NEW DELHI: The total broadband subscriber base increased from 15.28 million at the end of August to 15.36 million at the end of September 2013, thus showing a monthly growth of 0.52 per cent.

The yearly growth in broadband subscribers is 1.90 per cent during the last one year (September 2012 to September 2013).

As on 30 September, there are 158 internet service providers (ISPs) which are providing broadband services in the country. 

Out of these, 95 ISPs have provided broadband subscription data for the month of September 2013, for the rest of the ISPs data from previous month has been retained.

The top five ISPs in terms of market share (based on subscriber base) are: BSNL (9.98 million), Bharti Airtel (1.44 million), MTNL (1.10 million), Hathway (0.37 million) and You Broadband (0.33 million).