Circle

Operator

March 2009

April 2009

Absolute change

% change

Metros

?

?

?

?

?

Delhi

Bharti Airtel

4,812,579

4,913,281

100,702

2.09

Delhi

Vodafone Essar

4,092,931

4,151,163

58,232

1.42

Delhi

MTNL

1,918,496

1,934,015

15,519

0.81

Delhi

Idea Cellular

2,405,168

2,356,703

-48,465

-2.02

Delhi

Aircel

28,798

140,010

111,212

??

Total

 

13,257,972

13,495,172

237,200

1.79

Mumbai

BPL Mobile

2,164,211

2,204,676

40,465

1.87

Mumbai

Vodafone Essar

4,373,872

4,445,950

72,078

1.65

Mumbai

MTNL

2,258,180

2,288,214

30,034

1.33

Mumbai

Bharti Airtel

2,802,180

2,811,299

9,119

0.33

Mumbai

Idea Cellular

751,757

825,989

74,232

9.87

Mumbai

Aircel

??

61,292

61,292

??

Total

 

12,350,200

12,637,420

287,220

2.33

Chennai

Aircel

2,534,480

2,582,580

48,100

1.90

Chennai

Bharti Airtel

2,177,600

2,207,830

30,230

1.39

Chennai

Vodafone Essar

1,562,454

1,585,998

23,544

1.51

Chennai

BSNL

1,076,040

1,103,855

27,815

2.58

Total

 

7,350,574

7,480,263

129,689

1.76

Kolkata

Bharti Airtel

2,485,001

2,506,825

21,824

0.88

Kolkata

Vodafone Essar

2,811,441

2,898,756

87,315

3.11

Kolkata

BSNL

1,519,161

1,591,774

72,613

4.78

Kolkata

Reliance Telecom

812,863

812,863

NA

NA

Kolkata

Aircel

518,095

548,670

30,575

5.90

Total

?

8,146,561

8,358,888

212,327

2.61

All Metros

 

41,105,307

41,971,743

866,436

2.11

A Circle

?

?

?

?

?

Maharashtra

Vodafone Essar

4,666,959

4,917,148

250,189

5.36

Maharashtra

Idea

7,477,604

7,628,044

150,440

2.01

Maharashtra

Bharti Airtel

6,001,373

6,018,396

17,023

0.28

Maharashtra

BSNL

3,621,924

3,639,056

17,132

0.47

Total

 

21,767,860

22,202,644

434,784

2.00

Gujarat

Vodafone Essar

8,024,283

8,207,673

183,390

2.29

Gujarat

Idea

3,918,150

4,020,894

102,744

2.62

Gujarat

Bharti Airtel

4,101,956

4,202,918

100,962

2.46

Gujarat

BSNL

2,387,870

2,396,780

8,910

0.37

Total

 

18,432,259

18,828,265

396,006

2.15

Andhra Pradesh

Idea

5,045,051

5,188,665

143,614

2.85

Andhra Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

9,086,180

9,471,463

385,283

4.24

Andhra Pradesh

Vodafone Essar

3,956,698

4,107,549

150,851

3.81

Andhra Pradesh

BSNL

3,150,068

3,206,400

56,332

1.79

Andhra Pradesh

Aircel

33,258

86,350

53,092

??

Total

 

21,271,255

22,060,427

789,172

3.71

Karnataka

Bharti Airtel

10,001,037

10,136,069

135,032

1.35

Karnataka

Spice Communications

1,650,609

1,683,662

33,053

2.00

Karnataka

Vodafone Essar

3,695,522

3,820,630

125,108

3.39

Karnataka

BSNL

2,318,535

2,397,629

79,094

3.41

Karnataka

Aircel Limited

52,831

96,670

43,839

??

Total

 

17,718,534

18,134,660

416,126

2.35

Tamil Nadu

Vodafone Essar

5,223,302

5,398,603

175,301

3.36

Tamil Nadu

Aircel Limited

8,081,288

8,346,805

265,517

3.29

Tamil Nadu

BSNL

3,079,227

3,220,697

141,470

4.59

Tamil Nadu

Bharti Airtel

6,213,021

6,360,685

147,664

2.38

Total

 

22,596,838

23,326,790

729,952

3.23

A Circle

 

101,786,746

104,552,786

2,766,040

2.72

B Circle

?

?

?

?

?

Kerala

Idea

4,371,750

4,472,053

100,303

2.29

Kerala

Vodafone Essar

3,127,106

3,255,172

128,066

4.10

Kerala

Bharti Airtel

2,294,896

2,420,281

125,385

5.46

Kerala

BSNL

2,515,329

2,560,514

45,185

1.80

Kerala

Aircel

51,251

93,263

42,012

??

