Circle

Operator

October 2008

November 2008

Absolute change

% change

Metros

?

?

?

?

?

Delhi

Bharti Airtel

4,316,881

4,418,296

101,415

2.35

Delhi

Vodafone Essar

3,658,207

3,741,037

82,830

2.26

Delhi

MTNL

1,747,380

1,790,085

42,705

2.44

Delhi

Idea Cellular

2,216,027

2,260,535

44,508

2.01

Total

 

11,938,495

12,209,953

271,458

2.27

Mumbai

BPL Mobile

1,807,902

1,882,324

74,422

4.12

Mumbai

Vodafone Essar

4,043,117

4,115,671

72,554

1.79

Mumbai

MTNL

1,996,499

2,031,192

34,693

1.74

Mumbai

Bharti Airtel

2,700,265

2,718,885

18,620

0.69

Mumbai

Idea Cellular

178,378

241,569

63,191

35.43

Total

 

10,726,161

10,989,641

263,480

2.46

Chennai

Aircel Cellular

2,215,450

2,254,503

39,053

1.76

Chennai

Bharti Airtel

2,008,120

2,011,299

3,179

0.16

Chennai

Vodafone Essar

1,460,318

1,472,340

12,022

0.82

Chennai

BSNL

991,831

994,045

2,214

0.22

Total

 

6,675,719

6,732,187

56,468

0.85

Kolkata

Bharti Airtel

2,124,900

2,178,061

53,161

2.50

Kolkata

Vodafone Essar

2,401,817

2,481,872

80,055

3.33

Kolkata

BSNL

1,143,251

1,186,796

43,545

3.81

Kolkata

Reliance Telecom

598,033

598,033

NA

NA

Kolkata

Aircel Cellular

310,829

368,300

57,471

18.49

Total

 

6,578,830

6,813,062

234,232

3.56

All metros

 

35,919,205

36,744,843

825,638

2.30

A Circle

?

?

?

?

?

Maharashtra

Vodafone Essar

3,669,732

3,833,719

163,987

4.47

Maharashtra

Idea

6,260,690

6,534,905

274,215

4.38

Maharashtra

Bharti Airtel

5,005,928

5,205,561

199,633

3.99

Maharashtra

BSNL

3,293,545

3,381,980

88,435

2.69

Total

 

18,229,895

18,956,165

726,270

3.98

Gujarat

Vodafone Essar

7,075,699

7,241,167

165,468

2.34

Gujarat

Idea

3,327,261

3,440,622

113,361

3.41

Gujarat

Bharti Airtel

3,658,586

3,690,661

32,075

0.88

Gujarat

BSNL

2,308,507

2,362,604

54,097

2.34

Total

 

16,370,053

16,735,054

365,001

2.23

Andhra Pradesh

Idea

4,325,204

4,460,438

135,234

3.13

Andhra Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

7,792,532

8,094,328

301,796

3.87

Andhra Pradesh

Vodafone Essar

3,327,127

3,430,016

102,889

3.09

Andhra Pradesh

BSNL

2,648,627

2,733,727

85,100

3.21

Total

 

18,093,490

18,718,509

625,019

3.45

Karnataka

Bharti Airtel

8,723,451

8,995,538

272,087

3.12

Karnataka

Spice Communications

1,432,174

1,450,307

18,133

1.27

Karnataka

Vodafone Essar

3,282,229

3,333,207

50,978

1.55

Karnataka

BSNL

1,865,771

1,926,410

60,639

3.25

Total

 

15,303,625

15,705,462

401,837

2.63

Tamil Nadu

Vodafone Essar

4,374,080

4,509,341

135,261

3.09

Tamil Nadu

Aircel Limited

6,491,244

6,771,044

279,800

4.31

Tamil Nadu

BSNL

2,557,749

2,597,730

39,981

1.56

Tamil Nadu

Bharti Airtel

5,192,714

5,392,458

199,744

3.85

Total

 

18,615,787

19,270,573

654,786

3.52

A Circle

 

86,612,850

89,385,763

2,772,913

3.20

B Circle

?

?

?

?

?

