Circle/City

Operator

January 2005

February 2005

% change

Absolute change

Metros

Delhi

Bharti Cellular

1,567,421

1,595,114

1.77

27,693

Hutchison-Essar

1,415,518

1,437,846

1.58

22,328

MTNL

318,127

358,408

12.66

40,281

Idea

621,935

633,541

1.87

11,606

Total

3,923,001

4,024,909

2.60

101,908

Mumbai

BPL Mobile

1,196,873

1,202,008

0.43

5,135

Hutchison Max

1,479,530

1,505,201

1.74

25,671

MTNL

371,394

425,651

14.61

54,257

Bharti Cellular

677,838

713,260

5.23

35,422

Total

3,725,635

3,846,120

3.23

120,485

Chennai

Aircel Cellular

502,238

519,715

3.48

17,477

Bharti Cellular

448,719

449,098

0.08

379

Hutchison-Essar

219,117

219,421

0.14

304

BSNL

316,668

323,516

2.16

6,848

Total

1,486,742

1,511,750

1.68

25,008

Kolkata

Bharti Cellular

502,363

503,064

0.14

701

Hutchison Telecom

626,557

633,540

1.11

6,983

BSNL

248,654

249,636

0.39

982

Total

1,377,574

1,386,240

0.63

8,666

All Metros

10,512,952

10,769,019

2.44

256,067

A Circle

Maharashtra

BPL Cellular

523,498

528,152

0.89

4,654

Idea

1,238,175

1,262,431

1.96

24,256

Bharti Cellular

615,339

634,260

3.07

18,921

BSNL

690,277

690,277

0

0

Total

3,067,289

3,115,120

1.56

47,831

Gujarat

Fascel

1,191,786

1,230,039

3.21

38,253

Idea

621,583

658,723

5.98

37,140

Bharti Cellular

447,407

500,792

11.93

53,385

BSNL

520,505

521,505

0.19

1,000

Total

2,781,281

2,911,059

4.67

129,778

Andhra Pradesh

Idea

604,397

641,495

6.14

37,098

Bhati Cellular

898,908

921,938

2.56

23,030

Hutchison-Essar

373,625

386,933

3.56

13,308

BSNL

805,290

808,050

0.34

2,760

Total

2,682,220

2,758,416

2.84

76,196

Karnataka

Bharti Cellular

1,166,918

1,207,379

3.47

40,461

Spice Communications

339,254

324,400

-4.38

-14,854

Hutchison-Essar

521,184

545,200

4.61

24,016

BSNL

682,159

701,273

2.80

19,114

Total

2,709,515

2,778,252

2.54

68,737

Tamil Nadu

BPL Cellular

400,308

402,628

0.58

2,320

Aircel Limited

1,183,772

1,196,858

1.11

13,086

BSNL

822,977

853,177

3.67

30,200

Bharti Cellular

324,091

327,968

1.20

3,877

Total

2,731,148

2,780,631

1.81

49,483

A Circle

13,971,453

14,343,478

2.66

372,025

B Circle

Kerala

Idea Mobile Communication

549,675

560,483

1.97

10,808

BPL Cellular

374,386

377,896

0.94

3,510

Bharti Cellular

335,826

339,016

0.95

3,190

BSNL

739,091

787,452

6.54

48,361

Total

1,998,978

2,064,847

330

65,869

Punjab

Spice Communications

1,160,749

1,161,920

0.10

1,171

Bharti Cellular

1,272,933

1,288,283

1.21

15,350

BSNL

342,928

358,599

4.57

15,671

Hutchison-Essar

171,116

162,738

-4.90

-8,378

Total

2,947,726

2,971,540

0.81

23,814

Haryana

Idea Mobile Communication

177,178

190,241

7.37

13,063

Aircel Digilink

156,251

167,681

7.32

11,430

Bharti Cellular

240,288

255,133

6.18

14,845

BSNL

286,801

286,824

0.01

23

Total

860,518

899,879

4.57

39,361

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Idea Mobile Communication

582,755

622,814

6.87

40,059

Bharti Cellular

358,706

367,748

2.52

9,042

BSNL

513,580

508,972

-0.90

-4,608

Hutchison-Essar

115,017

135,905

18.16

20,888

Total

1,570,058

1,635,439

4.16

65,381

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Aircel Digilink

767,217

796,368

3.80

29,151

BSNL

714,664

723,776

1.28

9,112

Bharti Cellular

180,148

192,735

6.99

12,587

Total

1,662,029

1,712,879

3.06

50,850

Rajasthan

Aircel Digilink

307,045

317,171

3.30

10,126

Bharti Hexacom

446,314

500,470

12.13

54,156

BSNL

370,527

370,777

0.07

250

Total

1,123,886

1,188,418

5.74

64,532

Madhya Pradesh

Idea

483,965

500,650

3.45

16,685

Reliance Telecom

296,228

310,003

4.65

13,775

Bharti Cellular

226,349

235,897

4.22

9,548

BSNL

158,487

158,602

