About Telecom - Cellular & Fixed line services
26 Aug 2026Telecom - Cellular & Fixed line services is one of 4 industries in the Telecommunication sector. Solomo tracks 8 listed companies classified as Telecom - Cellular & Fixed line services on India's NSE and BSE, out of 43 in the Telecommunication sector. Their combined market capitalisation was ₹14,95,990 crore (₹14.96 lakh crore) on 26 Aug 2026, 82.8% of the Telecommunicationsector's total and the largest of its 4 industries by market value. All 8 carry both an NSE symbol and a BSE scrip code.
The 3 largest by market capitalisation are Bharti Airtel Ltd (₹11,98,774 crore), Vodafone Idea Ltd (₹1,53,847 crore) and Bharti Hexacom Ltd (₹80,313 crore).
Median trailing P/E across the 6 companies with a reported ratio is 24.7, and median return on capital employed (ROCE) across 8 companies is 6.6%.
2 of them rank among the 100 largest listed companies in India by market capitalisation on 26 Aug 2026: Bharti Airtel Ltd (#3) and Vodafone Idea Ltd (#65).
| Company | Market cap | P/E | ROCE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bharti Airtel Ltd | ₹11,98,774 Cr | 44.9 | 19.0% |
| Vodafone Idea Ltd | ₹1,53,847 Cr | 4.5 | -1.6% |
| Bharti Hexacom Ltd | ₹80,313 Cr | 46.3 | 20.6% |
| Tata Communications Ltd | ₹52,901 Cr | 52.8 | 12.7% |
| Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Ltd | ₹8,066 Cr | — | 53.3% |
| Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd | ₹1,845 Cr | — | -2.2% |
| Reliance Communications Ltd | ₹241 Cr | — | 0.5% |
| City Online Services Ltd | ₹4.15 Cr | — | -153.1% |
Other industries in Telecommunication: Telecom - Infrastructure (13), Telecom - Equipment & Accessories (14) and Other Telecom Services (8).
Market capitalisation, P/E and ROCE are from Solomo's fundamentals snapshot dated 26 Aug 2026; the interactive table above re-prices market cap and P/E against live quotes during market hours, so intraday figures there will differ. Sector and industry labels follow the NSE and BSE classification, and any market-cap rank quoted above is taken across Solomo's full NSE and BSE universe. Reference data, not investment advice.