Growth of Cellular Subscribers: December 2004-January 2005

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Growth of Cellular Subscribers: December 2004-January 2005

February 01, 2005

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Circle/City	Operator	December 2004	January 2005	Absolute change	% change
Metros
Delhi	Bharti Cellular	1,554,429	1,567,421	12,992	0.84
Delhi	Hutchison-Essar	1,407,243	1,415,518	8,275	0.59
Delhi	MTNL	273,450	318,127	44,677	16.34
Delhi	Idea Cellular	603,336	621,935	18,599	3.08
Total		3,838,458	3,923,001	84,543	2.2
Mumbai	BPL Mobile	1,189,750	1,196,873	7,123	0.6
Mumbai	Hutchison Max	1,439,568	1,479,530	39,962	2.78
Mumbai	MTNL	321,292	371,394	50,102	15.59
Mumbai	Bharti Cellular	646,528	677,838	31,310	4.84
Total		3,597,138	3,725,635	128,497	3.57
Chennai	Aircel Cellular	492,504	502,238	9,734	1.98
Chennai	Bharti Cellular	445,817	448,719	2,902	0.65
Chennai	Hutchison-Essar	219,624	219,117	-507	-0.23
Chennai	BSNL	309,757	316,668	6,911	2.23
Total		1,467,702	1,486,742	19,040	1.3
Kolkata	Bharti Cellular	501,123	502,363	1,240	0.25
Kolkata	Hutchison Telecom	616,640	626,557	9,917	1.61
Kolkata	BSNL	238,648	248,654	10,006	4.19
Total		1,356,411	1,377,574	21,163	1.56
All Metros		10,259,709	10,512,952	253,243	2.47
A Circle
Maharashtra	BPL Cellular	518,244	523,498	5,254	1.01
Maharashtra	Idea Cellular	1,213,459	1,238,175	24,716	2.04
Maharashtra	Bharti Cellular	597,322	615,339	18,017	3.02
Maharashtra	BSNL	690,277	690,277	0	0
Total		3,019,302	3,067,289	47,987	1.59
Gujarat	Fascel	1,152,211	1,191,786	39,575	3.43
Gujarat	Idea Cellular	583,392	621,583	38,191	6.55
Gujarat	Bharti Cellular	409,513	447,407	37,894	9.25
Gujarat	BSNL	520,505	520,505	0	0
Total		2,665,621	2,781,281	115,660	4.34
Andhra Pradesh	Idea Cellular	562,215	604,397	42,182	7.5
Andhra Pradesh	Bharti Cellular	870,977	898,908	27,931	3.21
Andhra Pradesh	Hutchison-Essar	360,605	373,625	13,020	3.61
Andhra Pradesh	BSNL	775,988	805,290	29,302	3.78
Total		2,569,785	2,682,220	112,435	4.38
Karnataka	Bharti Cellular	1,136,502	1,166,918	30,416	2.68
Karnataka	Spice Communications	338,951	339,254	303	0.09
Karnataka	Hutchison-Essar	501,159	521,184	20,025	4
Karnataka	BSNL	639,812	682,159	42,347	6.62
Total		2,616,424	2,709,515	93,091	3.56
Tamil Nadu	BPL Cellular	389,791	400,308	10,517	2.7
Tamil Nadu	Aircel Limited	1,154,764	1,183,772	29,008	2.51
Tamil Nadu	BSNL	764,524	822,977	58,453	7.65
Tamil Nadu	Bharti Cellular	325,169	324,091	-1,078	-0.33
Total		2,634,248	2,731,148	96,900	3.68
A Circle		13,505,380	13,971,453	466,073	3.45
B Circle
Kerala	Idea Mobile Communications	545,406	549,675	4,269	0.78
Kerala	BPL Cellular	370,565	374,386	3,821	1.03
Kerala	Bharti Cellular	332,126	335,826	3,700	1.11
Kerala	BSNL	670,083	739,091	69,008	10.3
Total		1,918,180	1,998,978	80,798	4.21
Punjab	Spice Communications	1,158,767	1,160,749	1,982	0.17
Punjab	Bharti Cellular	1,250,846	1,272,933	22,087	1.77
