Circle/City

Operator

August 2006

September 2006

Absolute change

% change

Metros

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Delhi

Bharti Cellular

2,388,909

2,501,510

112,601

4.71

Delhi

Hutchison Essar

2,015,708

2,055,740

40,032

1.99

Delhi

MTNL

1,076,475

1,091,477

15,002

1.39

Delhi

Idea Cellular

1,088,931

1,166,091

77,160

7.09

Total

 

6,570,023

6,814,818

244,795

3.73

Mumbai

BPL Mobile

1,042,778

1,045,301

2,523

0.24

Mumbai

Hutchison Max

2,214,655

2,274,775

60,120

2.71

Mumbai

MTNL

1,187,542

1,198,778

11,236

0.95

Mumbai

Bharti Cellular

1,518,624

1,565,745

47,121

3.10

Total

 

5,963,599

6,084,599

121,000

2.03

Chennai

Aircel Cellular

847,144

888,200

41,056

4.85

Chennai

Bharti Cellular

830,383

849,616

19,233

2.32

Chennai

Hutchison Essar

548,891

575,971

27,080

4.93

Chennai

BSNL

590,447

615,827

25,380

4.30

Total

 

2,816,865

2,929,614

112,749

4

Kolkata

Bharti Cellular

738,808

790,166

51,358

6.95

Kolkata

Hutchison Telecom

1,109,975

1,131,325

21,350

1.92

Kolkata

BSNL

507,274

524,528

17,254

3.4

Kolkata

Reliance Internet

217,684

249,604

31,920

14.66

Total

 

2,573,741

2,695,623

121,882

4.74

All Metros

 

17,924,228

18,524,654

600,426

3.35

A Circle

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Maharashtra

BPL Cellular

927,262

971,001

43,739

4.72

Maharashtra

Idea

2,192,893

2,275,016

82,123

3.74

Maharashtra

Bharti Cellular

1,737,240

1,830,841

93,601

5.39

Maharashtra

BSNL

1,381,156

1,521,318

140,162

10.15

Total

 

6,238,551

6,598,176

359,625

5.76

Gujarat

Fascel

3,002,815

3,128,746

125,931

4.19

Gujarat

Idea

1,354,360

1,414,849

60,489

4.47

Gujarat

Bharti Cellular

1,101,531

1,163,292

61,761

5.61

Gujarat

BSNL

926,758

953,335

26,577

2.87

Total

 

6,385,464

6,660,222

274,758

4.30

Andhra Pradesh

Idea

1,266,070

1,350,645

84,575

6.68

Andhra Pradesh

Bharti Cellular

2,402,217

2,544,421

142,204

5.92

Andhra Pradesh

Hutchison Essar

1,097,118

1,152,516

55,398

5.05

Andhra Pradesh

BSNL

1,294,102

1,405,447

111,345

8.60

Total

 

6,059,507

6,453,029

393,522

6.49

Karnataka

Bharti Cellular

3,015,734

3,183,033

167,299

5.55

Karnataka

Spice Communications

552,300

576,956

24,656

4.46

Karnataka

Hutchison Essar

1,342,371

1,402,593

60,222

4.49

Karnataka

BSNL

1,370,852

1,411,108

40,256

2.94

Total

 

6,281,257

6,573,690

292,433

4.66

Tamil Nadu

BPL Cellular

659,153

710,150

50,997

7.74

Tamil Nadu

Aircel

2,128,973

2,197,436

68,463

3.22

Tamil Nadu

BSNL

1,715,032

1,825,065

110,033

6.42

Tamil Nadu

Bharti Cellular

1,356,608

1,425,045

68,437

5.04

Total

 

5,859,766

6,157,696

297,930

5.08

A Circle

 

30,824,545

32,442,813

1,618,268

5.25

B Circle

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Kerala

Idea Mobile

Communications

1,085,494

1,191,935

106,441

9.81

Kerala

BPL Cellular

634,139

686,046

51,907

8.19

Kerala

Bharti Cellular

723,322

743,385

20,063

2.77

Kerala

BSNL

1,685,739

1,757,557

71,818

4.26

Total

 

4,128,694

4,378,923

250,229

6.06

Punjab

Spice Communications

1,595,243

1,620,009

24,766

1.55

Punjab

Bharti Cellular

2,138,225

2,213,367

75,142

3.51

Punjab

BSNL

437,053

490,609

53,556

12.25

Punjab

Hutchison Essar

827,840

872,939

45,099

5.45

Total

 