Kerala

Idea Mobile

Communications

3,712,887

3,808,041

95,154

2.56

Kerala

Vodafone Essar

2,608,827

2,704,412

95,585

3.66

Kerala

Bharti Airtel

1,973,623

2,013,424

39,801

2.02

Kerala

BSNL

2,308,044

2,330,268

22,224

0.96

Total

 

10,603,381

10,856,145

252,764

2.38

Punjab

Spice Communications

2,204,955

2,255,587

50,632

2.30

Punjab

Bharti Airtel

3,449,670

3,554,406

104,736

3.04

Punjab

BSNL

2,240,970

2,270,299

29,329

1.31

Punjab

Vodafone Essar

1,885,675

1,944,733

59,058

3.13

Total

 

9,781,270

10,025,025

243,755

2.49

Haryana

Idea Mobile

Communications

1,341,146

1,382,542

41,396

3.09

Haryana

Vodafone Essar

1,777,336

1,878,339

101,003

5.68

Haryana

Bharti Airtel

1,149,123

1,170,378

21,255

1.85

Haryana

BSNL

1,267,852

1,307,262

39,410

3.11

Total

 

5,535,457

5,738,521

203,064

3.67

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Idea Mobile

Communications

3,372,808

3,513,015

140,207

4.16

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Bharti Airtel

2,039,251

2,071,723

32,472

1.59

Uttar Pradesh (West)

BSNL

2,164,868

2,181,058

16,190

0.75

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Vodafone Essar

3,684,224

3,825,035

140,811

3.82

Total

 

11,261,151

11,590,831

329,680

2.93

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Vodafone Essar

5,278,656

5,589,567

310,911

5.89

Uttar Pradesh (East)

BSNL

4,676,296

4,719,653

43,357

0.93

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Bharti Airtel

4,988,629

5,124,948

136,319

2.73

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Idea

Telecommunications

1,457,570

1,526,147

68,577

4.70

Total

 

16,401,151

16,960,315

559,164

3.41

Rajasthan

Vodafone Essar

4,153,320

4,343,407

190,087

4.58

Rajasthan

Bharti Airtel

5,752,815

6,032,480

279,665

4.86

Rajasthan

BSNL

2,458,510

2,482,605

24,095

0.98

Rajasthan

Idea

Telecommunications

1,062,526

1,100,706

38,180

3.59

Total

 

13,427,171

13,959,198

532,027

3.96

Madhya Pradesh

Idea

4,137,200

4,270,432

133,232

3.22

Madhya Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

2,036,855

2,036,855

NA

NA

Madhya Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

3,865,751

4,040,871

175,120

4.53

Madhya Pradesh

BSNL

2,211,950

2,161,776

-50,174

-2.27

Madhya Pradesh

Vodafone Essar

5,013

30,213

25,200

502.69

Total

 

12,256,769

12,540,147

283,378

2.31

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar islands

Reliance Telecom 1,072,496 1,072,496 NA NA

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar islands

BSNL

1,582,507

1,621,510

39,003

2.46

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar islands

Bharti Airtel

2,885,814

3,004,647

118,833

4.12

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar islands

Vodafone Essar

3,850,786

4,000,994

150,208

3.90

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar islands

Dishnet Wireless

917,396

960,236

42,840

4.67

Total

 

10,308,999

10,659,883

350,884

3.4

B Circle

 

89,575,349

92,330,065

2,754,716

3.08

C Circle

?

?

?

?

?

Himachal Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

873,008

887,594

14,586

1.67

Himachal Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

617,885

617,885

NA

NA

Himachal Pradesh

BSNL

613,632

638,021

24,389

3.97

Himachal Pradesh

Idea

Telecommunications

117,253

121,731

4,478

3.82

Himachal Pradesh

Dishnet Wireless

98,875

107,864

8,989

9.09

Total

 

2,320,653

2,373,095

52,442

2.26

Bihar

Reliance Telecom

2,471,519

2,471,519

NA

NA

Bihar

BSNL

2,048,941

2,136,482

87,541

4.27

Bihar

Bharti Airtel

6,067,918

6,419,357

351,439

5.79

Bihar

Dishnet Wireless

1,121,994

1,162,312

40,318

3.59

Bihar

ABTL (Idea Cellular)

73,987

149,037

75,050

101.44

Bihar

Vodafone Essar

26,167

76,349

50,182

191.78

Total

 

11,810,526

12,415,056

604,530

5.12

Orissa

Reliance Telecom

1,124,926

1,124,926

NA

NA

Orissa

BSNL

1,168,921

1,197,695

28,774

2.46

Orissa

Bharti Airtel

2,401,605

2,496,123

94,518

3.94

Orissa

Dishnet Wireless

697,094

741,495

44,401

6.37

Orissa

Vodafone Essar

96,060

137,445

41,385

43.08

Total

 

5,488,606

5,697,684

209,078

3.81

Assam

Reliance Telecom

1,235,555

1,235,555

NA

NA

Assam

BSNL

873,992

850,682

-23,310

-2.67

Assam

Bharti Airtel

1,200,973

1,241,186

40,213

3.35

Assam

Dishnet Wireless

1,490,276

1,588,847

98,571

6.61

Assam 

Vodafone Essar

29,582

45,486

15,904

53.76

Total

 

