|
Circle/City |
Operator |
November 2004 |
December 2004 |
Absolute change |
% change |
|
Metros |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bharti Cellular |
1,551,052 |
1,554,429 |
3,377 |
0.22 |
|
|
Hutchison-Essar |
1,362,043 |
1,407,243 |
45,200 |
3.32 |
|
|
MTNL |
241,857 |
273,450 |
31,593 |
13.06 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BPL Cellular |
512,197 |
518,244 |
6,047 |
1.18 |
|
|
Idea |
1,203,472 |
1,213,459 |
9,987 |
0.83 |
|
|
Bharti Cellular |
576,376 |
597,322 |
20,946 |
3.63 |
|
|
BSNL |
690,277 |
690,277 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total |
|
2,982,322 |
3,019,302 |
36,980 |
1.24 |
|
|
Fascel |
1,124,967 |
1,152,211 |
27,244 |
2.42 |
|
|
Idea |
549,774 |
583,392 |
33,618 |
6.11 |
|
|
Bharti Cellular |
379,997 |
409,513 |
29,516 |
7.77 |
|
|
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 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 |
|
|
Spice Communications |
1,147,087 |
1,158,767 |
11,680 |
1.02 |
|
|
Bharti Cellular |
1,210,169 |
1,250,846 |
40,677 |
3.36 |
|
|
BSNL |
314,063 |
328,568 |
14,505 |
4.62 |
|
|
Hutchison-Essar |
145,747 |
160,922 |
15,175 |
10.41 |
|
Total |
|
2,817,066 |
2,899,103 |
82,037 |
2.91 |
|
Haryana |
Idea 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 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 |
|
Andaman & Nicobar Islands |
Reliance Telecom |
145,946 |
148,110 |
2,164 |
1.48 |
|
Andaman & Nicobar Islands |
BSNL |
288,294 |
290,040 |
1,746 |
0.61 |
|
Andaman & Nicobar Islands |
Bharti Cellular |
61,671 |
96,122 |
34,451 |
55.86 |
|
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 |
|
|
Reliance Telecom |
323,062 |
339,637 |
16,575 |
5.13 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
Reliance Telecom |
82,344 |
88,062 |
5,718 |
6.94 |
|
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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 |
|
|
35 |
18,019 |
184,078 |
202,132 |
|
Chennai |
2,028 |
27,656 |
449,336 |
479,020 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
45 |
12,319 |
102,270 |
114,634 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
0 |
8,085 |
4,361 |
12,446 |
|
Chennai |
469 |
154,520 |
64,375 |
219,364 |
|
|
9,552 |
291,546 |
195,012 |
496,110 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |