Circle

Operator

January 2008

February 2008

Absolute change

% change

Metros

?

?

?

?

?

Delhi

Bharti Airtel

3,763,724

3,805,052

41,328

1.10

Delhi

Vodafone Essar

3,136,317

3,176,759

40,442

1.29

Delhi

MTNL

1,397,455

1,447,153

49,698

3.56

Delhi

Idea Cellular

1,832,366

1,852,557

20,191

1.10

Total

 

10,129,862

10,281,521

151,659

1.50

Mumbai

BPL Mobile

1,256,534

1,276,219

19,685

1.57

Mumbai

Vodafone Essar

3,275,483

3,366,225

90,742

2.77

Mumbai

MTNL

1,615,744

1,674,678

58,934

3.65

Mumbai

Bharti Airtel

2,368,840

2,410,209

41,369

1.75

Total

 

8,516,601

8,727,331

210,730

2.47

Chennai

Aircel Cellular

1,784,533

1,798,134

13,601

0.76

Chennai

Bharti Airtel

1,622,588

1,654,824

32,236

1.99

Chennai

Vodafone Essar

1,102,293

1,136,439

34,146

3.1

Chennai

BSNL

904,999

922,691

17,692

1.95

Total

 

5,414,413

5,512,088

97,675

1.80

Kolkata

Bharti Airtel

1,635,673

1,766,545

130,872

8.00

Kolkata

Vodafone Essar

1,831,065

1,909,106

78,041

4.26

Kolkata

BSNL

986,643

991,347

4,704

0.48

Kolkata

Reliance Telecom

309,040

309,040

NA

NA

Total

 

4,762,421

4,976,038

213,617

4.49

All metros

 

28,823,297

29,496,978

673,681

2.34

A Circle

?

?

?

?

?

Maharashtra

Vodafone Essar

2,290,982

2,447,438

156,456

6.83

Maharashtra

Idea

4,424,471

4,680,156

255,685

5.78

Maharashtra

Bharti Airtel

3,860,429

3,984,595

124,166

3.22

Maharashtra

BSNL

2,797,694

2,831,431

33,737

1.21

Total

 

13,373,576

13,943,620

570,044

4.26

Gujarat

Vodafone Essar

5,709,566

5,869,779

160,213

2.81

Gujarat

Idea

2,440,172

2,520,922

80,750

3.31

Gujarat

Bharti Airtel

2,402,503

2,528,111

125,608

5.23

Gujarat

BSNL

1,815,570

1,843,903

28,333

1.56

Total

 

12,367,811

12,762,715

394,904

3.19

Andhra Pradesh

Idea

3,001,013

3,101,905

100,892

3.36

Andhra Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

5,538,216

5,812,166

273,950

4.95

Andhra Pradesh

Vodafone Essar

2,386,271

2,491,374

105,103

4.40

Andhra Pradesh

BSNL

2,208,497

2,221,296

12,799

0.58

Total

 

13,133,997

13,626,741

492,744

3.75

Karnataka

Bharti Airtel

6,465,392

6,670,543

205,151

3.17

Karnataka

Spice Communications

1,532,196

1,586,031

53,835

3.51

Karnataka

Vodafone Essar

2,642,343

2,743,025

100,682

3.81

Karnataka

BSNL

1,732,087

1,741,905

9,818

0.57

Total

 

12,372,018

12,741,504

369,486

2.99

Tamil Nadu

Vodafone Essar

2,903,442

3,018,458

115,016

3.96

Tamil Nadu

Aircel Limited

4,825,636

4,816,953

-8,683

-0.18

Tamil Nadu

BSNL

2,316,790

2,374,280

57,490

2.48

Tamil Nadu

Bharti Airtel

3,739,510

3,796,690

57,180

1.3

Total

 

13,785,378

14,006,381

221,003

1.60

A Circle

 

65,032,780

67,080,961

2,048,181

3.15

B Circle

?

?

?

?

?

