|
Circle/City |
Operator |
February 2006 |
March 2006 |
Absolute change |
% change |
|
Metros |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
|
|
Bharti Cellular |
2,014,989 |
2,074,987 |
59,998 |
2.98 |
|
|
Hutchison Essar |
1,777,191 |
1,879,226 |
102,035 |
5.74 |
|
|
MTNL |
790,476 |
870,232 |
79,756 |
10.09 |
|
|
Idea Cellular |
848,852 |
866,966 |
18,114 |
2.13 |
|
Total |
|
5,431,508 |
5,691,411 |
259,903 |
4.79 |
|
Mumbai |
BPL Mobile |
1,337,104 |
1,337,598 |
494 |
0.04 |
|
Mumbai |
Hutchison Max |
1,898,911 |
2,003,469 |
104,558 |
5.51 |
|
Mumbai |
MTNL |
929,334 |
942,556 |
13,222 |
1.42 |
|
Mumbai |
Bharti Cellular |
1,222,193 |
1,232,502 |
10,309 |
0.84 |
|
Total |
|
5,387,542 |
5,516,125 |
128,583 |
2.39 |
|
Chennai |
Aircel Cellular |
685,409 |
712,291 |
26,882 |
3.92 |
|
Chennai |
Bharti Cellular |
632,540 |
669,065 |
36,525 |
5.77 |
|
Chennai |
Hutchison Essar |
414,343 |
436,405 |
22,062 |
5.32 |
|
Chennai |
BSNL |
513,415 |
578,191 |
64,776 |
12.62 |
|
Total |
|
2,245,707 |
2,395,952 |
150,245 |
6.69 |
|
Kolkata |
Bharti Cellular |
609,471 |
643,291 |
33,820 |
5.55 |
|
Kolkata |
Hutchison Telecom |
937,127 |
1,004,531 |
67,404 |
7.19 |
|
Kolkata |
BSNL |
412,023 |
430,646 |
18,623 |
4.52 |
|
Kolkata |
Reliance Internet |
30,255 |
49,551 |
19,296 |
63.78 |
|
Total |
|
1,988,876 |
2,128,019 |
139,143 |
7 |
|
All Metros |
|
15,053,633 |
15,731,507 |
677,874 |
4.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BPL Cellular |
708,799 |
733,754 |
24,955 |
3.52 |
|
|
Idea |
1,693,966 |
1,782,041 |
88,075 |
5.2 |
|
|
Bharti Cellular |
1,235,589 |
1,313,923 |
78,334 |
6.34 |
|
|
BSNL |
1,056,053 |
1,134,249 |
78,196 |
7.4 |
|
Total |
|
4,694,407 |
4,963,967 |
269,560 |
5.74 |
|
|
Fascel |
2,174,113 |
2,257,450 |
83,337 |
3.83 |
|
|
Idea |
965,773 |
1,025,265 |
59,492 |
6.16 |
|
|
Bharti Cellular |
830,306 |
859,423 |
29,117 |
3.51 |
|
|
BSNL |
827,750 |
899,205 |
71,455 |
8.63 |
|
Total |
|
4,797,942 |
5,041,343 |
243,401 |
5.07 |
|
Andhra Pradesh |
Idea |
882,131 |
934,541 |
52,410 |
5.94 |
|
Andhra Pradesh |
Bharti Cellular |
1,732,271 |
1,808,121 |
75,850 |
4.38 |
|
Andhra Pradesh |
Hutchison Essar |
800,145 |
848,296 |
48,151 |
6.02 |
|
Andhra Pradesh |
BSNL |
1,118,355 |
1,246,499 |
128,144 |
11.46 |
|
Total |
|
4,532,902 |
4,837,457 |
304,555 |
6.72 |
|
Karnataka |
Bharti Cellular |
2,003,825 |
2,132,204 |
128,379 |
6.41 |
|
Karnataka |
Spice Communications |
398,711 |
432,067 |
33,356 |
8.37 |
|
Karnataka |
Hutchison Essar |
1,013,723 |
1,088,763 |
75,040 |
7.4 |
|
Karnataka |
BSNL |
1,194,488 |
1,284,887 |
90,399 |
7.57 |
|
Total |
|
4,610,747 |
4,937,921 |
327,174 |
7.1 |
|
Tamil Nadu |
BPL Cellular |
483,406 |
500,242 |
16,836 |
3.48 |
|
Tamil Nadu |
