Circle/City

Operator

March 2006

April 2006

Absolute change

% change

Metros

?

?

?

?

?

Delhi

Bharti Cellular

2,074,987

2,110,457

35,470

1.71

Delhi

Hutchison Essar

1,879,226

1,895,895

16,669

0.89

Delhi

MTNL

936,146

967,470

31,324

3.35

Delhi

Idea Cellular

866,966

869,115

2,149

0.25

Total


5,757,325

5,842,937

85,612

1.49

Mumbai

BPL Mobile

1,337,598

1,307,628

-29,970

-2.24

Mumbai

Hutchison Max

2,003,469

2,050,456

46,987

2.35

Mumbai

MTNL

1,005,009

1,050,174

45,165

4.49

Mumbai

Bharti Cellular

1,232,502

1,278,571

46,069

3.74

Total


5,578,578

5,686,829

108,251

1.94

Chennai

Aircel Cellular

712,291

735,434

23,143

3.25

Chennai

Bharti Cellular

669,065

715,304

46,239

6.91

Chennai

Hutchison Essar

436,405

458,519

22,114

5.07

Chennai

BSNL

578,191

582,704

4,513

0.78

Total


2,395,952

2,491,961

96,009

4.01

Kolkata

Bharti Cellular

643,291

647,041

3,750

0.58

Kolkata

Hutchison Telecom

1,004,531

1,029,406

24,875

2.48

Kolkata

BSNL

430,646

447,604

16,958

3.94

Kolkata

Reliance Internet

49,551

70,849

21,298

42.98

Total


2,128,019

2,194,900

66,881

3.14

All Metros


15,859,874

16,216,627

356,753

2.25

A Circle






Maharashtra

BPL Cellular

733,754

770,579

36,825

5.02

Maharashtra

Idea

1,782,041

1,847,979

65,938

3.70

Maharashtra

Bharti Cellular

1,313,923

1,409,198

95,275

7.25

Maharashtra

BSNL

1,134,249

1,139,242

4,993

0.44

Total


4,963,967

5,166,998

203,031

4.09

Gujarat

Fascel

2,257,450

2,433,621

176,171

7.80

Gujarat

Idea

1,025,265

1,097,504

72,239

7.05

Gujarat

Bharti Cellular

859,423

908,014

48,591

5.65

Gujarat

BSNL

899,205

901,310

2,105

0.23

Total


5,041,343

5,340,449

299,106

5.93

Andhra Pradesh

Idea

934,541

969,761

35,220

3.77

Andhra Pradesh

Bharti Cellular

1,808,121

1,894,358

86,237

4.77

Andhra Pradesh

Hutchison Essar

848,296

879,903

31,607

3.73

Andhra Pradesh

BSNL

1,246,499

1,246,514

15

0

Total


4,837,457

4,990,536

153,079

3.16

Karnataka

Bharti Cellular

2,132,204

2,242,067

109,863

5.15

Karnataka

Spice Communications

432,067

441,966

9,899

2.29

Karnataka

Hutchison Essar

1,088,763

1,158,835

70,072

6.44

Karnataka

BSNL

1,284,887

1,296,459

11,572

0.90

Total


4,937,921

5,139,327

201,406

4.08

Tamil Nadu

BPL Cellular

500,242

526,331

26,089

5.22

Tamil Nadu

Aircel Limited

1,684,267

1,780,040

95,773

5.69

Tamil Nadu

BSNL

1,465,000

1,515,044

50,044

3.42

Tamil Nadu

Bharti Cellular

902,352

983,669

81,317

9.01

Total


4,551,861

4,805,084

253,223

5.56

A Circle


24,332,549

25,442,394

1,109,845

4.56

B Circle






Kerala

Idea Mobile

Communications

796,354

815,306

18,952

2.38

Kerala

BPL Cellular

463,700

479,351

15,651

3.38

Kerala

Bharti Cellular

610,772

622,548

11,776

1.93

Kerala

BSNL

1,604,180

1,618,701

14,521

0.91

Total


3,475,006

3,535,906

60,900

1.75

Punjab

Spice Communications

1,501,341

1,542,608

41,267

2.75

Punjab

Bharti Cellular

1,678,683

1,799,193

120,510

7.18

Punjab

BSNL

371,756

375,778

4,022

1.08

Punjab

Hutchison Essar

658,923

680,912

21,989

3.34

Total


4,210,703

4,398,491

187,788

4.46

Haryana

Idea Mobile

Communications

311,602

322,301

10,699

3.43

Haryana

Aircel Digilink

373,801

368,020

-5,781

-1.55

Haryana

Bharti Cellular

423,387

452,059

28,672

6.77

Haryana

BSNL

485,783

488,911

3,128

0.64

Total


1,594,573

1,631,291

36,718

2.30

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Idea Mobile

Communications

920,697

954,882

34,185

3.71