4,998,361

5,196,924

198,563

3.97

Haryana

Idea Mobile

Communications

489,476

540,358

50,882

10.40

Haryana

Aircel Digilink

427,874

461,885

34,011

7.95

Haryana

Bharti Cellular

494,540

548,008

53,468

10.81

Haryana

BSNL

496,968

528,285

31,317

6.30

Total

 

1,908,858

2,078,536

169,678

8.89

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Idea Mobile

Communications

1,234,206

1,333,797

99,591

8.07

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Bharti Cellular

705,978

751,767

45,789

6.49

Uttar Pradesh (West)

BSNL

1,227,647

1,092,410

-135,237

-11.02

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Hutchison Essar

982,994

1,073,506

90,512

9.21

Total

 

4,150,825

4,251,480

100,655

2.42

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Aircel Digilink

2,021,165

2,150,927

129,762

6.42

Uttar Pradesh (East)

BSNL

2,193,475

2,257,870

64,395

2.94

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Bharti Cellular

929,679

966,442

36,763

3.95

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Escorts

Telecommunications

1,215

1,406

191

15.72

Total

 

5,145,534

5,376,645

231,111

4.49

Rajasthan

Aircel Digilink

850,803

915,443

64,640

7.6

Rajasthan

Hexacom

1,169,819

1,214,539

44,720

3.82

Rajasthan

BSNL

1,368,190

1,439,305

71,115

5.20

Rajasthan

Escorts

Telecommunications

323

487

164

50.77

Total

 

3,389,135

3,569,774

180,639

5.33

Madhya Pradesh

Idea

1,021,653

1,086,153

64,500

6.31

Madhya Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

659,365

714,186

54,821

8.31

Madhya Pradesh

Bharti Cellular

752,383

825,181

72,798

9.68

Madhya Pradesh

BSNL

759,871

872,953

113,082

14.88

Total

 

3,193,272

3,498,473

305,201

9.56

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Reliance Telecom

447,374

468,860

21,486

4.80

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

BSNL

844,427

866,296

21,869

2.59

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Bharti Cellular

434,418

506,147

71,729

16.51

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Hutchison Telecom

717,694

793,637

75,943

10.58

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Dishnet Wireless

103,124

115,225

12,101

11.73

Total

 

2,547,037

2,750,165

203,128

7.98

B Circle

 

29,461,716

31,100,920

1,639,204

5.56

C Circle

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Himachal Pradesh

Bharti Cellular

420,423

442,334

21,911

5.21

Himachal Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

89,542

100,246

10,704

11.95

Himachal Pradesh

BSNL

280,486

296,315

15,829

5.64

Himachal Pradesh

Escorts

Telecommunications

131

2,809

2,678

2,044.27

Total

 

790,582

841,704

51,122

6.47

Bihar

Reliance Telecom

662,521

727,697

65,176

9.84

Bihar

BSNL

1,042,672

1,065,528

22,856

2.19

Bihar

Bharti Cellular

1,350,036

1,426,246

76,210

5.65

Total

 

3,055,229

3,219,471

164,242

5.38

Orissa

Reliance Telecom

311,558

342,887

31,329

10.06

Orissa

BSNL

588,583

615,372

26,789

4.55

Orissa

Bharti Cellular

606,519

649,557

43,038

7.10

Orissa

Dishnet Wireless

91,794

89,882

-1,912

-2.08

Total

 

1,598,454

1,697,698

99,244

6.21

Assam

Reliance Telecom

241,575

242,734

1,159

0.48

Assam

BSNL

443,201

454,836

11,635

2.63

Assam

Bharti Cellular

357,499

392,280

34,781

9.73

Assam

Dishnet Wireless

242,621

308,540

65,919

27.17

Total

 

1,284,896

1,398,390

113,494

8.83

North East

Reliance Telecom

107,229

112,271

5,042

4.7

North East

Bharti Cellular

104,947

129,595

24,648

23.49

North East

BSNL

307,715

321,692

13,977

4.54

North East

Dishnet Wireless

158,279

170,205

11,926

7.53

Total

 

678,170

733,763

55,593

8.2

Jammu & Kashmir

BSNL

601,646

620,617

18,971

3.15

Jammu & Kashmir

Bharti Cellular

370,844

398,832

27,988

7.55

Jammu & Kashmir

Dishnet Wireless

29,302

34,737

5,435

18.55

Total

 

1,001,792

1,054,186

52,394

5.23

C Circle

 

8,409,123

8,945,212

536,089

6.38

All India

 

86,619,612

91,013,599

4,393,987

5.07

Subscriber base as on September 30, 2006

Operator/Circle Wireline WLL(FWT) Digital mobile Total

Bharti Airtel

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Andhra Pradesh

29,041

??

