Circle

Operator

December 2007

January 2008

Absolute change

% change

Metros

?

?

?

?

?

Delhi

Bharti Airtel

3,712,685

3,763,724

51,039

1.37

Delhi

Vodafone Essar

3,131,114

3,136,317

5,203

0.17

Delhi

MTNL

1,361,703

1,397,455

35,752

2.63

Delhi

Idea Cellular

1,908,812

1,832,366

-76,446

-4.00

Total

 

10,114,314

10,129,862

15,548

0.15

Mumbai

BPL Mobile

1,239,466

1,256,534

17,068

1.38

Mumbai

Vodafone Essar

3,181,653

3,275,483

93,830

2.95

Mumbai

MTNL

1,593,177

1,615,744

22,567

1.42

Mumbai

Bharti Airtel

2,313,840

2,368,840

55,000

2.38

Total

 

8,328,136

8,516,601

188,465

2.26

Chennai

Aircel Cellular

1,718,365

1,784,533

66,168

3.85

Chennai

Bharti Airtel

1,550,064

1,622,588

72,524

4.68

Chennai

Vodafone Essar

1,067,158

1,102,293

35,135

3.29

Chennai

BSNL

870,064

904,999

34,935

4.02

Total

 

5,205,651

5,414,413

208,762

4.01

Kolkata

Bharti Airtel

1,586,506

1,635,673

49,167

3.1

Kolkata

Vodafone Essar

1,762,971

1,831,065

68,094

3.86

Kolkata

BSNL

841,578

986,643

145,065

17.24

Kolkata

Reliance Telecom

295,540

295,540

NA

NA

Total

 

4,486,595

4,748,921

262,326

5.85

All metros

 

28,134,696

28,809,797

675,101

2.4

A Circle

?

?

?

?

?

Maharashtra

Vodafone Essar

2,139,847

2,290,982

151,135

7.06

Maharashtra

Idea

4,181,913

4,424,471

242,558

5.80

Maharashtra

Bharti Airtel

3,742,976

3,860,429

117,453

3.14

Maharashtra

BSNL

2,735,842

2,797,694

61,852

2.26

Total

 

12,800,578

13,373,576

572,998

4.48

Gujarat

Vodafone Essar

5,554,492

5,709,566

155,074

2.79

Gujarat

Idea

2,348,240

2,440,172

91,932

3.91

Gujarat

Bharti Airtel

2,290,206

2,402,503

112,297

4.90

Gujarat

BSNL

1,766,740

1,815,570

48,830

2.76

Total

 

11,959,678

12,367,811

408,133

3.41

Andhra Pradesh

Idea

2,840,750

3,001,013

160,263

5.64

Andhra Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

5,326,467

5,538,216

211,749

3.98

Andhra Pradesh

Vodafone Essar

2,286,184

2,386,271

100,087

4.38

Andhra Pradesh

BSNL

2,173,710

2,208,497

34,787

1.60

Total

 

12,627,111

13,133,997

506,886

4.01

Karnataka

Bharti Airtel

6,263,634

6,465,392

201,758

3.22

Karnataka

Spice Communications

1,473,867

1,532,196

58,329

3.96

Karnataka

Vodafone Essar

2,551,862

2,642,343

90,481

3.55

Karnataka

BSNL

1,717,436

1,732,087

14,651

0.85

Total

 

12,006,799

12,372,018

365,219

3.04

Tamil Nadu

Vodafone Essar

2,702,844

2,903,442

200,598

7.42

Tamil Nadu

Aircel Limited

4,615,052

4,825,636

210,584

4.56

Tamil Nadu

BSNL

2,182,974

2,316,790

133,816

6.13

Tamil Nadu

Bharti Airtel

3,584,210

3,739,510

155,300

4.33

Total

 

13,085,080

13,785,378

700,298

5.35

A Circle

 

62,479,246

65,032,780

2,553,534

4.09

B Circle

?

?

?

?

?

