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Cellular Subscribers-Growth between November and December 2004

January 01, 2005

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Circle/City	Operator	November 2004	December 2004	Absolute change	% change
Metros
Delhi	Bharti Cellular	1,551,052	1,554,429	3,377	0.22
Delhi	Hutchison-Essar	1,362,043	1,407,243	45,200	3.32
Delhi	MTNL	241,857	273,450	31,593	13.06
Delhi	Idea Cellular	568,368	603,336	34,968	6.15
Total		3,723,320	3,838,458	115,138	3.09
Mumbai	BPL Mobile	1,179,435	1,189,750	10,315	0.87
Mumbai	Hutchison Max	1,384,493	1,439,568	55,075	3.98
Mumbai	MTNL	271,634	321,292	49,658	18.28
Mumbai	Bharti Cellular	633,870	646,528	12,658	2
Total		3,469,432	3,597,138	127,706	3.68
Chennai	Aircel Cellular	485,277	492,504	7,227	1.49
Chennai	Aircel Cellular	456,872	445,817	-11,055	-2.42
Chennai	Aircel Cellular	223,184	219,624	-3,560	-1.6
Chennai	Aircel Cellular	306,001	309,757	3,756	1.23
Total		1,471,334	1,467,702	-3,632	-0.25
Kolkata	Bharti Cellular	429,905	501,123	71,218	16.57
Kolkata	Hutchison Telecom	602,615	616,640	14,025	2.33
Kolkata	BSNL	226,017	238,648	12,631	5.59
Total		1,258,537	1,356,411	97,874	7.78
All Metros		9,922,623	10,259,709	337,086	3.4
“A” Circle
Maharashtra	BPL Cellular	512,197	518,244	6,047	1.18
Maharashtra	Idea	1,203,472	1,213,459	9,987	0.83
Maharashtra	Bharti Cellular	576,376	597,322	20,946	3.63
Maharashtra	BSNL	690,277	690,277	0	0
Total		2,982,322	3,019,302	36,980	1.24
Gujarat	Fascel	1,124,967	1,152,211	27,244	2.42
Gujarat	Idea	549,774	583,392	33,618	6.11
Gujarat	Bharti Cellular	379,997	409,513	29,516	7.77
Gujarat	BSNL	520,505	520,505	0	0
Total		2,575,243	2,665,621	90,378	3.51
Andhra Pradesh	Idea	526,768	562,215	35,447	6.73
Andhra Pradesh	Bharti Cellular	821,110	870,977	49,867	6.07
Andhra Pradesh	Hutchison-Essar	341,106	360,605	19,499	5.72
Andhra Pradesh	BSNL	755,867	775,988	20,121	2.66
Total		2,444,851	2,569,785	124,934	5.11
Karnataka	Bharti Cellular	1,096,989	1,136,502	39,513	3.6
Karnataka	Spice Communications	338,704	338,951	247	0.07
Karnataka	Hutchison-Essar	480,263	501,159	20,896	4.35
Karnataka	BSNL	619,408	639,812	20,404	3.29
Total		2,535,364	2,616,424	81,060	3.2
Tamil Nadu	BPL Cellular	382,657	389,791	7,134	1.86
Tamil Nadu	Aircel Limited	1,076,258	1,154,764	78,506	7.29
Tamil Nadu	BSNL	692,380	764,524	72,144	10.42
Tamil Nadu	Bharti Cellular	333,347	325,169	-8,178	-2.45
Total		2,484,642	2,634,248	149,606	6.02
“A” Circle		13,022,422	13,505,380	482,958	3.71
“B” Circle
Kerala	Idea Mobile Communications	535,610	545,406	9,796	1.83
Kerala	BPL Cellular	366,508	370,565	4,057	1.11
Kerala	Bharti Cellular	332,953	332,126	-827	-0.25
Kerala	BSNL	612,405	670,083	57,678	9.42
Total		1,847,476	1,918,180	70,704	3.83
Punjab	Spice Communications	1,147,087	1,158,767	11,680	1.02
Punjab	Bharti Cellular	1,210,169	1,250,846	40,677	3.36
Punjab	BSNL	314,063	328,568	14,505	4.62
Punjab	Hutchison-Essar	145,747	160,922	15,175	10.41
Total		2,817,066	2,899,103	82,037	2.91
Haryana	Idea Mobile Communications	147,292	158,408	11,116	7.55
Haryana	Aircel Digilink	128,174	142,703	14,529	11.34
Haryana	Bharti Cellular	219,280	225,954	6,674	3.04
Haryana	BSNL	275,789	283,751	7,962	2.89
Total		770,535	810,816	40,281	5.23
Uttar Pradesh (West)	Idea Mobile Communications	534,938	561,430	26,492	4.95
Uttar Pradesh (West)	Bharti Cellular	334,327	345,388	11,061	3.31
Uttar Pradesh (West)	BSNL	539,841	524,715	-15,126	-2.8
Uttar Pradesh (West)	Hutchison-Essar	36,333	79,920	43,587	119.97
Total		1,445,439	1,511,453	66,014	4.57
Uttar Pradesh (East)	Aircel Digilink	733,665	744,121	10,456	1.43
Uttar Pradesh (East)	BSNL	691,002	715,993	24,991	3.62
Uttar Pradesh (East)	Bharti Cellular	157,910	171,229	13,319	8.43
Total		1,582,577	1,631,343	48,766	3.08
Rajasthan	Aircel Digilink	272,697	296,425	23,728	8.7
Rajasthan	Hexacom	383,815	413,660	29,845	7.78
Rajasthan	BSNL	375,561	376,687	1,126	0.3
Total		1,032,073	1,086,772	54,699	5.3
Madhya Pradesh	Idea	447,444	468,826	21,382	4.78
Madhya Pradesh	Reliance Telecom	279,030	287,890	8,860	3.18
Madhya Pradesh	Bharti Cellular	209,988	215,720	5,732	2.73
Madhya Pradesh	BSNL	158,218	158,459	241	0.15
Total		1,094,680	1,130,895	36,215	3.31
West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands	Reliance Telecom	145,946	148,110	2,164	1.48
West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands	BSNL	288,294	290,040	1,746	0.61
West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands	Bharti Cellular	61,671	96,122	34,451	55.86
West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands	Hutchison Telecom	23,055	58,451	35,396	153.53
Total		518,966	592,723	73,757	14.21
“B” Circle		11,108,812	11,581,285	472,473	4.25
“C” Circle
Himachal Pradesh	Bharti Cellular	167,737	176,550	8,813	5.25
Himachal Pradesh	Reliance Telecom	19,361	22,906	3,545	18.31
Himachal Pradesh	BSNL	101,354	101,679	325	0.32
Total		288,452	301,135	12,683	4.4
Bihar	Reliance Telecom	323,062	339,637	16,575	5.13
Bihar	BSNL	389,949	398,728	8,779	2.25
Total		713,011	738,365	25,354	3.56
Orissa	Reliance Telecom	126,910	124,330	-2,580	-2.03
Orissa	BSNL	287,465	291,449	3,984	1.39
Orissa	Bharti Cellular	–	40,505	40,505	–
Total		414,375	456,284	41,909	10.11
Assam	Reliance Telecom	82,344	88,062	5,718	6.94
Assam	BSNL	136,818	145,205	8,387	6.13
Total		219,162	233,267	14,105	6.44
North East	Reliance Telecom	18,500	19,766	1,266	6.84
North East	Hexacom	0	0	0	0
North East	BSNL	63,768	72,580	8,812	13.82
Total		82,268	92,346	10,078	12.25
Jammu & Kashmir	BSNL	133,595	140,360	6,765	5.06
Jammu & Kashmir	Bharti Cellular	59,461	70,676	11,215	18.86
Total		193,056	211,036	17,980	9.31
“C” Circle		1,910,324	2,032,433	122,109	6.39
All India		35,964,181	37,378,807	1,414,626	3.93