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Bharti Cellular

549,369

607,250

57,881

10.54

Uttar Pradesh (West)

BSNL

943,776

963,826

20,050

2.12

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Hutchison Essar

613,413

664,746

51,333

8.37

Total


3,027,255

3,190,704

163,449

5.40

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Aircel Digilink

1,392,498

1,483,758

91,260

6.55

Uttar Pradesh (East)

BSNL

1,609,488

1,629,549

20,061

1.25

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Bharti Cellular

639,234

722,499

83,265

13.03

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Escorts

Telecommunications

246

403

157

63.82

Total


3,641,466

3,836,209

194,743

5.35

Rajasthan

Aircel Digilink

601,292

641,354

40,062

6.66

Rajasthan

Hexacom

1,023,163

1,026,128

2,965

0.29

Rajasthan

BSNL

1,099,415

1,158,599

59,184

5.38

Rajasthan

Escorts

Telecommunications

162

285

123

75.93

Total


2,724,032

2,826,366

102,334

3.76

Madhya Pradesh

Idea

728,520

763,142

34,622

4.75

Madhya Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

529,146

540,434

11,288

2.13

Madhya Pradesh

Bharti Cellular

503,297

521,472

18,175

3.61

Madhya Pradesh

BSNL

471,839

512,696

40,857

8.66

Total


2,232,802

2,337,744

104,942

4.70

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Reliance Telecom

260,760

291,469

30,709

11.78

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

BSNL

716,634

755,906

39,272

5.48

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Bharti Cellular

309,234

351,132

41,898

13.55

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Hutchison Telecom

505,245

540,533

35,288

6.98

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Dishnet Wireless

27,709

39,904

12,195

44.01

Total


1,819,582

1,978,944

159,362

8.76

B Circle


22,725,419

23,735,655

1,010,236

4.45

C Circle






Himachal Pradesh

Bharti Cellular

357,382

367,165

9,783

2.74

Himachal Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

63,027

63,052

25

0.04

Himachal Pradesh

BSNL

220,134

225,903

5,769

2.62

Himachal Pradesh

Escorts

Telecommunications

39

98

?

?

Total


640,582

656,218

15,636

2.44

Bihar

Reliance Telecom

510,396

514,186

3,790

0.74

Bihar

BSNL

927,557

952,933

25,376

2.74

Bihar

Bharti Cellular

907,913

1,015,252

107,339

11.82

Total


2,345,866

2,482,371

136,505

5.82

Orissa

Reliance Telecom

203,759

215,376

11,617

5.7

Orissa

BSNL

560,644

568,854

8,210

1.46

Orissa

Bharti Cellular

457,734

476,302

18,568

4.06

Orissa

Dishnet Wireless

35,537

64,191

28,654

80.63

Total


1,257,674

1,324,723

67,049

5.33

Assam

Reliance Telecom

205,672

224,455

18,783

9.13

Assam

BSNL

377,038

407,446

30,408

8.06

Assam

Bharti Cellular

180,405

213,439

33,034

18.31

Assam

Dishnet Wireless

68,808

101,555

32,747

47.59

Total


831,923

946,895

114,972

13.82

North East

Reliance Telecom

81,717

90,072

8,355

10.22

North East

Bharti Cellular

41,553

53,187

48,519

116.76

North East

BSNL

227,365

252,109

24,744

10.88

North East

Dishnet Wireless

57,388

71,019

13,631

23.75

Total


408,023

466,387

58,364

14.3

Jammu & Kashmir

BSNL

504,483

545,625

41,142

8.16

Jammu & Kashmir

Bharti Cellular

261,214

267,597

6,383

2.44

Jammu & Kashmir

Dishnet Wireless

25,714

38,494

12,780

49.7

Total


791,411

851,716

60,305

7.62

C Circle


6,275,479

6,728,310

452,831

7.22

All India


69,193,321

72,122,986

2,929,665

4.23

Subscriber base as on April 30, 2006

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

Andhra Pradesh

18,810

??

