Circle/City

Operator

August 2005

September 2005

Absolute change

% change

Metros

?

?

?

?

?

Delhi

Bharti Cellular

1,712,484

1,767,759

55,275

3.23

Delhi

Hutchison Essar

1,581,066

1,611,665

30,599

1.94

Delhi

MTNL

574,803

605,610

30,807

5.36

Delhi

Idea Cellular

696,471

728,205

31,734

4.56

Total

 

4,564,824

4,713,239

148,415

3.25

Mumbai

BPL Mobile

1,280,930

1,305,958

25,028

1.95

Mumbai

Hutchison Max

1,587,772

1,625,465

37,693

2.37

Mumbai

MTNL

647,139

677,198

30,059

4.64

Mumbai

Bharti Cellular

865,157

901,421

36,264

4.19

Total

 

4,380,998

4,510,042

129,044

2.95

Chennai

Aircel Cellular

615,343

626,563

11,220

1.82

Chennai

Bharti Cellular

517,786

521,767

3,981

0.77

Chennai

Hutchison Essar

268,105

300,430

32,325

12.06

Chennai

BSNL

382,770

378,466

-4,304

-1.12

Total

 

1,784,004

1,827,226

43,222

2.42

Kolkata

Bharti Cellular

506,132

507,214

1,082

0.21

Kolkata

Hutchison Telecom

701,892

728,114

26,222

3.74

Kolkata

BSNL

327,032

325,891

-1,141

-0.35

Kolkata

Reliance Internet

3,261

4,626

1,365

41.86

Total

 

1,538,317

1,565,845

27,528

1.79

All Metros

 

12,268,143

12,616,352

348,209

2.84

A Circle

?

?

?

?

?

Maharashtra

BPL Cellular

619,783

639,512

19,729

3.18

Maharashtra

Idea

1,499,057

1,437,057

-62,000

-4.14

Maharashtra

Bharti Cellular

806,595

859,745

53,150

6.59

Maharashtra

BSNL

1,056,053

1,056,053

0

0

Total

 

3,981,488

3,992,367

10,879

0.27

Gujarat

Fascel

1,383,514

1,430,909

47,395

3.43

Gujarat

Idea

738,884

760,352

21,468

2.91

Gujarat

Bharti Cellular

562,915

591,169

28,254

5.02

Gujarat

BSNL

810,250

813,250

3,000

0.37

Total

 

3,495,563

3,595,680

100,117

2.86

Andhra Pradesh

Idea

757,543

777,866

20,323

2.68

Andhra Pradesh

Bharti Cellular

1,204,781

1,249,917

45,136

3.75

Andhra Pradesh

Hutchison Essar

527,909

562,976

35,067

6.64

Andhra Pradesh

BSNL

835,805

842,677

6,872

0.82

Total

 

3,326,038

3,433,436

107,398

3.23

Karnataka

Bharti Cellular

1,512,212

1,556,895

44,683

2.95

Karnataka

Spice Communications

314,654

311,832

-2,822

-0.90

Karnataka

Hutchison Essar

708,003

753,318

45,315

6.40

Karnataka

BSNL

825,628

841,664

16,036

1.94

Total

 

3,360,497

3,463,709

103,212

3.07

Tamil Nadu

BPL Cellular

438,139

444,644

6,505

1.48

Tamil Nadu

Aircel Limited

1,390,692

1,463,581

72,889

5.24

Tamil Nadu

BSNL

912,446

917,046

4,600

0.50

Tamil Nadu

Bharti Cellular

526,505

603,448

76,943

14.61

Total

 

3,267,782

3,428,719

160,937

4.92

A Circle

 

17,431,368

17,913,911

482,543

2.77

B Circle

?

?

?

?

?