Punjab	BSNL	328,568	342,928	14,360	4.37
Punjab	Hutchison-Essar	160,922	171,116	10,194	6.33
Total		2,899,103	2,947,726	48,623	1.68
Haryana	Idea Mobile Communications	158,408	177,178	18,770	11.85
Haryana	Aircel Digilink	142,703	156,251	13,548	9.49
Haryana	Bharti Cellular	225,954	240,288	14,334	6.34
Haryana	BSNL	283,751	286,801	3,050	1.07
Total		810,816	860,518	49,702	6.13
Uttar Pradesh (West)	Idea Mobile Communications	561,430	582,755	21,325	3.8
Uttar Pradesh (West)	Bharti Cellular	345,388	358,706	13,318	3.86
Uttar Pradesh (West)	BSNL	524,715	513,580	-11,135	-2.12
Uttar Pradesh (West)	Hutchison-Essar	79,920	115,017	35,097	43.92
Total		1,511,453	1,570,058	58,605	3.88
Uttar Pradesh (East)	Aircel Digilink	744,121	767,217	23,096	3.1
Uttar Pradesh (East)	BSNL	715,993	714,664	-1,329	-0.19
Uttar Pradesh (East)	Bharti Cellular	171,229	180,148	8,919	5.21
Total		1,631,343	1,662,029	30,686	1.88
Rajasthan	Aircel Digilink	296,425	307,045	10,620	3.58
Rajasthan	Hexacom	413,660	446,314	32,654	7.89
Rajasthan	BSNL	376,687	370,527	-6,160	-1.64
Total		1,086,772	1,123,886	37,114	3.42
Madhya Pradesh	Idea Cellular	468,826	483,965	15,139	3.23
Madhya Pradesh	Reliance Telecom	287,890	296,228	8,338	2.9
Madhya Pradesh	Bharti Cellular	215,720	226,349	10,629	4.93
Madhya Pradesh	BSNL	158,459	158,487	28	0.02
Total		1,130,895	1,165,029	34,134	3.02
West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands	Reliance Telecom	148,110	147,690	-420	-0.28
West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands	BSNL	290,040	290,831	791	0.27
West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands	Bharti Cellular	96,122	105,816	9,694	10.09
West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands	Hutchison Telecom	58,451	87,355	28,904	49.45
Total		592,723	631,692	38,969	6.57
B Circle		11,581,285	11,959,916	378,631	3.27
C Circle
Himachal Pradesh	Bharti Cellular	176,550	184,189	7,639	4.33
Himachal Pradesh	Reliance Telecom	22,906	27,311	4,405	19.23
Himachal Pradesh	BSNL	101,679	101,883	204	0.2
Total		301,135	313,383	12,248	4.07
Bihar	Reliance Telecom	339,637	346,499	6,862	2.02
Bihar	BSNL	398,728	402,083	3,355	0.84
Bihar	Bharti Cellular	–	65,365	65,365	13.4
Total		738,365	813,947	75,582	10.24
Orissa	Reliance Telecom	124,330	120,565	-3,765	-3.03
Orissa	BSNL	291,449	291,233	-216	-0.07
Orissa	Bharti Cellular	40,505	105,643	65,138	13.4
Total		456,284	517,441	61,157	13.4
Assam	Reliance Telecom	88,062	93,371	5,309	6.03
Assam	BSNL	145,205	149,800	4,595	3.16
Total		233,267	243,171	9,904	4.25
North East	Reliance Telecom	19,766	21,104	1,338	6.77
North East	Hexacom	0	0	0	0
North East	BSNL	72,580	78,978	6,398	8.82
Total		92,346	100,082	7,736	8.38
Jammu & Kashmir	BSNL	140,360	146,117	5,757	4.1
Jammu & Kashmir	Bharti Cellular	70,676	71,128	452	0.64
Total		211,036	217,245	6,209	2.94
C Circle		2,032,433	2,205,269	172,836	8.5
All India		37,378,807	38,649,590	1,270,783	3.4

