Circle/City

Operator

September 2005

October 2005

Absolute change

% change

Metros

Delhi

Bharti Cellular

1,767,759

1,801,099

33,340

1.89

Delhi

Hutchison Essar

1,611,665

1,642,090

30,425

1.89

Delhi

MTNL

605,610

637,070

31,460

5.19

Delhi

Idea Cellular

728,205

758,179

29,974

4.12

Total

4,713,239

4,838,438

125,199

2.66

Mumbai

BPL Mobile

1,305,958

1,317,043

11,085

0.85

Mumbai

Hutchison Essar

1,625,465

1,666,063

40,598

2.50

Mumbai

MTNL

677,198

728,918

51,720

7.64

Mumbai

Bharti Cellular

901,421

1,001,518

100,097

11.10

Total

4,510,042

4,713,542

203,500

4.51

Chennai

Aircel Cellular

626,563

637,279

10,716

1.71

Chennai

Bharti Cellular

521,767

527,803

6,036

1.16

Chennai

Hutchison Essar

300,430

316,292

15,862

5.28

Chennai

BSNL

378,466

433,501

55,035

14.54

Total

1,827,226

1,914,875

87,649

4.80

Kolkata

Bharti Cellular

507,214

513,742

6,528

1.29

Kolkata

Hutchison Telecom

728,114

746,747

18,633

2.56

Kolkata

BSNL

325,891

322,891

-3,000

-0.92

Kolkata

Reliance Telecom

4,626

7,167

2,541

54.93

Total

1,565,845

1,590,547

24,702

1.58

All Metros

12,616,352

13,057,402

441,050

3.5

A Circle

Maharashtra

BPL Cellular

639,512

657,102

17,590

2.75

Maharashtra

Idea

1,437,057

1,442,442

5,385

0.37

Maharashtra

Bharti Cellular

859,745

929,527

69,782

8.12

Maharashtra

BSNL

1,056,053

1,056,053

0

0

Total

3,992,367

4,085,124

92,757

2.32

Gujarat

Fascel

1,430,909

1,510,641

79,732

5.57

Gujarat

Idea

760,352

791,395

31,043

4.08

Gujarat

Bharti Cellular

591,169

613,332

22,163

3.75

Gujarat

BSNL

813,250

821,250

8,000

0.98

Total

3,595,680

3,736,618

140,938

3.92

Andhra Pradesh

Idea

777,866

781,965

4,099

0.53

Andhra Pradesh

Bharti Cellular

1,249,917

1,317,675

67,758

5.42

Andhra Pradesh

Hutchison Essar

562,976

603,033

40,057

7.12

Andhra Pradesh

BSNL

842,677

854,400

11,723

1.39

Total

3,433,436

3,557,073

123,637

3.60

Karnataka

Bharti Cellular

1,556,895

1,631,865

74,970

4.82

Karnataka

Spice Communications

311,832

310,409

-1,423

-0.46

Karnataka

Hutchison Essar

753,318

802,083

48,765

6.47

Karnataka

BSNL

841,664

878,919

37,255

4.43

Total

3,463,709

3,623,276

159,567

4.61

Tamil Nadu

BPL Cellular

444,644

453,297

8,653

1.95

Tamil Nadu

Aircel Limited

1,463,581

1,532,230

68,649

4.69

Tamil Nadu

BSNL

917,046

1,017,169

100,123

10.92

Tamil Nadu

Bharti Cellular

603,448

609,539

6,091

1.01

Total

3,428,719

3,612,235

183,516

5.35

A Circle

17,913,911

18,614,326

700,415

3.91

B Circle

Kerala

Idea Mobile

Communications

690,936

711,507

20,571

2.98

Kerala

BPL Cellular

415,344

421,646

6,302

1.52

Kerala

Bharti Cellular

438,169

453,399

15,230

3.48

Kerala

BSNL

836,060

858,538

22,478

2.69

Total

2,380,509

2,445,090

64,581

2.71

Punjab

Spice Communications

1,178,343

1,208,359

30,016

2.55

Punjab

Bharti Cellular

1,418,593

1,434,455

15,862

1.12

Punjab

BSNL

429,403

410,303

-19,100

-4.45

Punjab

Hutchison Essar

353,377

430,365

76,988

21.79

Total

3,379,716

3,483,482

103,766

3.07

Haryana

Idea Mobile

Communications

244,612

247,673

3,061

1.25

Haryana

Aircel Digilink

264,267

281,563

17,296

6.54

Haryana

Bharti Cellular

337,891

341,650

3,759

1.11

Haryana

BSNL

438,591

451,577

12,986

2.96

Total

1,285,361

1,322,463

37,102

2.89

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Idea Mobile

Communications

747,965

758,014

10,049

1.34

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Bharti Cellular

504,120

506,648

2,528

0.50

Uttar Pradesh (West)

