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- FTTH: Airtel (DHCP v4/v6), TPF (CGNAT v4/S-IPv6), BSNL (DHCP v4/v6)
5G: Jio, Airtel
LTE: Vi
No, the real reason is the slow but inevitable transitioning to v6 worldwide and the fact there is a shortage of v4 addresses which makes it expensive for ISPs to reserve blocks of IPs. It costs them money and they recover it from the customer in case of static addresses earning extra income to offset the expense.
Slowly phasing out v4 and shifting to CG-NAT v4 + public v6 as Tata Play has done is the way forward as the most cost efficient solution. India is at the forefront of v6 adoption but economics are also at play here with the sheer numbers, at possibly over a billion mobile devices, in the subscriber base of the 3 main mobile service providers requiring IPs. I am not even taking into account IoT and other similar devices.
Only those subscribers that have a need (personal) or a business case (firms) for a static v4 address will apply for one while 99% of subscribers couldn't give a damn if the v4 address is a CG-NAT or not. Except for some tech enthusiasts the public just wants to use the net for YT, streaming videos, OTP programs, social media etc. All they are concerned about is if the internet is "on or off".
Slowly phasing out v4 and shifting to CG-NAT v4 + public v6 as Tata Play has done is the way forward as the most cost efficient solution. India is at the forefront of v6 adoption but economics are also at play here with the sheer numbers, at possibly over a billion mobile devices, in the subscriber base of the 3 main mobile service providers requiring IPs. I am not even taking into account IoT and other similar devices.
Only those subscribers that have a need (personal) or a business case (firms) for a static v4 address will apply for one while 99% of subscribers couldn't give a damn if the v4 address is a CG-NAT or not. Except for some tech enthusiasts the public just wants to use the net for YT, streaming videos, OTP programs, social media etc. All they are concerned about is if the internet is "on or off".