Kerala

Idea Mobile Communications

2,400,727

2,500,776

100,049

4.17

Kerala

Vodafone Essar

1,716,742

1,806,835

90,093

5.25

Kerala

Bharti Airtel

1,427,107

1,477,801

50,694

3.55

Kerala

BSNL

2,108,001

2,123,321

15,320

0.73

Total

 

7,652,577

7,908,733

256,156

3.35

Punjab

Spice Communications

2,326,766

2,410,632

83,866

3.60

Punjab

Bharti Airtel

3,060,281

3,092,607

32,326

1.06

Punjab

BSNL

1,631,910

1,727,489

95,579

5.86

Punjab

Vodafone Essar

1,561,319

1,600,442

39,123

2.51

Total

 

8,580,276

8,831,170

250,894

2.92

Haryana

Idea Mobile Communications

901,780

902,265

485

0.05

Haryana

Vodafone Essar

1,131,053

1,180,066

49,013

4.33

Haryana

Bharti Airtel

942,463

1,000,558

58,095

6.16

Haryana

BSNL

1,210,742

1,206,112

-4,630

-0.38

Total

 

4,186,038

4,289,001

102,963

2.46

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Idea Mobile Communications

2,182,643

2,279,063

96,420

4.42

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Bharti Airtel

1,379,016

1,442,882

63,866

4.63

Uttar Pradesh (West)

BSNL

1,748,250

1,881,504

133,254

7.62

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Vodafone Essar

2,534,157

2,635,757

101,600

4.01

Total

 

7,844,066

8,239,206

395,140

5.04

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Vodafone Essar

3,602,866

3,402,718

-200,148

-5.56

Uttar Pradesh (East)

BSNL

4,024,713

4,060,932

36,219

0.90

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Bharti Airtel

2,647,375

2,819,877

172,502

6.52

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Idea Telecommunications

778,843

864,815

85,972

11.04

Total

 

11,053,797

11,148,342

94,545

0.86

Rajasthan

Vodafone Essar

2,547,598

2,678,639

131,041

5.14

Rajasthan

Bharti Airtel

3,306,529

3,480,937

174,408

5.27

Rajasthan

BSNL

2,201,890

2,212,396

10,506

0.48

Rajasthan

Idea Telecommunications

766,935

792,600

25,665

3.35

Total

 

8,822,952

9,164,572

341,620

3.87

Madhya Pradesh

Idea

2,687,200

2,853,305

166,105

6.18

Madhya Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

1,392,795

1,392,795

NA

NA

Madhya Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

2,454,175

2,562,175

108,000

4.40

Madhya Pradesh

BSNL

1,582,167

1,663,452

81,285

5.14

Total

 

8,116,337

8,471,727

355,390

4.38

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Reliance Telecom

645,934

645,934

NA

NA

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

BSNL

1,145,456

1,187,299

41,843

3.65

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Bharti Airtel

1,666,610

1,811,179

144,569

8.67

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Vodafone Essar

2,393,021

2,563,194

170,173

7.11

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Dishnet Wireless

474,446

517,875

43,429

9.15

Total

 

6,325,467

6,725,481

400,014

6.32

B Circle

 

60,542,781

64,778,232

4,235,451

7.00

C Circle

?

?

?

?

?

Himachal Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

758,738

784,347

25,609

3.38

Himachal Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

367,311

367,311

NA

NA

Himachal Pradesh

BSNL

511,574

517,790

6,216

1.22

Himachal Pradesh

Idea Telecommunications

56,184

63,839

7,655

13.62

Himachal Pradesh

Dishnet Wireless

34,366

36,383

2,017

5.87

Total

 

1,728,173

1,769,670

41,497

2.40

Bihar

Reliance Telecom

1,553,982

1,553,982

NA

NA

Bihar

BSNL

1,414,767

1,485,067

70,300

4.97

Bihar

Bharti Airtel

3,652,424

3,922,668

270,244

7.40

Bihar

Dishnet Wireless

498,151

544,211

46,060

9.25

Total

 

7,119,324

7,505,928

386,604

5.43

Orissa

Reliance Telecom

734,002

734,002

NA

NA

Orissa

BSNL

931,003

961,552

30,549

3.28

Orissa

Bharti Airtel

1,476,960

1,520,253

43,293

2.93

Orissa

Dishnet Wireless

368,758

388,481

19,723

5.35

Total

 

3,510,723

3,604,288

93,565

2.67

Assam

Reliance Telecom

741,241

741,241

NA

NA

Assam

BSNL

584,679

595,608

10,929

1.87

Assam

Bharti Airtel

770,826

795,139

24,313

3.15

Assam

Dishnet Wireless

991,120

1,058,905

67,785

6.84

Total

 

3,087,866

3,190,893

103,027

3.34

Northeast

Reliance Telecom

271,173

271,173

NA

NA

Northeast

Bharti Airtel

389,251

406,402

17,151

4.41

Northeast

BSNL

533,786

562,160

28,374

5.32

Northeast

Dishnet Wireless

514,567

543,638

29,071

5.65

Total

 