Aircel Limited |
1,637,342 |
1,684,267 |
46,925 |
2.87 |
|
Tamil Nadu |
BSNL |
1,405,839 |
1,465,000 |
59,161 |
4.21 |
|
Tamil Nadu |
Bharti Cellular |
814,558 |
902,352 |
87,794 |
10.78 |
|
Total |
|
4,341,145 |
4,551,861 |
210,716 |
4.85 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Kerala |
Idea Communications |
783,096 |
796,354 |
13,258 |
1.69 |
|
Kerala |
BPL Cellular |
443,120 |
463,700 |
20,580 |
4.64 |
|
Kerala |
Bharti Cellular |
571,328 |
610,772 |
39,444 |
6.9 |
|
Kerala |
BSNL |
1,518,117 |
1,604,180 |
86,063 |
5.67 |
|
Total |
|
3,315,661 |
3,475,006 |
159,345 |
4.81 |
|
|
Spice Communications |
1,421,560 |
1,501,341 |
79,781 |
5.61 |
|
|
Bharti Cellular |
1,637,866 |
1,678,683 |
40,817 |
2.49 |
|
|
BSNL |
371,299 |
371,756 |
457 |
0.12 |
|
|
Hutchison Essar |
634,342 |
658,923 |
24,581 |
3.88 |
|
Total |
|
4,065,067 |
4,210,703 |
145,636 |
3.58 |
|
Haryana |
Idea Communications |
291,179 |
311,602 |
20,423 |
7.01 |
|
Haryana |
Aircel Digilink |
372,456 |
373,801 |
1,345 |
0.36 |
|
Haryana |
Bharti Cellular |
396,666 |
423,387 |
26,721 |
6.74 |
|
Haryana |
BSNL |
481,805 |
485,783 |
3,978 |
0.83 |
|
Total |
|
1,542,106 |
1,594,573 |
52,467 |
3.4 |
|
Uttar Pradesh (West) |
Idea Communications |
858,609 |
920,697 |
62,088 |
7.23 |
|
Uttar Pradesh (West) |
Bharti Cellular |
525,770 |
549,369 |
23,599 |
4.49 |
|
Uttar Pradesh (West) |
BSNL |
914,086 |
943,776 |
29,690 |
3.25 |
|
Uttar Pradesh (West) |
Hutchison Essar |
561,391 |
613,413 |
52,022 |
9.27 |
|
Total |
|
2,859,856 |
3,027,255 |
167,399 |
5.85 |
|
Uttar Pradesh (East) |
Aircel Digilink |
1,289,843 |
1,392,498 |
102,655 |
7.96 |
|
Uttar Pradesh (East) |
BSNL |
1,588,530 |
1,609,488 |
20,958 |
1.32 |
|
Uttar Pradesh (East) |
Bharti Cellular |
553,730 |
639,234 |
85,504 |
15.44 |
|
Uttar Pradesh (East) |
Escorts Telecommunications |
148 |
246 |
98 |
66.22 |
|
Total |
|
3,432,251 |
3,641,466 |
209,215 |
6.1 |
|
Rajasthan |
Aircel Digilink |
559,914 |
601,292 |
41,378 |
7.39 |
|
Rajasthan |
Hexacom |
1,020,315 |
1,023,163 |
2,848 |
0.28 |
|
Rajasthan |
BSNL |
1,018,085 |
1,099,415 |
81,330 |
7.99 |
|
Rajasthan |
Escorts Telecommunications |
121 |
162 |
41 |
33.88 |
|
Total |
|
2,598,435 |
2,724,032 |
125,597 |
4.83 |
|
Madhya Pradesh |
Idea |
681,128 |
728,520 |
47,392 |
6.96 |
|
Madhya Pradesh |
Reliance Telecom |
513,292 |
529,146 |
15,854 |
3.09 |
|
Madhya Pradesh |
Bharti Cellular |
436,231 |
503,297 |
67,066 |
15.37 |
|
Madhya Pradesh |
BSNL |
389,821 |
471,839 |
82,018 |
21.04 |
|
Total |
|
2,020,472 |
2,232,802 |
212,330 |
10.51 |
|
Andaman & Nicobar Islands |
Reliance Telecom |
239,388 |
260,760 |
21,372 |
8.93 |
|
Andaman & Nicobar Islands |
BSNL |
655,055 |
716,634 |
61,579 |
9.4 |
|