Kerala

Idea Mobile

Communications

669,111

690,936

21,825

3.26

Kerala

BPL Cellular

408,347

415,344

6,997

1.71

Kerala

Bharti Cellular

408,558

438,169

29,611

7.25

Kerala

BSNL

807,818

836,060

28,242

3.50

Total

 

2,293,834

2,380,509

86,675

3.78

Punjab

Spice Communications

1,168,843

1,178,343

9,500

0.81

Punjab

Bharti Cellular

1,374,652

1,418,593

43,941

3.20

Punjab

BSNL

436,390

429,403

-6,987

-1.60

Punjab

Hutchison Essar

305,195

353,377

48,182

15.79

Total

 

3,285,080

3,379,716

94,636

2.88

Haryana

Idea Mobile

Communications

237,493

244,612

7,119

3

Haryana

Aircel Digilink

249,161

264,267

15,106

6.06

Haryana

Bharti Cellular

327,444

337,891

10,447

3.19

Haryana

BSNL

409,712

438,591

28,879

7.05

Total

 

1,223,810

1,285,361

61,551

5.03

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Idea Mobile

Communications

733,074

747,965

14,891

2.03

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Bharti Cellular

481,218

504,120

22,902

4.76

Uttar Pradesh (West)

BSNL

670,537

752,021

81,484

12.15

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Hutchison Essar

288,465

320,686

32,221

11.17

Total

 

2,173,294

2,324,792

151,498

6.97

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Aircel Digilink

1,026,763

1,049,528

22,765

2.22

Uttar Pradesh (East)

BSNL

995,968

1,183,101

187,133

18.79

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Bharti Cellular

389,894

409,968

20,074

5.15

Total

 

2,412,625

2,642,597

229,972

9.53

Rajasthan

Aircel Digilink

433,106

448,707

15,601

3.60

Rajasthan

Hexacom

685,684

704,062

18,378

2.68

Rajasthan

BSNL

558,238

629,787

71,549

12.82

Total

 

1,677,028

1,782,556

105,528

6.29

Madhya Pradesh

Idea

548,728

558,969

10,241

1.87

Madhya Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

413,762

429,424

15,662

3.79

Madhya Pradesh

Bharti Cellular

301,085

311,082

9,997

3.32

Madhya Pradesh

BSNL

365,892

368,973

3,081

0.84

Total

 

1,629,467

1,668,448

38,981

2.39

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Reliance Telecom

212,107

216,778

4,671

2.20

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

BSNL

377,165

402,667

25,502

6.76

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Bharti Cellular

198,312

220,363

22,051

11.12

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Huchison Telecom

235,193

259,535

24,342

10.35

Total

 

1,022,777

1,099,343

76,566

7.49

B Circle

 

15,717,915

16,563,322

845,407

5.38

C Circle

?

?

?

?

?

Himachal Pradesh

Bharti Cellular

256,205

261,328

5,123

2

Himachal Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

58,672

58,730

58

0.10

Himachal Pradesh

BSNL

157,546

169,378

11,832

7.51

Total

 

472,423

489,436

17,013

3.6

Bihar

Reliance Telecom

478,402

479,852

1,450

0.3

Bihar

BSNL

458,613

511,819

53,206

11.60

Bihar

Bharti Cellular

344,870

414,582

69,712

20.21

Total

 

1,281,885

1,406,253

124,368

9.7

Orissa

Reliance Telecom

169,187

172,190

3,003

1.77

Orissa

BSNL

338,653

354,222

15,569

4.60

Orissa

Bharti Cellular

202,411

224,256

21,845

9.74

Total

 

710,251

750,668

40,417

5.69

Assam

Reliance Telecom

164,704

172,057

7,353

4.46

Assam

BSNL

183,726

195,941

12,215

6.65

Assam

Bharti Cellular

50,069

69,777

19,708

39.36

Total

 

398,499

437,775

39,276

9.86

Northeast

Reliance Telecom

45,417

47,048

1,631

3.59

Northeast

Bharti Cellular

7,150

9,717

2,567

35.90

Northeast

BSNL

139,849

141,734

1,885

1.35

Total

 

192,416

198,499

6,083

3.16

Jammu & Kashmir

BSNL

269,537

313,013

43,476

16.13

Jammu & Kashmir

Bharti Cellular

171,592

184,673

13,081

7.62

Total

 

441,129

497,686

56,557

12.82

C Circle

 

3,496,603

3,780,317

283,714

8.11

All India

 

48,914,029

50,873,902

1,959,873

4.01

Subscriber base as on September 30, 2005

Operator/Circle Wireline WLL(FWT) Digital mobile Total
Bharti Tele Ventures Limited

Andhra Pradesh

6,670

??

