Circle/City

Operator

July 2005

August 2005

Absolute change

% change

Metros

Delhi

Bharti Cellular

1,695,116

1,712,484

17,368

Delhi

Hutchison Essar

1,548,043

1,581,066

33,023

2.13

Delhi

MTNL

543,021

574,803

31,782

5.85

Delhi

Idea Cellular

661,818

696,471

34,653

5.24

Total

4,447,998

4,564,824

116,826

2.63

Mumbai

BPL Mobile

1,265,817

1,280,930

15,113

1.19

Mumbai

Hutchison Max

1,555,392

1,587,772

32,380

2.08

Mumbai

MTNL

621,992

647,139

25,147

4.04

Mumbai

Bharti Cellular

813,381

865,157

51,776

6.37

Total

4,256,582

4,380,998

124,416

2.92

Chennai

Aircel Cellular

603,595

615,343

11,748

1.95

Chennai

Bharti Cellular

514,603

517,786

3,183

0.62

Chennai

Hutchison Essar

232,085

268,105

36,020

15.52

Chennai

BSNL

384,659

382,770

-1,889

-0.49

Total

1,734,942

1,784,004

49,062

2.83

Kolkata

Bharti Cellular

504,607

506,132

1,525

0.30

Kolkata

Hutchison Telecom

675,104

701,892

26,788

3.97

Kolkata

BSNL

315,067

327,032

11,965

3.80

Kolkata

Reliance Internet

2,459

3,261

802

32.61

Total

1,497,237

1,538,317

41,080

2.74

All Metros

11,936,759

12,268,143

331,384

2.78

A Circle

Maharashtra

BPL Cellular

601,200

619,783

18,583

3.09

Maharashtra

Idea

1,483,325

1,499,057

15,732

1.06

Maharashtra

Bharti Cellular

743,455

806,595

63,140

8.49

Maharashtra

BSNL

1,056,053

1,056,053

0

0

Total

3,884,033

3,981,488

97,455

2.51

Gujarat

Fascel

1,347,080

1,383,514

36,434

2.70

Gujarat

Idea

715,875

738,884

23,009

3.21

Gujarat

Bharti Cellular

550,175

562,915

12,740

2.32

Gujarat

BSNL

791,071

810,250

19,179

2.42

Total

3,404,201

3,495,563

91,362

2.68

Andhra Pradesh

Idea

739,009

757,543

18,534

2.51

Andhra Pradesh

Bharti Cellular

1,147,588

1,204,781

57,193

4.98

Andhra Pradesh

Hutchison Essar

488,881

527,909

39,028

7.98

Andhra Pradesh

BSNL

828,297

835,805

7,508

0.91

Total

3,203,775

3,326,038

122,263

3.82

Karnataka

Bharti Cellular

1,466,663

1,512,212

45,549

3.11

Karnataka

Spice Communications

313,824

314,654

830

0.26

Karnataka

Hutchison Essar

667,518

708,003

40,485

6.07

Karnataka

BSNL

804,193

825,628

21,435

2.67

Total

3,252,198

3,360,497

108,299

3.33

Tamil Nadu

BPL Cellular

428,126

438,139

10,013

2.34

Tamil Nadu

Aircel Limited

1,331,448

1,390,692

59,244

4.45

Tamil Nadu

BSNL

910,725

912,446

1,721

0.19

Tamil Nadu

Bharti Cellular

459,229

526,505

67,276

14.65

Total

3,129,528

3,267,782

138,254

4.42

A Circle

16,873,735

17,431,368

557,633

3.3

B Circle

Kerala

Idea Mobile

Communications

642,518

669,111

26,593

4.14

Kerala

BPL Cellular

401,736

408,347

6,611

1.65

Kerala

Bharti Cellular

390,561

408,558

17,997

4.61

Kerala

BSNL

807,213

807,818

605

0.07

Total

2,242,028

2,293,834

51,806

2.31

Punjab

Spice Communications

1,177,711

1,168,843

-8,868

-0.75

Punjab

Bharti Cellular

1,339,312

1,374,652

35,340

2.64

Punjab

BSNL

439,393

436,390

-3,003

-0.68

Punjab

Hutchison Essar

248,133

305,195

57,062

23

Total

3,204,549

3,285,080

80,531

2.51

Haryana

Idea Mobile

Communications

227,871

237,493

9,622

4.22

Haryana

Aircel Digilink

239,452

249,161

9,709

4.05

Haryana

Bharti Cellular

312,046

327,444

15,398

4.93

Haryana

BSNL

360,676

409,712

49,036

13.60

Total

1,140,045

1,223,810

83,765

7.35

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Idea Mobile

Communications

723,316

733,074

9,758

1.35

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Bharti Cellular

456,410

481,218

24,808

5.44

Uttar Pradesh (West)

BSNL

589,714

670,537

80,823

13.71

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Hutchison Essar

253,354

288,465

35,111

13.86

Total

2,022,794

2,173,294

150,500

7.44

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Aircel Digilink

1,000,655

1,026,763

26,108

2.61

Uttar Pradesh (East)