??

29,041

Chennai

228,093

??

??

228,093

Delhi

535,049

??

??

535,049

Gujarat

10,447

??

??

10,447

Haryana

19,071

??

??

19,071

Karnataka

261,151

??

??

261,151

Kerala

18,413

??

??

18,413

Kolkata

12,993

??

??

12,993

Madhya Pradesh

294,086

?

??

294,086

Maharashtra

9,901

??

??

9,901

Mumbai

37,693

??

??

37,693

Punjab

40,159

??

??

40,159

Rajasthan

1,894

?

?

1,894

Tamil Nadu

108,851

??

??

108,851

Uttar Pradesh (East)

14,510

??

??

14,510

Uttar Pradesh (West)

9,926

??

??

9,926

Total

1,631,278

 

??

1,631,278

Reliance Communication#

?

?

?

Andhra Pradesh

24,773

?

2,295,009

2,319,782

Bihar

488

?

878,386

878,874

Chennai

36,532

?

589,386

625,918

Delhi ? NCR

45,521

?

1,914,575

1,960,096

Haryana

1,980

?

366,607

368,587

Himachal Pradesh

42

?

43,607

43,649

Jammu & Kashmir

0

?

266

266

Karnataka

42,719

?

1,532,746

1,575,465

Kerala

13,737

?

1,275,130

1,288,867

Kolkata

31,665

?

954,551

986,216

Madhya Pradesh

9,726

?

1,146,560

1,156,286

Maharashtra

25,592

?

1,888,696

1,914,288

Mumbai

58,378

?

1,941,144

1,999,522

Orissa

1,439

?

276,046

277,485

Punjab

17,221

?

706,521

723,742

Rajasthan

3,100

?

1,029,245

1,032,345

Tamil Nadu

13,921

?

1,385,875

1,399,796

Uttar Pradesh (East)

12,872

?

1,642,541

1,655,413

Uttar Pradesh (West)

1,895

?

1,194,056

1,195,951

West Bengal

264

?

537,771

538,035

Gujarat

49,807

?

1,422,129

1,471,936

Total

391,672

 

23,020,847

23,412,519

HFCL Infotel

?

?

?

?

Punjab

201522*

60,888

62,004

324,414

Total

201,522

60,888

62,004

324,414

Shyam Telelink

?

?

?

Rajasthan

150,595

47,524

29,661

227,780

Total

150,595

47,524

29,661

227,780

Tata Teleservices

?

?

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Andhra Pradesh

109,799

406,490

893,075

1,409,364

Bihar

120

77,445

284,454

362,019

Chennai

8,705

157,050

117,648

283,403

Delhi

14,615

523,078

1,235,733

1,773,426

Gujarat

20,818

339,687

362,206

722,711

Haryana

??

60,560

348,777

409,337

Himachal Pradesh

??

3,285

54,734

58,019

Karnataka

44,459

332,088

510,139

886,686

Kerala

144

124,841

299,009

423,994

Kolkata

420

228,183

487,009

715,612

Madhya Pradesh

??

109,755

268,506

378,261

Orissa

??

26,644

142,688

169,332

Punjab

300

144,043

380,709

525,052

Rajasthan

??

111,563

469,219

580,782

Tamil Nadu

1,027

190,315

227,634

418,976

Uttar Pradesh (East)

??

100,923

434,009

534,932

Uttar Pradesh (West)

??

71,951

482,587

554,538

West Bengal

??

44,615

225,963

270,578

Maharashtra

46,544

485,770

637,981

1,170,295

Mumbai

199,242

406,865

573,325

1,179,432

Total

446,193

3,945,151

8,435,405

12,826,749

Grand Total

2,821,260

4,053,563

31,547,917

38,422,740

# WLL(FWT) figures included in digital mobile figures for all circles

* includes Cordect

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