Growth of Cellular Subscribers: February-March 2005

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Growth of Cellular Subscribers: February-March 2005

April 01, 2005

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Circle/City	Operator	February 2005	March 2005	Absolute change	% change
Metros
Delhi	Bharti Cellular	1,595,114	1,615,522	20,408	1.28
Delhi	Hutchison-Essar	1,437,846	1,467,973	30,127	2.10
Delhi	MTNL	358,408	401,678	43,270	12.07
Delhi	Idea Cellular	633,541	608,505	-25,036	-3.95
Total		4,024,909	4,093,678	68,769	1.71
Mumbai	BPL Mobile	1,202,008	1,227,141	25,133	2.09
Mumbai	Hutchison Max	1,505,201	1,512,323	7,122	0.47
Mumbai	MTNL	425,651	480,018	54,367	12.77
Mumbai	Bharti Cellular	713,260	745,663	32,403	4.54
Total		3,846,120	3,965,145	119,025	3.09
Chennai	Aircel Cellular	519,715	541,340	21,625	4.16
Chennai	Bharti Cellular	449,098	468,077	18,979	4.23
Chennai	Hutchison-Essar	219,421	205,097	-14,324	-6.53
Chennai	BSNL	323,516	341,240	17,724	5.48
Total		1,511,750	1,555,754	44,004	2.91
Kolkata	Bharti Cellular	503,064	503,282	218	0.04
Kolkata	Hutchison Telecom	633,540	639,522	5,982	0.94
Kolkata	BSNL	249,636	249,014	-622	-0.25
Kolkata	Reliance Internet	0	730	730	–
Total		1,386,240	1,392,548	6,308	0.46
All metros		10,769,019	11,007,125	238,106	2.21
A Circle
Maharashtra	BPL Cellular	528,152	543,363	15,211	2.88
Maharashtra	Idea	1,262,431	1,271,337	8,906	0.71
Maharashtra	Bharti Cellular	634,260	651,784	17,524	2.76
Maharashtra	BSNL	690,277	852,726	162,449	23.53
Total		3,115,120	3,319,210	204,090	6.55
Gujarat	Fascel	1,230,039	1,256,915	26,876	2.18
Gujarat	Idea	658,723	658,110	-613	-0.09
Gujarat	Bharti Cellular	500,792	506,671	5,879	1.17
Gujarat	BSNL	521,505	666,949	145,444	27.89
Total		2,911,059	3,088,645	177,586	6.10
Andhra Pradesh	Idea	641,495	650,853	9,358	1.46
Andhra Pradesh	Bharti Cellular	921,938	939,457	17,519	1.90
Andhra Pradesh	Hutchison-Essar	386,933	400,167	13,234	3.42
Andhra Pradesh	BSNL	808,050	813,333	5,283	0.65
Total		2,758,416	2,803,810	45,394	1.65
Karnataka	Bharti Cellular	1,207,379	1,240,436	33,057	2.74
Karnataka	Spice Communications	324,400	311,345	-13,055	-4.02
Karnataka	Hutchison-Essar	545,200	559,879	14,679	2.69
Karnataka	BSNL	701,273	709,362	8,089	1.15
Total		2,778,252	2,821,022	42,770	1.54
Tamil Nadu	BPL Cellular	402,628	414,673	12,045	2.99
Tamil Nadu	Aircel Limited	1,196,858	1,214,010	17,152	1.43
Tamil Nadu	BSNL	853,177	903,699	50,522	5.92
Tamil Nadu	Bharti Cellular	327,968	330,651	2,683	0.82
Total		2,780,631	2,863,033	82,402	2.96
A Circle		14,343,478	14,895,720	552,242	3.85
B Circle
Kerala	Idea Mobile Communications	560,483	556,985	-3,498	-0.62
Kerala	BPL Cellular	377,896	390,210	12,314	3.26
Kerala	Bharti Cellular	339,016	343,336	4,320	1.27
Kerala	BSNL	787,452	801,940	14,488	1.84
Total		2,064,847	2,092,471	27,624	1.34
Punjab	Spice Communications	1,161,920	1,127,479	-34,441	-2.96
Punjab	Bharti Cellular	1,288,283	1,277,664	-10,619	-0.82