BSNL

825,832

995,968

170,136

20.60

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Bharti Cellular

359,062

389,894

30,832

8.59

Total

2,185,549

2,412,625

227,076

10.39

Rajasthan

Aircel Digilink

392,952

433,106

40,154

10.22

Rajasthan

Hexacom

657,591

685,684

28,093

4.27

Rajasthan

BSNL

452,191

558,238

106,047

23.45

Total

1,502,734

1,677,028

174,294

11.60

Madhya Pradesh

Idea

535,612

548,728

13,116

2.45

Madhya Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

401,405

413,762

12,357

3.08

Madhya Pradesh

Bharti Cellular

282,324

301,085

18,761

6.65

Madhya Pradesh

BSNL

361,205

365,892

4,687

1.30

Total

1,580,546

1,629,467

48,921

3.10

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Reliance Telecom

205,188

212,107

6,919

3.37

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

BSNL

357,231

377,165

19,934

5.58

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Bharti Cellular

181,608

198,312

16,704

9.20

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Hutchison Telecom

196,259

235,193

38,934

19.84

Total

940,286

1,022,777

82,491

8.77

B Circle

14,818,531

15,717,915

899,384

6.07

C Circle

Himachal Pradesh

Bharti Cellular

243,704

256,205

12,501

5.13

Himachal Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

57,490

58,672

1,182

2.06

Himachal Pradesh

BSNL

139,860

157,546

17,686

12.65

Total

441,054

472,423

31,369

7.11

Bihar

Reliance Telecom

471,022

478,402

7,380

1.57

Bihar

BSNL

443,948

458,613

14,665

3.30

Bihar

Bharti Cellular

294,345

344,870

50,525

17.17

Total

1,209,315

1,281,885

72,570

6

Orissa

Reliance Telecom

163,095

169,187

6,092

3.74

Orissa

BSNL

327,083

338,653

11,570

3.54

Orissa

Bharti Cellular

179,539

202,411

22,872

11.30

Total

669,717

710,251

40,534

6.05

Assam

Reliance Telecom

153,830

164,704

10,874

7.07

Assam

BSNL

179,762

183,726

3,964

2.21

Assam

Bharti Cellular

31,968

50,069

18,101

56.62

Total

365,560

398,499

32,939

9.01

North East

Reliance Telecom

43,578

45,417

1,839

4.22

North East

Bharti Cellular

6,465

7,150

685

0

North East

BSNL

124,755

139,849

15,094

12.10

Total

174,798

192,416

17,618

10.08

Jammu & Kashmir

BSNL

225,570

269,537

43,967

19.49

Jammu & Kashmir

Bharti Cellular

159,750

171,592

11,842

7.41

Total

385,320

441,129

55,809

14.48

C Circle

3,245,764

3,496,603

250,839

7.73

All India

46,874,789

48,914,029

2,039,240

4.35

Andhra Pradesh

4,969

­–

­–

4,969

Chennai

153,733

­–

­–

153,733

Delhi

182,036

­–

­–

182,036

Gujarat

577

­–

­–

577

Haryana

129,790

­–

­–

129,790

Karnataka

168,033

­–

­–

168,033

Kerala

1,339

­–

­–

1,339

Kolkata

210

­–

­–

210

Madhya Pradesh

241,952

24,504

­–

266,456

Maharashtra

90

­–

­–

90

Mumbai

3,679

­–

­–

3,679

Punjab

3,070

­–

­–

3,070

Tamil Nadu

75,795

­–

­–

75,795

Uttar Pradesh (East)

1,228

­–

­–

1,228

Uttar Pradesh (West)

24,441

­–

­–

24,441

Total

990,942

24,504

­–

1,015,446

Reliance Infocomm

Andhra Pradesh

7,393

108,132

1,032,757

1,148,282

Bihar

116

23,667

306,230

330,013

Chennai

6,254

36,785

440,847

483,886

Delhi

16,696

205,315

1,268,828

1,490,839

Haryana

197

50,624

216,590

267,411

Himachal Pradesh

0

2,081

7,821

9,902

Karnataka

16,329

88,753

741,785

846,867

Kerala

3,920

196,550

520,249

720,719

Kolkata

13,910

99,393

556,262

669,565

Madhya Pradesh

3,673

49,591

490,376

543,640

Maharashtra

8,609

153,602

850,799

1,013,010

Mumbai

20,152

173,406

1,042,417

1,235,975

Orissa

184

29,810

149,314

179,308

Punjab

7,398

105,298

506,396

619,092

Rajasthan

1,007

73,942

480,624

555,573

Tamil Nadu

4,448

80,078

569,102

653,628

Uttar Pradesh (East)

4,172

83,850

665,471

753,493

Uttar Pradesh (West)

233

97,224

445,495

542,952

West Bengal

45

21,243

170,250

191,538

Gujarat

33,927

137,695

673,344

844,966

Total

148,663

1,817,039

11,134,957

13,100,659

HFCL Infotel

Punjab

187,426

30,853

62,465

280,744

Total

187,426

30,853

62,465

280,744

Shyam Telelink

Rajasthan

136,666

26,956

28,166

191,788

Total

136,666

26,956

28,166

191,788

Tata Teleservices

Andhra Pradesh

111,806

334,392

223,948

670,146

Bihar

­–

28,368

26,957

55,325

Chennai

1,123

184,879

56,676

242,678

Delhi

9,761

450,384

311,242

771,387

Gujarat

24,166

316,060

133,770

473,996

Haryana

­–

23,227

52,556

75,783

Himachal Pradesh

­–

4,122

7,740

11,862

Karnataka

11,495

297,734

151,162

460,391

Kerala

­–

106,286

29,090

135,376

Kolkata

­–

98,078

72,146

170,224

Madhya Pradesh

­–

49,374

31,727

81,101

Orissa

­–

7,810

17,109

24,919

Punjab

­–

82,545

83,788

166,333

Rajasthan

­–

40,225

53,239

93,464

Tamil Nadu

90

189,925

53,931

243,946

Uttar Pradesh (East)

­–

31,031

60,708

91,739

Uttar Pradesh (West)

­–

37,704

61,804

99,508

West Bengal

­–

11,413

22,179

33,592

Maharashtra

41,056

359,150

158,486

558,692

Mumbai

183,455

351,334

201,961

736,750

Total

382,952

3,004,041

1,810,219

5,197,212

Grand Total

1,846,649

4,903,393

13,035,807

19,785,849