Subscriber base as on December 31, 2004
The total subscriber base of unified service providers as on December 31, 2004 was 14.29 million as against 13.51 million in the previous month. Of this, 1.44 million were wireline subscribers, while WLL(FWT) and digital mobile (CDMA full mobility) registered 2.85 million and 9.99 million respectively. Reliance Infocomm with 10.29 million total subscribers is the largest unified licence operator followed by Tata Teleservices with 2.81 million.

Operator/Circle	Wireline	WLL(FWT)	Digital mobile	Total
Bharti Telenet
Chennai	122,759	–	–	122,759
Delhi	131,564	–	–	131,564
Haryana	106,658	–	–	106,658
Karnataka	132,520	–	–	132,520
Madhya Pradesh	226,551	25,909	–	252,460
Tamil Nadu	57,698	–	–	57,698
Total	777,750	25,909	–	803,659
HFCL Infotel
Punjab	133,041	47,971	48,596	229,608
Total	133,041	47,971	48,596	229,608
Reliance Infocomm
Andhra Pradesh	2,823	54,568	799,847	857,238
Bihar	35	18,019	184,078	202,132
Chennai	2,028	27,656	449,336	479,020
Delhi	3,735	162,508	1,119,145	1,285,388
Haryana	197	24,679	200,187	225,063
Himachal Pradesh	0	566	3,155	3,721
Karnataka	5,273	42,829	614,331	662,433
Kerala	1,197	103,212	428,156	532,565
Kolkata	4,377	82,179	448,637	535,193
Madhya Pradesh	545	25,404	317,037	342,986
Maharashtra	2,031	87,435	729,478	818,944
Mumbai	5,606	136,634	926,366	1,068,606
Orissa	115	14,038	108,642	122,795
Punjab	2,258	89,257	490,762	582,277
Rajasthan	757	40,750	320,223	361,730
Tamil Nadu	892	29,369	484,834	515,095
Uttar Pradesh (East)	1,293	45,169	422,677	469,139
Uttar Pradesh (West)	137	45,980	301,669	347,786
West Bengal	45	12,319	102,270	114,634
Gujarat	6,253	100,245	664,965	771,463
Total	39,597	1,142,816	9,115,795	10,298,208
Shyam Telelink
Rajasthan	108,519	21,877	25,665	156,061
Total	108,519	21,877	25,665	156,061
Tata Teleservices
Andhra Pradesh	131,688	243,507	165,163	540,358
Bihar	0	8,085	4,361	12,446
Chennai	469	154,520	64,375	219,364
Delhi	9,552	291,546	195,012	496,110
Gujarat	23,458	218,897	60,638	302,993
Karnataka	4,759	204,313	84,967	294,039
Tamil Nadu	78	99,453	26,932	126,463
Mumbai	184,004	216,006	147,240	547,250
Maharashtra	33,278	180,306	55,003	268,587
Orissa	0	24	55	79
Rajasthan	0	468	2,197	2,665
Total	387,286	1,617,125	805,943	2,810,354
Total of unified service providers	1,446,193	2,855,698	9,995,999	14,297,890