectrum portfolio. There was equity infusion from both the partners, intending to have a stronghold on various digital services such as internet of things, high speed and secured leased lines, digital wallets, MIMO, and cloud services. Vodafone also provided wireline services and held a small market share in that area.

As of December 2023, the state of Maharashtra had the most number of wireless Vodafone Idea subscribers in India, which amounted to more than 22 million. During the measured time period, the total number of Vodafone Idea subscribers in India across all service areas was over 223 million.

In their financial year ending on March 31st, 2024, Vodafone generated a total revenue of around 36.72 billion euros. This was a decrease of approximately one billion euros compared to the previous year. Vodafone in the UK Vodafone is a rather popular choice for customers in the United Kingdom, which is unsurprising given that the company was founded there. The company continues to have an overall positive customer satisfaction level with consumers in the UK and has consistently maintained a very low mobile termination rate. Vodafone currently brings in nearly seven billion euros worth of revenue from the UK market alone. Vodafone’s global reach Vodafone’s popularity is not exclusive to its domestic market. It has a global reach when it comes to its revenue and its mobile customers. Vodafone has customers on all different continents, with many in India, South Africa (through Vodacom), and Germany to name a few. Vodafone competes with some of the toughest global competitors such as Verizon, AT&T, Deutsche Telekom, and China Mobile.

Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited had the highest share in the internet service provider market in India as of December 2023. With little over 50 percent of market share and more than 470 million subscribers, Jio extended its lead against Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea to remain the country's leading internet provider.

In the 2023/24 financial year, Vodafone had over 30 million mobile customers in Germany and over 18 million in the United Kingdom, its home market. The company also serviced around 156.7 million mobile customers in Africa, which includes its South African company Vodacom as well as Vodafone Egypt. Vodafone operates across the globeBritish multinational company Vodafone has millions of customers spread out all over the world. Vodafone has operations in more than 30 different countries and also has partner operations in many additional places. The company enjoys a significant share of the telecommunications markets in a number of the different countries where it operates. Vodafone generates high levels of revenue each year from these mobile customers. Since 2009, the company has consistently generated more than 40 billion euros annually. As a result, Vodafone was ranked ninth in the list of the most valuable telecommunications brands in the world in 2024. Ahead of Vodafone were Verizon, AT&T, Deutsche Telekom. In the United Kingdom, Vodafone is the leading corporate brand. Vodafone also has a significant number of employees dispersed around the world. In 2024, the company had in total more than 92 thousand employees working in the areas of customer care and administration, selling and distribution, and operations.

In the financial year 2024, Vodafone Idea Limited earned a revenue of 427 billion Indian rupees. It was a slight increase in comparison with the previous year. The company reached its peak revenue of 459.97 billion Indian rupees in the financial year 2020.

The size of India's television industry was estimated to reach 30.4 million units in 2026. It was around 20 million units in 2022. Television was part of the brown segment of consumer durables in the country. TV penetration increased to reach 69 percent in financial year 2020, diversifying into the semi-urban and rural areas where 109 out of 197 TV sets belonged to rural India.

Improved connection quality

It was forecasted that by 2023, the market share of digital television would be around 70 percent. In 2011, the government passed an act that would switch analog television connections across the country to digital television connections in four phases. Three of these were executed by 2017. Television connection was accessible by various means including cable operators, multi-system operators, direct to home (DTH), and high-speed internet protocol technology (IPTV). The number of DTH subscribers in India by 2023 was estimated to be almost twice as that of 2013. Dish TV, Tata Sky, Airtel, Vodafone, and Prasar Bharti owned Free Dish were key players for the market. Zee Entertainment-owned Dish TV had the highest market share among DTH players.

Push by regional content

According to Broadcast Audience Research Council, regional content had helped to drive the total television consumption in the country. Among the broadcasted channels, the Hindi language took the top spot in India. In terms of television viewership based on language, Hindi channels were also the most preferred ones.

In 2025, T-Mobile US was the world's largest telecommunications company, with a market capitalization of almost 308 billion U.S. dollars. Meanwhile, the Beijing-based firm China Mobile followed closely in second place, with a market cap of around 222 billion U.S. dollars. AT&T, Verizon, and Deutsche Telekom rounded up the top five largest telecommunications companies worldwide. U.S. telecom giants dominate the global market The U.S. telecommunication sector is home to some of the world’s most prominent companies. As of 2025, half of the top 10 global telecom companies, ranked by market cap, were based in the United States. Among these key players are Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T, boasting market caps of about 137 billion U.S. dollars, 182 billion U.S. dollars, and 192 billion U.S. dollars, respectively. When it comes to revenue, Verizon held the leading position among other U.S. network operators. Global distribution of top telecommunication companies From a global perspective, the distribution of the world’s largest telecommunication companies across different regions is noteworthy. A handful of Asian telecommunication companies have secured spots among the world’s largest. Specifically, Japan’s NTT and KDDI hold the tenth and twelfth positions, respectively, by market cap ranking. India’s Bharti Airtel isn’t far behind, ranking seventh globally. Meanwhile, the European telecommunication sector was only represented by Deutsche Telekom in the leading 10 telecom companies, which ranks fourth globally with a market cap exceeding 182.4 billion U.S. dollars.