4,830,378

4,961,756

131,378

2.72

Northeast

Reliance Telecom

425,426

425,426

NA

NA

Northeast

Bharti Airtel

737,682

766,763

29,081

3.94

Northeast

BSNL

547,317

564,067

16,750

3.06

Northeast

Dishnet Wireless

834,468

880,062

45,594

5.46

Northeast

Vodafone Essar

15,534

29,814

14,280

91.93

Total

 

2,560,427

2,666,132

105,705

4.13

Jammu & Kashmir

BSNL

838,028

842,841

4,813

0.57

Jammu & Kashmir

Bharti Airtel

1,290,508

1,391,606

101,098

7.83

Jammu & Kashmir

Dishnet Wireless

481,672

540,595

58,923

12.23

Total

 

2,610,208

2,775,042

164,834

6.31

C Circle

 

29,620,798

30,888,765

1,267,967

4.28

All India

 

241,728,202

249,349,436

7,621,234

3.15

Note: Reliance Telecom?s subscriber figures are as of October 2008 as the figures for November 2008 have not been declared.

Subscriber base as on October 31, 2008

Operator/Circle Wireline Digital mobile Total

Bharti Airtel

?

?

?

Andhra Pradesh

86,574

??

86,574

Delhi ? NCR

774,540

??

774,540

Gujarat

30,883

??

30,883

Haryana

21,197

??

21,197

Karnataka

401,117

??

401,117

Kerala

48,051

??

48,051

Kolkata

52,533

??

52,533

Madhya Pradesh

239,325

??

239,325

Chhattisgarh

60,639

??

60,639

Maharashtra

42,139

??

42,139

Mumbai

221,354

??

221,354

Punjab

33,429

??

33,429

Chandigarh

41,988

??

41,988

Rajasthan

29,130

??

29,130

Tamil Nadu

129,978

??

129,978

Pondicherry

6,444

??

6,444

Chennai

275,149

??

275,149

Uttar Pradesh (East)

32,248

??

32,248

Uttar Pradesh (West)

22,325

??

22,325

Total

2,549,043

??

2,549,043

Reliance Communications

??

?

Andhra Pradesh

81,743

4,723,804

4,805,547

Bihar

2,092

2,439,683

2,441,775

Chennai

76,355

1,294,165

1,370,520

Delhi ? NCR

131,018

2,924,580

3,055,598

Haryana

104,047

2,881,495

2,985,542

Himachal Pradesh

9,529

1,183,046

1,192,575

Jammu & Kashmir

3,911

252,768

256,679

Karnataka

1

985

986

Kerala

96,677

3,175,637

3,272,314

Kolkata

52,850

2,450,072

2,502,922

Madhya Pradesh

78,496

1,741,761

1,820,257

Maharashtra

31,171

3,160,668

3,191,839

Mumbai

66,060

3,488,361

3,554,421

Orissa

148,783

3,348,331

3,497,114

Punjab

4,554

688,448

693,002

Rajasthan

47,290

1,214,579

1,261,869

Tamil Nadu

19,231

2,172,127

2,191,358

Uttar Pradesh (East)

33,720

3,155,495

3,189,215

Uttar Pradesh (West)

36,072

3,655,620

3,691,692

West Bengal

9,290

2,790,356

2,799,646

Gujarat

5,969

1,479,780

1,485,749

Total

1,038,859

48,221,761

49,260,620

HFCL Infotel

?

?

?

Punjab

153,168

374,334

527,502

Total

153,168

374,334

527,502

Shyam Telelink

?

?

Rajasthan

148,804

194,434

343,238

Total

148,804

194,434

343,238

Tata Teleservices

?

?

Andhra Pradesh

129,353

2,875,709

3,005,062

Bihar

5,032

1,359,939

1,364,971

Chennai

NA

NA

NA

Delhi ? NCR

25,994

4,080,784

4,106,778

Gujarat

40,213

1,194,063

1,234,276

Haryana

3,948

1,124,124

1,128,072

Himachal Pradesh

450

126,729

127,179

Karnataka

92,389

1,261,993

1,354,382

Kerala

5,078

733,107

738,185

Kolkata

14,990

1,407,714

1,422,704

Madhya Pradesh

1,598

1,048,910

1,050,508

Orissa

1,874

575,568

577,442

Punjab

6,764

1,172,002

1,178,766

Rajasthan

966

2,267,485

2,268,451

Tamil Nadu

29,790

1,124,393

1,154,183

Uttar Pradesh (East)

4,375

1,308,444

1,312,819

Uttar Pradesh (West)

2,457

1,823,625

1,826,082

West Bengal

374

835,274

835,648

Maharashtra

108,652

3,734,838

3,843,490

Mumbai

362,522

2,108,137

2,470,659

Assam

?

7

7

Total

836,819

30,162,845

30,999,664

Grand total

4,726,693

78,953,374

83,680,067