Subscriber base as on January 31, 2005
The total subscriber base of unified service providers as on January 31, 2005 was 15.08 million as against 14.29 million in the previous month. Of this, 1.46 million were wireline subscribers, while WLL(FWT) and digital mobile (CDMA full mobility) registered 3.12 million and 10.49 million subscribers respectively. Reliance Infocomm with 10.76 million subscribers was the largest unified licence operator followed by Tata Teleservices with 3.10 million.

Operator/Circle	Wireline	WLL(FWT)	Digital mobile	Total
Bharti Telenet
Chennai	124,862	–	–	124,862
Delhi	135,883	–	–	135,883
Haryana	107,847	–	–	107,847
Karnataka	134,021	–	–	134,021
Madhya Pradesh	228,110	25,853	–	253,963
Tamil Nadu	58,269	–	–	58,269
Total	788,992	25,853	–	814,845
HFCL Infotel
Punjab	133,729	49,757	49,896	233,382
Total	133,729	49,757	49,896	233,382
Reliance Infocomm
Andhra Pradesh	3,265	59,459	837,960	900,684
Bihar	35	18,986	193,502	212,523
Chennai	2,470	28,930	452,361	483,761
Delhi	5,392	171,708	1,173,818	1,350,918
Haryana	197	28,015	207,689	235,901
Himachal Pradesh	0	724	3,335	4,059
Karnataka	6,951	45,859	638,147	690,957
Kerala	1,613	113,497	446,803	561,913
Kolkata	5,246	84,759	466,487	556,492
Madhya Pradesh	789	27,942	338,495	367,226
Maharashtra	2,545	95,555	761,324	859,424
Mumbai	7,754	142,921	965,234	1,115,909
Orissa	115	15,396	113,808	129,319
Punjab	2,867	94,212	498,791	595,870
Rajasthan	802	44,097	339,687	384,586
Tamil Nadu	1,120	33,303	499,266	533,689
Uttar Pradesh (East)	1,560	49,130	446,233	496,923
Uttar Pradesh (West)	137	50,926	313,213	364,276
West Bengal	45	13,404	110,374	123,823
Gujarat	8,169	107,590	683,966	799,725
Total	51,072	1,226,413	9,490,493	10,767,978
Shyam Telelink
Rajasthan	113,529	22,992	25,388	161,909
Total	113,529	22,992	25,388	161,909
Tata Teleservices
Andhra Pradesh	120,426	258,221	185,479	564,126
Bihar	0	11,228	5,219	16,447
Chennai	497	157,395	62,589	220,481
Delhi	9,957	318,054	219,173	547,184
Gujarat	22,462	237,158	73,594	333,214
Karnataka	5,138	218,332	95,598	319,068
Orissa	0	0	4,463	4,463
Rajasthan	0	8,303	14,268	22,571
Tamil Nadu	92	113,013	29,773	142,878
Punjab	0	15,200	5,719	20,919
Haryana	0	3,546	3,568	7,114
Himachal	0	479	31	510
Uttar Pradesh (East)	0	2,674	2,459	5,133
Uttar Pradesh (West)	0	1,424	3,403	4,827
Kolkata	0	1,053	0	1,053
West Bengal	0	0	33	33
Kerala	0	8,427	0	8,427
Mumbai	184,049	236,562	148,685	569,296
Maharashtra	33,878	207,517	72,792	314,187
Total	376,499	1,798,586	926,846	3,101,931
Total of unified service providers	1,463,821	3,123,601	10,492,623	15,080,045