Punjab	BSNL	358,599	385,575	26,976	7.82
Punjab	Hutchison-Essar	162,738	149,493	-13,245	-8.14
Total		2,971,540	2,940,211	-31,329	-1.05
Haryana	Idea Mobile Communications	190,241	192,805	2,564	1.35
Haryana	Aircel Digilink	167,681	184,002	16,321	9.73
Haryana	Bharti Cellular	255,133	264,837	9,704	3.8
Haryana	BSNL	286,824	286,736	-88	-0.03
Total		899,879	928,380	28,501	3.17
Uttar Pradesh (West)	Idea Mobile Communications	622,814	634,515	11,701	1.88
Uttar Pradesh (West)	Bharti Cellular	367,748	381,787	14,039	3.82
Uttar Pradesh (West)	BSNL	508,972	512,454	3,482	0.68
Uttar Pradesh (West)	Hutchison-Essar	135,905	153,034	17,129	12.60
Total		1,635,439	1,681,790	46,351	2.83
Uttar Pradesh (East)	Aircel Digilink	796,368	814,025	17,657	2.22
Uttar Pradesh (East)	BSNL	723,776	724,991	1,215	0.17
Uttar Pradesh (East)	Bharti Cellular	192,735	207,151	14,416	7.48
Total		1,712,879	1,746,167	33,288	1.94
Rajasthan	Aircel Digilink	317,171	327,041	9,870	3.11
Rajasthan	Hexacom	500,470	505,695	5,225	1.04
Rajasthan	BSNL	370,777	371,492	715	0.19
Total		1,188,418	1,204,228	15,810	1.33
Madhya Pradesh	Idea	500,650	496,583	-4,067	-0.81
Madhya Pradesh	Reliance Telecom	310,003	312,817	2,814	0.91
Madhya Pradesh	Bharti Cellular	235,897	234,124	-1,773	-0.75
Madhya Pradesh	BSNL	158,602	296,050	137,448	86.66
Total		1,205,152	1,339,574	134,422	11.15
West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands	Reliance Telecom	151,996	154,959	2,963	1.95
West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands	BSNL	291,918	291,943	25	0.01
West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands	Bharti Cellular	114,114	125,861	11,747	10.29
West Bengal and Andaman & Nicobar Islands	Hutchison Telecom	108,387	128,249	19,862	18.33
Total		666,415	701,012	34,597	519
B Circle		12,344,569	12,633,833	289,264	2.34
C Circle
Himachal Pradesh	Bharti Cellular	191,800	195,649	3,849	2.01
Himachal Pradesh	Reliance Telecom	31,771	34,743	2,972	9.35
Himachal Pradesh	BSNL	102,509	102,800	291	0.28
Total		326,080	333,192	7,112	2.18
Bihar	Reliance Telecom	352,817	360,758	7,941	2.25
Bihar	BSNL	404,500	405,447	947	0.23
Bihar	Bharti Cellular	113,300	203,782	65,365	–
Total		870,617	969,987	99,370	11.41
Orissa	Reliance Telecom	120,681	120,750	69	0.06
Orissa	BSNL	292,354	293,085	731	0.25
Orissa	Bharti Cellular	124,037	132,375	8,338	6.30
Total		537,072	546,210	9,138	1.7
Assam	Reliance Telecom	99,118	104,943	5,825	5.88
Assam	BSNL	151,487	152,046	559	0.37
Assam	Bharti Cellular	0	545	545	–
Total		250,605	257,534	6,929	2.76
North East	Reliance Telecom	23,360	26,265	2,905	12.44
North East	Bharti Cellular	0	358	358	0
North East	BSNL	86,331	95,403	9,072	11.25
Total		109,691	122,026	12,335	11.25
Jammu & Kashmir	BSNL	149,087	150,740	1,653	1.11
Jammu & Kashmir	Bharti Cellular	83,313	109,573	26,260	31.52
Total		232,400	260,313	27,913	12.01
C Circle		2,326,465	2,489,262	162,797	7
All India		39,783,531	41,025,940	1,242,409	3.12

