Circle/City

Operator

March 2005

April 2005

Absolute change

% change

Metros

Delhi

Bharti Cellular

1,615,522

1,631,764

16,242

1.01

Delhi

Hutchison-Essar

1,467,973

1,482,987

15,014

1.02

Delhi

MTNL

401,678

441,586

39,908

9.94

Delhi

Idea Cellular

608,505

609,988

1,483

0.24

Total

4,093,678

4,166,325

72,647

1.77

Mumbai

BPL Mobile

1,227,141

1,233,283

6,142

0.50

Mumbai

Hutchison Max

1,512,323

1,517,516

5,193

0.34

Mumbai

MTNL

480,018

520,033

40,015

8.34

Mumbai

Bharti Cellular

745,663

768,914

23,251

3.12

Total

3,965,145

4,039,746

74,601

1.88

Chennai

Aircel Cellular

541,340

546,478

5,138

0.95

Chennai

Bharti Cellular

468,077

468,310

233

0.05

Chennai

Hutchison-Essar

205,097

195,122

-9,975

-4.86

Chennai

BSNL

341,240

376,258

35,018

10.26

Total

1,555,754

1,586,168

30,414

1.95

Kolkata

Bharti Cellular

503,282

503,840

558

0.11

Kolkata

Hutchison Telecom

639,522

644,615

5,093

0.80

Kolkata

BSNL

249,014

267,775

18,761

7.53

Kolkata

Reliance Internet

730

752

22

3.01

Total

1,392,548

1,416,982

24,434

1.75

All Metros

11,007,125

11,209,221

202,096

1.84

A Circle

Maharashtra

BPL Cellular

543,363

548,674

5,311

0.98

Maharashtra

Idea

1,271,337

1,284,840

13,503

1.06

Maharashtra

Bharti Cellular

651,784

671,615

19,831

3.04

Maharashtra

BSNL

852,726

975,991

123,265

14.46

Total

3,319,210

3,481,120

161,910

4.88

Gujarat

Fascel

1,256,915

1,276,715

19,800

1.58

Gujarat

Idea

658,110

666,727

8,617

1.31

Gujarat

Bharti Cellular

506,671

542,857

36,186

7.14

Gujarat

BSNL

666,949

679,304

12,355

1.85

Total

3,088,645

3,165,603

76,958

2.49

Andhra Pradesh

Idea

650,853

667,545

16,692

2.56

Andhra Pradesh

Bharti Cellular

939,457

969,355

29,898

3.18

Andhra Pradesh

Hutchison-Essar

400,167

413,348

13,181

3.29

Andhra Pradesh

BSNL

813,333

815,348

2,015

0.25

Total

2,803,810

2,865,596

61,786

2.20

Karnataka

Bharti Cellular

1,240,436

1,287,491

47,055

3.79

Karnataka

Spice Communications

311,345

310,302

-1,043

-0.33

Karnataka

Hutchison-Essar

559,879

571,704

11,825

2.11

Karnataka

BSNL

709,362

718,613

9,251

1.30

Total

2,821,022

2,888,110

67,088

2.38

Tamil Nadu

BPL Cellular

414,673

417,381

2,708

0.65

Tamil Nadu

Aircel

1,214,010

1,223,165

9,155

0.75

Tamil Nadu

BSNL

903,699

910,663

6,964

0.77

Tamil Nadu

Bharti Cellular

330,651

343,115

12,464

3.77

Total

2,863,033

2,894,324

31,291

1.09

A Circle

14,895,720

15,294,753

399,033

2.68

B Circle

Kerala

Idea Mobile Communications

556,985

570,905

13,920

2.50

Kerala

BPL Cellular

390,210

392,631

2,421

0.62

Kerala

Bharti Cellular

343,336

360,480

17,144

4.99

Kerala

BSNL

801,940

802,202

262

0.03

Total

2,092,471

2,126,218

33,747

1.61

Punjab

Spice Communications

1,127,479

1,138,808

11,329

1

Punjab

Bharti Cellular

1,277,664

1,295,244

17,580

1.38

Punjab

BSNL

385,575

408,316

22,741

5.90

Punjab

Hutchison-Essar

149,493

152,101

2,608

1.74

Total

2,940,211

2,994,469

54,258

1.85

Haryana

Idea Mobile Communications

192,805

195,066

2,261

1.17

Haryana

Aircel Digilink

184,002

201,013

17,011

9.25

Haryana

Bharti Cellular

264,837

278,718

13,881

5.24

Haryana

BSNL

286,736

287,083

347

0.12

Total

928,380

961,880

33,500

3.61

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Idea Mobile Communications

634,515

656,248

21,733

3.43

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Bharti Cellular

381,787

398,556

16,769

4.39

Uttar Pradesh (West)

BSNL

512,454

509,191

-3,263

-0.64

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Hutchison-Essar

153,034

173,899

20,865

13.63

Total

1,681,790

1,737,894

56,104

3.34

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Aircel Digilink

814,025

846,787

32,762

4.02

Uttar Pradesh (East)