??

6,670

Chennai

160,288

??

??

160,288

Delhi

192,845

??

??

192,845

Gujarat

1,119

??

??

1,119

Haryana

133,740

??

??

133,740

Karnataka

174,239

??

??

174,239

Kerala

2,063

??

??

2,063

Kolkata

663

??

??

663

Madhya Pradesh

243,395

23,999

??

267,394

Maharashtra

90

??

??

90

Mumbai

5,315

??

??

5,315

Punjab

4,940

??

??

4,940

Tamil Nadu

80,480

??

??

80,480

Uttar Pradesh (East)

1,994

??

??

1,994

Uttar Pradesh (West)

28,830

??

??

28,830

Total

1,036,671

23,999

??

1,060,670

Reliance Infocomm Limited

?

?

?

Andhra Pradesh

8,844

117,554

1,065,231

1,191,629

Bihar

146

25,407

324,007

349,560

Chennai

7,763

38,938

449,369

496,070

Delhi

19,888

214,482

1,301,849

1,536,219

Haryana

197

50,987

217,627

268,811

Himachal Pradesh

0

2,182

7,910

10,092

Karnataka

18,075

98,008

758,538

874,621

Kerala

4,233

202,844

531,904

738,981

Kolkata

15,210

103,783

572,949

691,942

Madhya Pradesh

4,221

54,878

509,464

568,563

Maharashtra

9,907

162,623

872,686

1,045,216

Mumbai

22,249

182,607

1,070,237

1,275,093

Orissa

226

31,964

153,306

185,496

Punjab

7,713

111,944

508,513

628,170

Rajasthan

1,007

79,383

497,211

577,601

Tamil Nadu

5,064

85,552

586,415

677,031

Uttar Pradesh (East)

4,700

88,177

677,561

770,438

Uttar Pradesh (West)

233

102,473

453,668

556,374

West Bengal

45

22,903

179,137

202,085

Gujarat

36,528

145,003

676,896

858,427

Total

166,249

1,921,692

11,414,478

13,502,419

HFCL Infotel Limited

?

?

?

Punjab

190,265

33,043

60,292

283,600

Total

190,265

33,043

60,292

283,600

Shyam Telelink Limited

?

?

?

Rajasthan

137,216

26,915

28,182

192,313

Total

137,216

26,915

28,182

192,313

Tata Teleservices Limited

?

?

?

Andhra Pradesh

111,542

356,261

238,723

706,526

Bihar

??

30,660

30,738

61,398

Chennai

4,899

189,559

64,532

258,990

Delhi

13,853

480,162

371,896

865,911

Gujarat

25,057

332,619

146,753

504,429

Haryana

??

24,468

64,193

88,661

Himachal Pradesh

??

4,310

8,872

13,182

Karnataka

23,128

309,292

167,536

499,956

Kerala

??

116,323

44,947

161,270

Kolkata

??

113,125

82,921

196,046

Madhya Pradesh

??

57,761

39,487

97,248

Orissa

??

9,237

18,808

28,045

Punjab

??

89,496

97,393

186,889

Rajasthan

??

46,610

63,873

110,483

Tamil Nadu

583

199,166

64,984

264,733

Uttar Pradesh (East)

??

35,165

73,187

108,352

Uttar Pradesh (West)

??

41,183

74,846

116,029

West Bengal

??

14,292

26,683

40,975

Maharashtra

36,940

396,340

184,943

618,223

Mumbai

181,673

373,614

190,550

745,837

Total

397,675

3,219,643

2,055,865

5,673,183

Grand Total

1,928,076

5,225,292

13,558,817

20,712,185