1,708,777

1,783,373

74,596

4.37

Jammu & Kashmir

BSNL

794,958

801,637

6,679

0.84

Jammu & Kashmir

Bharti Airtel

860,601

903,925

43,324

5.03

Jammu & Kashmir

Dishnet Wireless

213,261

234,153

20,892

9.8

Total

 

1,868,820

1,939,715

70,895

3.79

C Circle

 

19,023,683

19,793,867

770,184

4.05

All India

 

172,219,135

178,414,676

6,195,541

3.6

Note: Reliance Telecom?s subscriber figures for January 2008 have not been declared; for the calculations, December 2007 figures have been used for January 2008 too

Subscriber base as on October 31, 2007

Operator/Circle Wireline Digital mobile Total

Bharti Airtel

?

??

?

Andhra Pradesh

49,357

??

49,357

Delhi ? NCR

684,124

??

684,124

Gujarat

19,769

??

19,769

Haryana

20,433

??

20,433

Karnataka

329,364

??

329,364

Kerala

32,674

??

32,674

Kolkata

29,736

??

29,736

Madhya Pradesh

237,139

??

237,139

Chhattisgarh

59,818

??

59,818

Maharashtra

24,525

??

24,525

Mumbai

107,681

??

107,681

Punjab

26,513

??

26,513

Chandigarh

32,726

??

32,726

Rajasthan

15,942

??

15,942

Tamil Nadu

125,621

??

125,621

Pondicherry

6,218

??

6,218

Chennai

261,069

??

261,069

Uttar Pradesh (East)

22,774

??

22,774

Uttar Pradesh (West)

20,639

??

20,639

Total

2,106,122

 

2,106,122

Reliance Communications

?

?

Andhra Pradesh

56,669

3,162,685

3,219,354

Bihar

885

1,532,928

1,533,813

Chennai

64,784

776,293

841,077

Delhi ? NCR

84,908

2,045,403

2,130,311

Haryana

5,653

676,016

681,669

Himachal Pradesh

1,149

134,665

135,814

Jammu & Kashmir

1

185

186

Karnataka

71,096

2,108,279

2,179,375

Kerala

31,639

1,706,067

1,737,706

Kolkata

53,915

1,209,589

1,263,504

Madhya Pradesh

21,067

1,974,945

1,996,012

Maharashtra

45,696

2,518,964

2,564,660

Mumbai

101,268

2,268,302

2,369,570

Orissa

2,492

386,373

388,865

Punjab

37,280

877,359

914,639

Rajasthan

10,218

1,411,894

1,422,112

Tamil Nadu

25,406

2,281,115

2,306,521

Uttar Pradesh (East)

24,730

2,467,334

2,492,064

Uttar Pradesh (West)

5,842

1,854,000

1,859,842

West Bengal

2,901

943,289

946,190

Gujarat

77,046

2,158,260

2,235,306

Total

724,645

32,493,945

33,218,590

HFCL Infotel

?

?

?

Punjab

159,260*

192,273

351,533

Total

159,260

192,273

351,533

Shyam Telelink

?

?

Rajasthan

158,315

100,851

259,166

Total

158,315

100,851

259,166

Tata Teleservices

?

?

Andhra Pradesh

118,013

2,026,404

2,144,417

Bihar

808

732,193

733,001

Chennai

21,383

322,228

343,611

Delhi ? NCR

21,659

2,740,231

2,761,890

Gujarat

29,115

862,373

891,488

Haryana

1,203

710,563

711,766

Himachal Pradesh

270

98,993

99,263

Karnataka

70,782

1,027,115

1,097,897

Kerala

2,611

558,135

560,746

Kolkata

6,118

1,033,909

1,040,027

Madhya Pradesh

578

631,067

631,645

Orissa

417

337,366

337,783

Punjab

2,354

824,494

826,848

Rajasthan

43

1,286,611

1,286,654

Tamil Nadu

1,908

549,569

551,477

Uttar Pradesh (East)

386

856,605

856,991

Uttar Pradesh (West)

165

1,099,909

1,100,074

West Bengal

23

504,148

504,171

Maharashtra

76,970

2,435,780

2,512,750

Mumbai

271,060

1,571,290

1,842,350

Total

625,866

20,208,983

20,834,849

Grand total

3,774,208

52,996,052

56,770,260

* includes corDECT

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