BSNL

724,991

725,884

893

0.12

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Bharti Cellular

207,151

239,140

31,989

15.44

Total

1,746,167

1,811,811

65,644

3..76

Rajasthan

Aircel Digilink

327,041

339,196

12,155

3.72

Rajasthan

Hexacom

505,695

543,915

38,220

7.56

Rajasthan

BSNL

371,492

369,973

-1,519

-0.41

Total

1,204,228

1,253,084

48,856

4.06

Madhya Pradesh

Idea

496,583

502,164

5,581

1.12

Madhya Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

312,817

314,322

1,505

0.48

Madhya Pradesh

Bharti Cellular

234,124

246,778

12,654

5.4

Madhya Pradesh

BSNL

296,050

329,147

33,097

11.18

Total

1,339,574

1,392,411

52,837

3.94

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Reliance Telecom

154,959

161,121

6,162

3.98

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

BSNL

291,943

292,430

487

0.17

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Bharti Cellular

125,861

139,183

13,322

10.58

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Hutchison Telecom

128,249

142,294

14,045

10.95

Total

701,012

735,028

34,016

4.85

B Circle

12,633,833

13,012,795

378,962

3

C Circle

Himachal Pradesh

Bharti Cellular

195,649

203,405

7,756

3.96

Himachal Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

34,743

39,391

4,648

13.38

Himachal Pradesh

BSNL

102,800

102,517

-283

-0.28

Total

333,192

345,313

12,121

3.64

Bihar

Reliance Telecom

360,758

378,907

18,149

5.03

Bihar

BSNL

405,447

406,308

861

0.21

Bihar

Bharti Cellular

203,782

224,345

65,365

­–

Total

969,987

1,009,560

39,573

4.08

Orissa

Reliance Telecom

120,750

126,733

5,983

4.95

Orissa

BSNL

293,085

294,300

1,215

0.41

Orissa

Bharti Cellular

132,375

140,436

8,061

5.74

Total

546,210

561,469

15,259

2.79

Assam

Reliance Telecom

104,943

114,268

9,325

8.89

Assam

BSNL

152,046

155,912

3,866

2.54

Assam

Bharti Cellular

545

4,813

4,268

783.12

Total

257,534

274,993

17,459

6.78

North East

Reliance Telecom

26,265

29,824

3,559

13.55

North East

Bharti Cellular

358

2,439

2,081

0

North East

BSNL

95,403

104,468

9,065

9.50

Total

122,026

136,731

14,705

12.05

Jammu & Kashmir

BSNL

150,740

152,004

1,264

0.84

Jammu & Kashmir

Bharti Cellular

109,573

124,657

15,084

13.77

Total

260,313

276,661

16,348

6.28

C Circle

2,489,262

2,604,727

115,465

4.64

All India

41,025,940

42,121,496

1,095,556

2.67

Andhra Pradesh

740

­–

­–

740

Chennai

128,934

­–

­–

128,934

Delhi

153,673

­–

­–

153,673

Gujarat

102

­–

­–

102

Haryana

115,914

­–

­–

115,914

Karnataka

144,361

­–

­–

144,361

Kerala

19

­–

­–

19

Kolkata

10

­–

­–

10

Madhya Pradesh

232,544

25,569

­–

258,113

Maharashtra

90

­–

­–

90

Mumbai

125

­–

­–

125

Tamil Nadu

61,378

­–

­–

61,378

Uttar Pradesh (East)

54

­–

­–

54

Uttar Pradesh (West)

10,755

­–

­–

10,755

Total

848,699

25,569

­–

874,268

Reliance Infocomm

Andhra Pradesh

5,151

65,001

873,981

944,133

Bihar

70

18,210

219,403

237,683

Chennai

4,331

26,560

421,175

452,066

Delhi

9,932

174,096

1,133,972

1,318,000

Haryana

197

36,370

200,272

236,839

Himachal Pradesh

0

1,270

4,470

5,740

Karnataka

11,845

53,805

636,178

701,828

Kerala

2,997

138,809

455,046

596,852

Kolkata

8,164

83,603

476,167

567,934

Madhya Pradesh

2,051

33,599

394,730

430,380

Maharashtra

5,164

112,010

744,369

861,543

Mumbai

13,003

140,013

930,752

1,083,768

Orisaa

115

20,493

125,631

146,239

Punjab

5,230

94,426

480,307

579,963

Rajasthan

916

51,975

395,764

448,655

Tamil Nadu

2,371

49,124

506,425

557,920

Uttar Pradesh (East)

3,195

56,971

502,725

562,891

Uttar Pradesh (West)

191

65,208

347,018

412,417

West Bengal

45

16,118

132,699

148,862

Gujarat

17,691

111,963

631,386

761,040

Total

92,659

1,349,624

9,612,470

11,054,753

HFCL Infotel

Punjab

142,387

55,501

54,578

252,466

Total

142,387

55,501

54,578

252,466

Shyam Telelink

Rajasthan

50,960

111,531

27,846

190,337

Total

50,960

111,531

27,846

190,337

Tata Teleservices

Andhra Pradesh

114,277

290,011

185,954

590,242

Bihar

­–

18,472

15,984

34,456

Chennai

879

172,618

44,557

218,054

Delhi

9,235

379,572

230,670

619,477

Gujarat

25,272

265,334

106,604

397,210

Karnataka

6,895

255,642

110,100

372,637

Orissa

­–

3,737

11,578

15,315

Rajasthan

­–

24,499

28,673

53,172

Tamil Nadu

103

138,906

30,540

169,549

Punjab

­–

52,408

36,771

89,179

Haryana

­–

16,755

20,489

37,244

Himachal Pradesh

­–

3,106

2,959

6,065

Uttar Pradesh (East)

­–

17,661

27,928

45,589

Uttar Pradesh (West)

­–

21,380

24,026

45,406

Kolkata

­–

53,139

34,279

87,418

West Bengal

­–

2,381

4,035

6,416

Madhya Pradesh

­–

28,232

13,899

42,131

Kerala

­–

67,402

­–

67,402

Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra)

Mumbai

187,897

300,329

165,329

653,555

Maharashtra

39,321

270,071

107,905

417,297

Total

383,879

2,381,655

1,202,280

3,967,814

Grand total

1,518,584

3,923,880

10,897,174

163,396,380