Andaman & Nicobar Islands |
Bharti Cellular |
299,662 |
309,234 |
9,572 |
3.19 |
|
Andaman & Nicobar Islands |
Hutchison Telecom |
462,205 |
505,245 |
43,040 |
9.31 |
|
Andaman & Nicobar Islands |
Dishnet Wireless |
14,390 |
27,709 |
13,319 |
92.56 |
|
Total |
|
1,670,700 |
1,819,582 |
148,882 |
8.91 |
|
|
|
21,504,548 |
22,725,419 |
1,220,871 |
5.68 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Himachal Pradesh |
Bharti Cellular |
343,460 |
357,382 |
13,922 |
4.05 |
|
Himachal Pradesh |
Reliance Telecom |
62,578 |
63,027 |
449 |
0.72 |
|
Himachal Pradesh |
BSNL |
212,796 |
220,134 |
7,338 |
3.45 |
|
Himachal Pradesh |
Escorts Telecommunications |
21 |
39 |
? |
? |
|
Total |
|
618,855 |
640,582 |
21,727 |
3.51 |
|
|
Reliance Telecom |
503,642 |
510,396 |
6,754 |
1.34 |
|
|
BSNL |
869,675 |
927,557 |
57,882 |
6.66 |
|
|
Bharti Cellular |
743,333 |
907,913 |
164,580 |
22.14 |
|
Total |
|
2,116,650 |
2,345,866 |
229,216 |
10.83 |
|
Orissa |
Reliance Telecom |
189,821 |
203,759 |
13,938 |
7.34 |
|
Orissa |
BSNL |
524,522 |
560,644 |
36,122 |
6.89 |
|
Orissa |
Bharti Cellular |
402,053 |
457,734 |
55,681 |
13.85 |
|
Orissa |
Dishnet Wireless |
21,700 |
35,537 |
13,837 |
63.76 |
|
Total |
|
1,138,096 |
1,257,674 |
119,578 |
10.51 |
|
|
Reliance Telecom |
192,056 |
205,672 |
13,616 |
7.09 |
|
|
BSNL |
336,824 |
377,038 |
40,214 |
11.94 |
|
|
Bharti Cellular |
144,466 |
180,405 |
35,939 |
24.88 |
|
|
Dishnet Wireless |
47,667 |
68,808 |
21,141 |
44.35 |
|
Total |
|
721,013 |
831,923 |
110,910 |
15.38 |
|
North East |
Reliance Telecom |
69,091 |
81,717 |
12,626 |
18.27 |
|
North East |
Bharti Cellular |
28,360 |
41,553 |
53,357 |
188.14 |
|
North East |
BSNL |
191,074 |
227,365 |
36,291 |
18.99 |
|
North East |
Dishnet Wireless |
49,364 |
57,388 |
8,024 |
16.25 |
|
Total |
|
337,889 |
408,023 |
70,134 |
20.76 |
|
Jammu & Kashmir |
BSNL |
461,294 |
504,483 |
43,189 |
9.36 |
|
Jammu & Kashmir |
Bharti Cellular |
251,092 |
261,214 |
10,122 |
4.03 |
|
Jammu & Kashmir |
Dishnet Wireless |
8,337 |
25,714 |
17,377 |
208.43 |
|
Total |
|
720,723 |
791,411 |
70,688 |
9.81 |
|
|
|
5,653,226 |
6,275,479 |
622,253 |
11.01 |
|
All |
|
65,188,550 |
69,064,954 |
3,876,404 |
5.95 |
Subscriber base as on March 31, 2006
| Operator/Circle | Wireline | WLL(FWT) | Digital mobile | Total |
| Bharti Tele Ventures | ||||
|
Andhra Pradesh |
16,634 |
? |
? |
16,634 |
|
Chennai |
186,825 |
? |
? |
186,825 |
|
|
423,120 |
? |
? |
423,120 |
|
|
4,533 |
? |
? |
4,533 |
|
Haryana |
20,600 |
? |
? |
20,600 |
|
Karnataka |
222,759 |
? |
? |
222,759 |
|
Kerala |
9,369 |
? |
? |
9,369 |
|
Kolkata |
5,131 |
? |
? |
5,131 |
|
Madhya Pradesh |
272,402 |
22,511 |
? |
294,913 |
|
|
3,186 |
? |
? |
3,186 |
|
Mumbai |
15,889 |
? |
? |