Total

 

12,360,332

12,801,283

440,951

3.57

Punjab

Spice Communications

2,482,733

2,487,925

5,192

0.21

Punjab

Bharti Airtel

3,783,941

3,821,780

37,839

1.00

Punjab

BSNL

2,810,770

2,852,974

42,204

1.50

Punjab

Vodafone Essar

2,227,692

2,269,320

41,628

1.87

Total

 

11,305,136

11,431,999

126,863

1.12

Haryana

Idea

1,575,309

1,577,879

2,570

0.16

Haryana

Vodafone Essar

2,210,718

2,260,750

50,032

2.26

Haryana

Bharti Airtel

1,259,521

1,270,229

10,708

0.85

Haryana

BSNL

1,617,228

1,685,635

68,407

4.23

Total

 

6,662,776

6,794,493

131,717

1.98

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Idea

4,093,412

4,205,253

111,841

2.73

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Bharti Airtel

2,371,852

2,415,305

43,453

1.83

Uttar Pradesh (West)

BSNL

2,416,023

2,481,615

65,592

2.71

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Vodafone Essar

4,405,718

4,541,351

135,633

3.08

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Aircel

218

31,697

31,479

??

Total

 

13,287,223

13,675,221

387,998

2.92

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Vodafone Essar

6,604,921

6,879,931

275,010

4.16

Uttar Pradesh (East)

BSNL

5,674,601

5,809,362

134,761

2.37

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Bharti Airtel

5,909,614

6,147,131

237,517

4.02

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Idea

2,001,056

2,085,662

84,606

4.23

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Aircel

2,371

41,361

38,990

??

Total

 

20,192,563

20,963,447

770,884

3.82

Rajasthan

Vodafone Essar

5,039,136

5,219,675

180,539

3.58

Rajasthan

Bharti Airtel

6,874,691

7,267,379

392,688

5.71

Rajasthan

BSNL

2,902,209

2,881,541

-20,668

-0.71

Rajasthan

Idea

1,225,706

1,249,702

23,996

1.96

Total

 

16,041,742

16,618,297

576,555

3.59

Madhya Pradesh

Idea

5,019,627

5,210,915

191,288

3.81

Madhya Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

2,577,196

2,577,196

NA

NA

Madhya Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

4,620,901

4,830,061

209,160

4.53

Madhya Pradesh

BSNL

2,467,446

2,465,882

-1,564

-0.06

Madhya Pradesh

Vodafone Essar

356,513

445,847

89,334

25.06

Total

 

15,041,683

15,529,901

488,218

3.25

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar islands

Reliance Telecom

1,368,574

1,368,574

NA

NA

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar islands

BSNL

1,863,292

1,919,483

56,191

3.02

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar islands

Bharti Airtel

3,620,386

3,758,817

138,431

3.82

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar islands

Vodafone Essar

4,866,592

5,091,979

225,387

4.63

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar islands

Dishnet Wireless

1,156,675

1,216,235

59,560

5.15

Total

 

12,875,519

13,355,088

479,569

3.72

B Circle

 

107,766,974

111,169,729

3,402,755

3.16

C Circle

?

?

?

?

?

Himachal Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

961,565

974,495

12,930

1.34

Himachal Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

719,764

719,764

NA

NA

Himachal Pradesh

BSNL

798,977

847,435

48,458

6.07

Himachal Pradesh

Idea

141,819

143,770

1,951

1.38

Himachal Pradesh

Dishnet Wireless

138,567

138,616

49

0.04

Himachal Pradesh

Vodafone Essar

44,508

56,894

12,386

27.83

Total

 

2,805,200

2,880,974

75,774

2.70

Bihar

Reliance Telecom

2,843,022

2,843,022

NA

NA

Bihar

BSNL

2,691,509

2,748,449

56,940

2.12

Bihar

Bharti Airtel

7,488,867

7,778,055

289,188

3.86

Bihar

Dishnet Wireless

1,402,825

1,462,983

60,158

4.29

Bihar

ABTL (Idea Cellular)

863,048

1,002,106

139,058

16.11

Bihar

Vodafone Essar

771,543

1,048,748

277,205

35.93

Total

 

16,060,814

16,883,363

822,549

5.12

Orissa

Reliance Telecom

1,340,405

1,340,405

NA

NA

Orissa

BSNL

1,409,854

1,482,198

72,344

5.13

Orissa

Bharti Airtel

3,000,622

3,122,778

122,156

4.07

Orissa

Dishnet Wireless

926,304

970,150

43,846

4.73

Orissa

Vodafone Essar

381,257

481,880

100,623

26.39

Total

 

7,058,442

7,397,411

338,969

4.8

Assam

Reliance Telecom

1,422,845

1,422,845

NA

NA

Assam

BSNL

870,869

891,616

20,747

2.38

Assam

Bharti Airtel

1,501,478

1,622,477

120,999

8.06

Assam

Dishnet Wireless

1,704,933

1,808,533

103,600

6.08

Assam

Vodafone Essar

161,342

190,474

29,132

18.06

Total

 

5,661,467

5,935,945

274,478

4.85

Northeast

Reliance Telecom

465,707

465,707

NA

NA

Northeast

Bharti Airtel

920,268

969,504

49,236

5.35

Northeast

BSNL

661,067

701,036

39,969

6.05

Northeast

Dishnet Wireless

1,014,150

1,073,893

59,743

5.89

Northeast

Vodafone Essar

163,099

210,129

47,030

28.84

Total

 

3,224,291

3,420,269

195,978

6.08

Jammu & Kashmir

BSNL

832,050

839,672

7,622

0.92

Jammu & Kashmir

Bharti Airtel

1,633,719

1,708,248

74,529

4.56

Jammu & Kashmir

Dishnet Wireless

832,281

886,191

53,910

6.48

Jammu & Kashmir

Vodafone Essar

1,391

56,268

54,877

??