??

18,810

Chennai

191,350

??

??

191,350

Delhi

432,352

??

??

432,352

Gujarat

5,027

??

??

5,027

Haryana

20,667

??

??

20,667

Karnataka

229,113

??

??

229,113

Kerala

10,628

??

??

10,628

Kolkata

5,848

??

??

5,848

Madhya Pradesh

275,631

23,573

??

299,204

Maharashtra

3,884

??

??

3,884

Mumbai

17,521

??

??

17,521

Punjab

28,688

??

??

28,688

Tamil Nadu

107,924

??

??

107,924

Uttar Pradesh (East)

9,242

??

??

9,242

Uttar Pradesh (West)

4,843

??

??

4,843

Total

1,361,528

23,573

??

1,385,101

Reliance Infocomm

??



Andhra Pradesh

15,451

??

1,835,406

1,850,857

Bihar

241

??

670,096

670,337

Chennai

14,486

??

569,187

583,673

Delhi ? NCR

30,123

??

1,821,262

1,851,385

Haryana

406

??

320,936

321,342

Himachal Pradesh

1

??

25,335

25,336

Jammu & Kashmir

0

??

220

220

Karnataka

32,197

??

1,167,766

1,199,963

Kerala

7,887

??

1,016,100

1,023,987

Kolkata

23,583

??

871,667

895,250

Madhya Pradesh

5,914

??

928,098

934,012

Maharashtra

19,629

??

1,488,379

1,508,008

Mumbai

31,015

??

1,725,324

1,756,339

Orissa

554

??

254,436

254,990

Punjab

10,150

??

691,692

701,842

Rajasthan

826

??

863,064

863,890

Tamil Nadu

9,091

??

965,363

974,454

Uttar Pradesh (East)

8,446

??

1,252,818

1,261,264

Uttar Pradesh (West)

371

??

887,217

887,588

West Bengal

75

??

380,391

380,466

Gujarat

40,239

??

1,075,139

1,115,378

Total

250,685

??

18,809,896

19,060,581

HFCL Infotel





Punjab

203,816

56,736

62,470

323,022

Total

203,816

56,736

62,470

323,022

Shyam Telelink




Rajasthan

143,088

31,719

27,575

202,382

Total

143,088

31,719

27,575

202,382

Tata Teleservices




Andhra Pradesh

104,095

403,173

566,660

1,073,928

Bihar

60

54,952

132,718

187,730

Chennai

6,473

162,064

88,594

257,131

Delhi

14,303

534,564

824,099

1,372,966

Gujarat

25,030

355,787

243,702

624,519

Haryana

??

33,915

238,549

272,464

Himachal Pradesh

??

3,569

27,921

31,490

Karnataka

34,413

337,574

349,502

721,489

Kerala

??

127,337

166,033

293,370

Kolkata

120

198,646

315,683

514,449

Madhya Pradesh

??

82,850

168,278

251,128

Orissa

??

21,121

67,801

88,922

Punjab

??

107,269

232,626

339,895

Rajasthan

??

58,560

258,655

317,215

Tamil Nadu

568

203,610

136,642

340,820

Uttar Pradesh (East)

??

52,990

240,507

293,497

Uttar Pradesh (West)

??

53,493

281,368

334,861

West Bengal

??

35,918

126,173

162,091

Maharashtra

40,124

426,704

415,899

882,727

Mumbai

191,185

395,837

441,790

1,028,812

Total

416,371

3,649,933

5,323,200

9,389,504

Grand Total

2,375,488

3,761,961

24,223,141

30,360,590