15,889 |
|
|
27,259 |
? |
? |
27,259 |
|
Tamil Nadu |
104,632 |
? |
? |
104,632 |
|
Uttar Pradesh (East) |
8,071 |
? |
? |
8,071 |
|
Uttar Pradesh (West) |
3,819 |
? |
? |
3,819 |
|
Total |
1,324,229 |
22,511 |
? |
1,346,740 |
|
Reliance Infocomm |
|
|
|
|
|
Andhra Pradesh |
14,525 |
206,512 |
1,556,394 |
1,777,431 |
|
|
226 |
39,207 |
589,589 |
629,022 |
|
Chennai |
12,731 |
62,752 |
504,276 |
579,759 |
|
Delhi-NCR |
27,899 |
274,585 |
1,543,166 |
1,845,650 |
|
Haryana |
377 |
72,916 |
243,498 |
316,791 |
|
Himachal Pradesh |
1 |
4,896 |
16,436 |
21,333 |
|
Jammu & Kashmir |
? |
? |
210 |
210 |
|
Karnataka |
29,644 |
167,479 |
966,454 |
1,163,577 |
|
Kerala |
7,313 |
318,181 |
671,769 |
997,263 |
|
Kolkata |
21,187 |
128,534 |
738,380 |
888,101 |
|
Madhya Pradesh |
5,797 |
80,544 |
803,512 |
889,853 |
|
|
18,941 |
259,877 |
1,163,411 |
1,442,229 |
|
Mumbai |
28,088 |
252,882 |
1,437,245 |
1,718,215 |
|
Orissa |
549 |
47,802 |
204,259 |
252,610 |
|
|
9,586 |
147,833 |
542,379 |
699,798 |
|
Rajasthan |
737 |
128,906 |
725,437 |
855,080 |
|
Tamil Nadu |
8,599 |
141,071 |
779,593 |
929,263 |
|
Uttar Pradesh (East) |
7,787 |
149,273 |
1,065,940 |
1,223,000 |
|
Uttar Pradesh (West) |
332 |
168,854 |
698,715 |
867,901 |
|
|
59 |
42,098 |
330,628 |
372,785 |
|
|
40,142 |
206,253 |
825,900 |
1,072,295 |
|
Total |
234,520 |
2,900,455 |
15,407,191 |
18,542,166 |
|
HFCL Infotel |
|
|
|
|
|
|
202,966 |
53,312 |
62,357 |
318,635 |
|
Total |
202,966 |
53,312 |
62,357 |
318,635 |
|
Shyam Telelink |
|
|
|
|
|
Rajasthan |
142,376 |
30,391 |
27,246 |
200,013 |
|
Total |
142,376 |
30,391 |
27,246 |
200,013 |
|
Tata Teleservices |
|
|
|
|
|
Andhra Pradesh |
108,982 |
403,718 |
532,754 |
1,045,454 |
|
|
60 |
49,437 |
113,478 |
162,975 |
|
Chennai |
6,403 |
163,470 |
87,851 |
257,724 |
|
|
14,654 |
520,955 |
704,478 |
1,240,087 |
|
|
25,584 |
363,906 |
231,126 |
620,616 |
|
Haryana |
? |
30,829 |
217,683 |
248,512 |
|
Himachal Pradesh |
? |
3,739 |
24,045 |
27,784 |
|
Karnataka |
31,353 |
347,623 |
331,632 |
710,608 |
|
Kerala |
? |
130,662 |
152,671 |
283,333 |
|
Kolkata |
120 |
191,940 |
285,120 |
477,180 |
|
Madhya Pradesh |
? |
83,512 |
152,904 |
236,416 |
|
Orissa |
? |
19,614 |
59,524 |
79,138 |
|
|
? |
101,757 |
219,542 |
321,299 |
|
Rajasthan |
? |
52,194 |
231,697 |
283,891 |
|
Tamil Nadu |
534 |
202,851 |
128,901 |
332,286 |
|
Uttar Pradesh (East) |
? |
44,860 |
215,109 |
259,969 |
|
Uttar Pradesh (West) |
? |
48,911 |
254,951 |
303,862 |
|
|
? |
33,317 |
111,171 |
144,488 |
|
|
39,425 |
416,171 |
383,152 |
838,748 |
|
Mumbai |
189,366 |
397,985 |
413,743 |
1,001,094 |
|
Total |
416,481 |
3,607,451 |
4,851,532 |
8,875,464 |
|
Grand total |
2,320,572 |
6,614,120 |
20,348,326 |
29,283,018 |