Kerala

Idea Mobile Communications

2,500,776

2,576,680

75,904

3.04

Kerala

Vodafone Essar

1,806,835

1,897,422

90,587

5.01

Kerala

Bharti Airtel

1,477,801

1,567,071

89,270

6.04

Kerala

BSNL

2,123,321

2,135,644

12,323

0.58

Total

 

7,908,733

8,176,817

268,084

3.39

Punjab

Spice Communications

2,410,632

2,498,174

87,542

3.63

Punjab

Bharti Airtel

3,092,607

3,135,387

42,780

1.38

Punjab

BSNL

1,727,489

1,830,200

102,711

5.95

Punjab

Vodafone Essar

1,600,442

1,630,489

30,047

1.88

Total

 

8,831,170

9,094,250

263,080

2.98

Haryana

Idea Mobile Communications

902,265

931,635

29,370

3.26

Haryana

Vodafone Essar

1,180,066

1,230,207

50,141

4.25

Haryana

Bharti Airtel

1,000,558

1,032,656

32,098

3.21

Haryana

BSNL

1,206,112

1,206,463

351

0.03

Total

 

4,289,001

4,400,961

111,960

2.61

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Idea Mobile Communications

2,279,063

2,410,735

131,672

5.78

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Bharti Airtel

1,442,882

1,510,164

67,282

4.66

Uttar Pradesh (West)

BSNL

1,881,504

1,949,247

67,743

3.60

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Vodafone Essar

2,635,757

2,737,967

102,210

3.88

Total

 

8,239,206

8,608,113

368,907

4.48

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Vodafone Essar

3,402,718

3,407,144

4,426

0.13

Uttar Pradesh (East)

BSNL

4,060,932

4,150,707

89,775

2.21

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Bharti Airtel

2,819,877

3,027,568

207,691

7.37

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Idea Telecommunications

864,815

909,127

44,312

5.12

Total

 

11,148,342

11,494,546

346,204

3.11

Rajasthan

Vodafone Essar

2,678,639

2,800,042

121,403

4.53

Rajasthan

Bharti Airtel

3,480,937

3,636,052

155,115

4.46

Rajasthan

BSNL

2,212,396

2,223,227

10,831

0.49

Rajasthan

Idea Telecommunications

792,600

793,812

1,212

0.15

Total

 

9,164,572

9,453,133

288,561

3.15

Madhya Pradesh

Idea

2,853,305

3,025,631

172,326

6.04

Madhya Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

1,481,609

1,481,609

NA

NA

Madhya Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

2,562,175

2,665,423

103,248

4.03

Madhya Pradesh

BSNL

1,663,452

1,704,264

40,812

2.45

Total

 

8,560,541

8,876,927

316,386

3.70

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Reliance Telecom

649,143

649,143

NA

NA

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

BSNL

1,187,299

1,313,664

126,365

10.64

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Bharti Airtel

1,811,179

1,867,756

56,577

3.12

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Vodafone Essar

2,563,194

2,695,198

132,004

5.15

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Dishnet Wireless

517,875

568,136

50,261

9.71

Total

 

6,728,690

7,093,897

365,207

5.43

B Circle

 

64,870,255

67,198,644

2,328,389

3.59

C Circle

?

?

?

?

?

Himachal Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

784,347

795,277

10,930

1.39

Himachal Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

401,840

401,840

NA

NA

Himachal Pradesh

BSNL

517,790

527,627

9,837

1.90

Himachal Pradesh

Idea Telecommunications

63,839

70,396

6,557

10.27

Himachal Pradesh

Dishnet Wireless

36,383

38,890

2,507

6.89

Total

 

1,804,199

1,834,030

29,831

1.65

Bihar

Reliance Telecom

1,639,199

1,639,199

NA

NA

Bihar

BSNL

1,485,067

1,543,021

57,954

3.90

Bihar

Bharti Airtel

3,922,668

4,159,809

237,141

6.05

Bihar

Dishnet Wireless

544,211

613,153

68,942

12.67

Total

 

7,591,145

7,955,182

364,037

4.80

Orissa

Reliance Telecom

774,724

774,724

NA

NA

Orissa

BSNL

961,552

988,165

26,613

2.77

Orissa

Bharti Airtel

1,520,253

1,591,235

70,982

4.67

Orissa

Dishnet Wireless

388,481

413,854

25,373

6.53

Total

 

3,645,010

3,767,978

122,968

3.37

Assam

Reliance Telecom

793,374

793,374

NA

NA

Assam

BSNL

595,608

679,982

84,374

14.17

Assam

Bharti Airtel

795,139

849,470

54,331

6.83

Assam

Dishnet Wireless

1,058,905

1,111,823

52,918

5.00

Total

 

3,243,026

3,434,649

191,623

5.91

Northeast

Reliance Telecom

288,906

288,906

NA

NA

Northeast

Bharti Airtel

406,402

461,503

55,101

13.56

Northeast

BSNL

562,160

588,509

26,349

4.69

Northeast

Dishnet Wireless

543,638

570,978

27,340

5.03

Total

 