0.07

115

Total

165,029

1,205,152

3.44

40,123

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Reliance Telecom

147,690

151,996

2.92

4,306

BSNL

290,831

291,918

0.37

1,087

Bharti Cellular

105,816

114,114

7.84

8,298

Hutchison Telecom

87,355

108,387

24.08

21,032

Total

631,692

666,415

5.50

34,723

B Circle

11,959,916

12,344,569

3.22

384,653

C Circle

Himachal Pradesh

Bharti Cellular

184,189

191,800

4.13

7,611

Reliance Telecom

27,311

31,771

16.33

4,460

BSNL

101,883

102,509

0.61

626

Total

313,383

326,080

4.05

12,697

Bihar

Reliance Telecom

346,499

352,817

1.82

6,318

BSNL

402,083

404,500

0.60

2,417

Bharti Cellular

65,365

113,300

73.33

47,935

Total

813,947

870,617

6.96

56,670

Orissa

Reliance Telecom

120,565

120,681

0.10

116

BSNL

291,233

292,354

0.38

1,121

Bharti Cellular

105,643

124,037

17.41

18,394

Total

517,441

537,072

3.79

19,631

Assam

Reliance Telecom

93,371

99,118

6.16

5,747

BSNL

149,800

151,487

1.13

1,687

Total

243,171

250,605

3.06

7,434

Northeast

Reliance Telecom

21,104

23,360

10.69

2,256

Hexacom

Nil

Nil

BSNL

78,978

86,331

9.31

7,353

Total

100,082

109,691

9.60

9,609

Jammu & Kashmir

BSNL

146,117

149,087

2.03

2,970

Bharti Cellular

71,128

83,313

17.13

12,185

Total

217,245

232,400

6.98

15,155

C Circle

2,205,269

2,326,465

5.50

121,196

All India

38,649,590

39,783,531

2.93

1,133,941

Chennai

126,530

­–

­–

126,530

Delhi

141,538

­–

­–

141,538

Haryana

110,421

­–

­–

110,421

Karnataka

136,669

­–

­–

136,669

Madhya Pradesh

229,534

25,776

­–

255,310

Tamil Nadu

59,034

­–

­–

59,034

Uttar Pradesh (West)

6,003

­–

­–

6,003

Total

809,729

25,776

­–

835,505

HFCL Infotel

Punjab

136,478

52,393

51,383

240,254

Total

136,478

52,393

51,383

240,254

Reliance Infocomm

Andhra Pradesh

3,836

64,921

874,484

943,241

Bihar

35

19,824

203,038

222,897

Chennai

2,984

30,537

457,438

490,959

Delhi

6,605

180,691

1,220,805

1,408,101

Haryana

197

30,919

216,180

247,296

Himachal Pradesh

0

877

3,713

4,590

Karnataka

8,862

50,059

667,714

726,635

Kerala

1,867

131,481

461,050

594,398

Kolkata

6,026

87,853

484,941

578,820

Madhya Pradesh

1,004

30,505

358,495

390,004

Mumbai

8,936

148,647

994,405

1,151,988

Orissa

115

16,992

119,193

136,300

Punjab

3,403

99,349

507,729

610,481

Rajasthan

832

48,552

359,877

409,261

Tamil Nadu

1,389

38,012

517,161

556,562

Uttar Pradesh (East)

1,974

52,856

468,186

523,016

Uttar Pradesh (West)

137

56,157

328,680

384,974

West Bengal

45

14,120

121,447

135,612

Gujarat

10,534

115,910

701,769

828,213

Total

62,260

1,320,915

9,864,101

11,247,276

Shyam Telelink

Rajasthan

118,803

25,138

27,443

171,384

Total

118,803

25,138

27,443

171,384

Tata Teleservices

Andhra Pradesh

116,619

269,305

190,392

576,316

Bihar

­–

13,753

8,847

22,600

Chennai

805

168,376

59,635

228,816

Delhi

8,622

342,600

242,539

593,761

Gujarat

23,589

250,009

93,106

366,704

Karnataka

5,794

234,183

104,754

344,731

Orissa

­–

1,363

6,623

7,986

Rajasthan

­–

14,579

21,675

36,254

Tamil Nadu

97

122,613

32,615

155,325

Punjab

­–

26,168

18,551

44,719

Haryana

­–

7,541

10,268

17,809

Himachal Pradesh

­–

1,416

720

2,136

Uttar Pradesh (East)

­–

7,634

10,780

18,414

Uttar Pradesh (West)

­–

6,185

10,499

16,684

Kolkata

­–

20,824

10,363

31,187

West Bengal

­–

240

33

273

Madhya Pradesh

­–

11,970

6,585

18,555

Kerala

­–

35,626

­–

35,626

Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra)

Mumbai

184,123

254,301

162,807

601,231

Maharashtra

34,353

228,401

88,293

351,047

Total

374,002

2,017,087

1,079,085

3,470,174

Grand total

1,501,272

3,441,309

11,022,012

15,964,593