Total

 

3,299,441

3,490,379

190,938

5.79

C Circle

 

38,109,655

40,008,341

1,898,686

4.98

All India

 

288,768,682

297,702,599

8,933,917

3.09

Note: Reliance Telecom?s subscriber figures are as of March 2009 as the same for April 2009 have not been declared; the percentage growth in Aircel?s subscriber base has not been given (except in Chennai, Mumbai and Tamil Nadu) as services have recently been launched and the figures are hence not indicative.

Subscriber base as on March 31, 2009

Operator/Circle Wireline Digital mobile Total

Bharti Airtel

?

?

?

Andhra Pradesh

103,463

??

103,463

Delhi ? NCR

821,061

??

821,061

Gujarat

35,394

??

35,394

Haryana

21,359

??

21,359

Karnataka

419,307

??

419,307

Kerala

50,774

??

50,774

Kolkata

60,914

??

60,914

Madhya Pradesh

240,084

??

240,084

Chhattisgarh

60,688

??

60,688

Maharashtra

52,688

??

52,688

Mumbai

264,901

??

264,901

Punjab

36,800

??

36,800

Chandigarh

50,410

??

50,410

Rajasthan

33,171

??

33,171

Tamil Nadu

131,429

??

131,429

Pondicherry

6,466

??

6,466

Chennai

276,828

??

276,828

Uttar Pradesh (East)

38,100

??

38,100

Uttar Pradesh (West)

22,403

??

22,403

Total

2,726,240

??

2,726,240

Reliance Communications

?

?

Andhra Pradesh

85,891

5,612,683

5,698,574

Bihar

2,226

2,823,127

2,825,353

Chennai

85,937

1,388,857

1,474,794

Delhi ? NCR

147,077

3,936,285

4,083,362

Gujarat

107,586

4,018,232

4,125,818

Haryana

8,683

1,771,187

1,779,870

Himachal Pradesh

3,384

287,054

290,438

Jammu & Kashmir

1

64,360

64,361

Karnataka

100,556

3,991,745

4,092,301

Kerala

55,525

2,683,163

2,738,688

Kolkata

86,861

1,905,163

1,992,024

Madhya Pradesh

32,667

3,589,223

3,621,890

Maharashtra

72,886

4,481,059

4,553,945

Mumbai

161,570

4,407,520

4,569,090

Orissa

2,861

750,777

753,638

Punjab

46,025

1,704,381

1,750,406

Rajasthan

20,622

3,198,304

3,218,926

Tamil Nadu

36,878

4,039,856

4,076,734

Uttar Pradesh (East)

36,100

5,010,740

5,046,840

Uttar Pradesh (West)

10,318

3,789,879

3,800,197

West Bengal

4,910

1,662,221

1,667,131

Total

1,108,564

61,115,816

62,224,380

HFCL Infotel

?

?

?

Punjab

162,217

388,285

550,502

Total

162,217

388,285

550,502

Sistema Shyam TeleServices

?

Rajasthan

129,274

599,801

729,075

Total

129,274

599,801

729,075

Tata Teleservices

?

?

Andhra Pradesh

132,304

3,239,349

3,371,653

Assam

8

47,254

47,262

Bihar

2,774

1,756,159

1,758,933

Chennai

29,834

439,968

469,802

Delhi ? NCR

27,190

4,644,379

4,671,569

Gujarat

42,918

1,401,440

1,444,358

Haryana

5,348

1,344,957

1,350,305

Himachal Pradesh

647

135,898

136,545

Jammu & Kashmir

??

41,550

41,550

Karnataka

89,560

1,408,468

1,498,028

Kerala

6,443

781,579

788,022

Kolkata

15,738

1,536,553

1,552,291

Madhya Pradesh

2,244

1,300,904

1,303,148

Orissa

2,810

678,844

681,654

Punjab

8,299

1,398,250

1,406,549

Rajasthan

1,857

2,578,463

2,580,320

Tamil Nadu

3,973

730,114

734,087

Uttar Pradesh (East)

5,808

1,527,340

1,533,148

Uttar Pradesh (West)

2,935

2,182,877

2,185,812

Northeast

?

17,288

17,288

West Bengal

920

972,295

973,215

Maharashtra

129,365

4,646,752

4,776,117

Mumbai

407,705

2,311,283

2,718,988

Total

918,680

35,121,964

36,040,644

Grand total

5,044,975

97,225,866

102,270,841

?