1,801,106

1,909,896

108,790

6.04

Jammu & Kashmir

BSNL

801,637

805,310

3,673

0.46

Jammu & Kashmir

Bharti Airtel

903,925

942,068

38,143

4.22

Jammu & Kashmir

Dishnet Wireless

234,153

253,261

19,108

8.16

Total

 

1,939,715

2,000,639

60,924

3.14

C Circle

 

20,024,201

20,902,374

878,173

4.39

All India

 

178,750,533

184,678,957

5,928,424

3.32

Note: Reliance Telecom?s subscriber figures are as of November 2007; subsequent figures have not been declared.

Subscriber base as on January 31, 2008

Operator/Circle Wireline Digital mobile Total

Bharti Airtel

?

?

?

Andhra Pradesh

55,394

??

55,394

Delhi ? NCR

704,611

??

704,611

Gujarat

22,009

??

22,009

Haryana

20,825

??

20,825

Karnataka

349,257

??

349,257

Kerala

36,185

??

36,185

Kolkata

34,608

??

34,608

Madhya Pradesh

237,846

??

237,846

Chhattisgarh

59,999

??

59,999

Maharashtra

28,289

??

28,289

Mumbai

132,858

??

132,858

Punjab

27,784

??

27,784

Chandigarh

34,370

??

34,370

Rajasthan

18,318

??

18,318

Tamil Nadu

126,941

??

126,941

Pondicherry

6,298

??

6,298

Chennai

268,124

??

268,124

Uttar Pradesh (East)

24,816

??

24,816

Uttar Pradesh (West)

21,780

??

21,780

Total

2,210,312

??

2,210,312

Reliance Communications

?

?

Andhra Pradesh

62,725

3,455,610

3,518,335

Bihar

1,155

1,733,644

1,734,799

Chennai

69,703

872,524

942,227

Delhi ? NCR

97,542

2,291,499

2,389,041

Haryana

7,144

777,096

784,240

Himachal Pradesh

2,548

159,802

162,350

Jammu & Kashmir

1

185

186

Karnataka

77,935

2,355,365

2,433,300

Kerala

38,211

1,881,752

1,919,963

Kolkata

58,005

1,323,210

1,381,215

Madhya Pradesh

23,840

2,277,029

2,300,869

Maharashtra

52,047

2,765,943

2,817,990

Mumbai

113,566

2,680,186

2,793,752

Orissa

3,246

449,796

453,042

Punjab

41,310

951,793

993,103

Rajasthan

12,472

1,546,584

1,559,056

Tamil Nadu

27,790

2,474,736

2,502,526

Uttar Pradesh (East)

28,582

2,770,197

2,798,779

Uttar Pradesh (West)

6,636

2,093,271

2,099,907

West Bengal

3,780

1,072,868

1,076,648

Gujarat

85,635

2,295,408

2,381,043

Total

813,873

36,228,498

37,042,371

HFCL Infotel

?

?

?

Punjab

151,433*

268,830

420,263

Total

151,433

268,830

420,263

Shyam Telelink

?

?

Rajasthan

158,781

102,995

261,776

Total

158,781

102,995

261,776

Tata Teleservices

?

?

Andhra Pradesh

120,042

2,243,394

2,363,436

Bihar

3,152

836,040

839,192

Chennai

24,223

359,460

383,683

Delhi ? NCR

23,396

3,049,374

3,072,770

Gujarat

33,938

909,767

943,705

Haryana

1,601

805,811

807,412

Himachal Pradesh

360

106,462

106,822

Karnataka

80,576

1,089,067

1,169,643

Kerala

3,222

588,796

592,018

Kolkata

10,409

1,122,955

1,133,364

Madhya Pradesh

709

736,112

736,821

Orissa

747

385,706

386,453

Punjab

3,296

890,937

894,233

Rajasthan

298

1,508,633

1,508,931

Tamil Nadu

2,188

588,833

591,021

Uttar Pradesh (East)

648

953,386

954,034

Uttar Pradesh (West)

618

1,315,454

1,316,072

West Bengal

218

575,822

576,040

Maharashtra

84,323

2,750,673

2,834,996

Mumbai

294,091

1,724,747

2,018,838

Total

688,055

22,541,429

23,229,484

Grand total

4,022,454

59,141,752

63,164,206

* includes corDECT

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