Tikona was founded in 2008 and is based in Mumbai. It provides wireless broadband services.

Sify, formerly known as Satyam Infoway, is one of India's largest ISPs. Incorporated in 1995 as part of the Satyam group, Sify began operations in 1998 and steadily grew to become one of India's largest dial-up providers. A successful foray into the "broadband market" followed, with Sify Broadband recently crossing the 100,000 subscriber mark. Sify also provides high-speed access to numerous cybercafés/iWays all across India.

Set up in 2001 by British Gas as Iqara Broadband, YOU Broadband & Cable India Limited became a Citigroup Venture Capital International (CVCI) owned company in 2006.

Established in 1995, Hathway Cable and Datacom started off purely as a cable TV company and then diversified into the ISP business, providing Internet connections over its existing cable network.

Airtel is the brand name under which Bharti Televentures (a Bharti Enterprises company) provides a range of telecommunications services which include Mobile, Landline and Internet services. Prior to embarking on a re-branding strategy in 2004, Bharti Televentures marketed each segment of its business under a different brand - Airtel (Cellular/Mobile), Touchtel (Landlines & Broadband Internet), IndiaOne (Long Distance) and MantraOnline (Internet).

Tata Indicom is the moniker under which the Tata Group offers telecom services throughout the country, with Tata Indicom Broadband being the brand under which broadband services are offered. The Tata group's Internet arm primarily runs off VSNL, which until a few years back, was wholly owned by the Government Of India.

BSNL or Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited is India's largest Communication Service Provider (CSP), and seventh largest in the world. Previously known as DoT (Department of Telecommunications) when it was under federal government control, it became a corporation in 2000. BSNL operates across the length and breadth of India (except the metropolitan cities of Mumbai and New Delhi which is managed by MTNL, a sister concern.) and commands over 45 million landlines and mobile connections.

Reliance Infocomm is a part of the Reliance Group. Reliance Infocomm burst onto the Indian telecom scene in 2003, and rapidly carved a healthy niche for itself with some attractive and innovative marketing. It has since grown into one of India's largest players in the telecom sector.