Subscriber base as on March 31, 2005
The total subscriber base of unified service providers as on March 31, 2005 was 15.6 million as against 15.96 million in the previous month. Of this, 1.47 million were wireline subscribers, while the WLL(FWT) and digital mobile (CDMA full mobility) segments registered 3.6 million and 10.5 million subscribers respectively. Reliance Infocomm with 10.64 million subscribers was the largest unified licence operator followed by Tata Teleservices with 3.67 million.

Operator/Circle	Wireline	WLL(FWT)	Digital mobile	Total
Bharti Telenet
Chennai	126,329	–	–	126,329
Delhi	149,169	–	–	149,169
Haryana	114,383	–	–	114,383
Karnataka	139,842	–	–	139,842
Madhya Pradesh	231,923	25,794	–	257,717
Tamil Nadu	59,878	–	–	59,878
Uttar Pradesh (West)	9,242	–	–	9,242
Total	830,766	25,794	–	856,560
Reliance Infocomm
Andhra Pradesh	4,268	56,648	844,370	905,286
Bihar	35	17,210	210,536	227,781
Chennai	3,511	24,803	418,303	446,617
Delhi	7,881	161,531	1,109,478	1,278,890
Haryana	197	32,599	194,798	227,594
Himachal Pradesh	0	1,054	3,947	5,001
Karnataka	9,491	47,657	611,605	668,753
Kerala	2,461	124,472	441,885	568,818
Kolkata	6,900	78,897	458,694	544,491
Madhya Pradesh	1,407	30,276	377,245	408,928
Maharashtra	4,036	103,044	717,520	824,600
Mumbai	10,149	132,631	909,997	1,052,777
Orissa	115	18,305	121,866	140,286
Punjab	4,368	88,635	473,941	566,944
Rajasthan	832	46,788	380,703	428,323
Tamil Nadu	1,718	42,832	494,497	539,047
Uttar Pradesh (East)	2,364	51,677	477,386	531,427
Uttar Pradesh (West)	137	58,597	332,795	391,529
West Bengal	45	14,844	125,712	140,601
Gujarat	13,972	104,412	624,810	743,194
Total	73,887	1,236,912	9,330,088	10,640,887
HFCL Infotel
Punjab	139,687	53,846	53,163	246,696
Total	139,687	53,846	53,163	246,696
Shyam Telelink
Rajasthan	50,767	106,306	27,663	184,736
Total	50,767	106,306	27,663	184,736
Tata Teleservices
Andhra Pradesh	114,182	280,043	179,968	574,193
Bihar	–	16,294	11,654	27,948
Chennai	843	168,463	44,210	213,516
Delhi	8,680	358,286	215,420	582,386
Gujarat	26,397	259,605	101,387	387,389
Karnataka	6,822	245,767	102,125	354,714
Orissa	–	2,538	8,923	11,461
Rajasthan	–	19,975	25,597	45,572
Tamil Nadu	97	128,770	29,322	158,189
Punjab	–	40,123	28,833	68,956
Haryana	–	12,677	15,853	28,530
Himachal Pradesh	–	2,304	1,912	4,216
Uttar Pradesh (East)	–	12,519	17,031	29,550
Uttar Pradesh (West)	–	14,003	16,128	30,131
Kolkata	–	37,910	23,157	61,067
West Bengal	–	1,067	754	1,821
Madhya Pradesh	–	20,463	11,049	31,512
Kerala	–	51,422	–	51,422
Tata Teleservices (M) Limited
Mumbai	186,320	273,380	159,230	618,930
Maharashtra	36,070	253,708	96,947	386,725
Total	379,411	2,199,317	1,089,500	3,668,228
Grand total	1,474,518	3,622,175	10,500,414	15,597,107