BSNL

752,021

810,175

58,154

7.73

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Hutchison Essar

320,686

355,876

35,190

10.97

Total

2,324,792

2,430,713

105,921

4.56

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Aircel Digilink

1,049,528

1,059,738

10,210

0.97

Uttar Pradesh (East)

BSNL

1,183,101

1,339,358

156,257

13.21

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Bharti Cellular

409,968

429,283

19,315

4.71

Total

2,642,597

2,828,379

185,782

7.03

Rajasthan

Aircel Digilink

448,707

468,702

19,995

4.46

Rajasthan

Hexacom

704,062

756,052

51,990

7.38

Rajasthan

BSNL

629,787

708,067

78,280

12.43

Total

1,782,556

1,932,821

150,265

8.43

Madhya Pradesh

Idea Cellular

558,969

571,547

12,578

2.25

Madhya Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

429,424

439,116

9,692

2.26

Madhya Pradesh

Bharti Cellular

311,082

313,242

2,160

0.69

Madhya Pradesh

BSNL

368,973

372,558

3,585

0.97

Total

1,668,448

1,696,463

28,015

1.68

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Reliance Telecom

216,778

221,036

4,258

1.96

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

BSNL

402,667

408,833

6,166

1.53

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Bharti Cellular

220,363

232,752

12,389

5.62

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Hutchison Essar

259,535

278,964

19,429

7.49

Total

1,099,343

1,141,585

42,242

3.84

B Circle

16,563,322

17,280,996

717,674

4.33

C Circle

Himachal Pradesh

Bharti Cellular

261,328

285,883

24,555

9.40

Himachal Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

58,730

58,809

79

0.13

Himachal Pradesh

BSNL

169,378

181,965

12,587

7.43

Total

489,436

526,657

37,221

7.6

Bihar

Reliance Telecom

479,852

480,009

157

0.03

Bihar

BSNL

511,819

516,743

4,924

0.96

Bihar

Bharti Cellular

414,582

498,580

83,998

20.26

Total

1,406,253

1,495,332

89,079

6.33

Orissa

Reliance Telecom

172,190

175,570

3,380

1.96

Orissa

BSNL

354,222

368,149

13,927

3.93

Orissa

Bharti Cellular

224,256

246,524

22,268

9.93

Total

750,668

790,243

39,575

5.27

Assam

Reliance Telecom

172,057

177,518

5,461

3.17

Assam

BSNL

195,941

212,914

16,973

8.66

Assam

Bharti Cellular

69,777

86,346

16,569

23.75

Total

437,775

476,778

39,003

8.91

North East

Reliance Telecom

47,048

48,686

1,638

3.48

North East

Bharti Cellular

9,717

12,078

2,361

24.30

North East

BSNL

141,734

148,198

6,464

4.56

Total

198,499

208,962

10,463

5.27

Jammu & Kashmir

BSNL

313,013

339,265

26,252

8.39

Jammu & Kashmir

Bharti Cellular

184,673

197,374

12,701

6.88

Total

497,686

536,639

38,953

7.83

C Circle

3,780,317

4,034,611

254,294

6.73

All India

50,873,902

52,987,335

2,113,433

4.15

Andhra Pradesh

8,063

­–

­–

8,063

Chennai

161,822

­–

­–

161,822

Delhi

201,878

­–

­–

201,878

Gujarat

1,528

­–

­–

1,528

Haryana

137,209

­–

­–

137,209

Karnataka

181,088

­–

­–

181,088

Kerala

3,065

­–

­–

3,065

Kolkata

1,083

­–

­–

1,083

Madhya Pradesh

247,541

23,734

­–

271,275

Maharashtra

90

­–

­–

90

Mumbai

7,062

­–

­–

7,062

Punjab

8,353

­–

­–

8,353

Tamil Nadu

84,618

­–

­–

84,618

Uttar Pradesh (East)

2,995

­–

­–

2,995

Uttar Pradesh (West)

33,887

­–

­–

33,887

Total

1,080,282

23,734

­–

1,104,016

Reliance Infocomm

Andhra Pradesh

9,658

129,737

1,111,303

1,250,698

Bihar

147

27,030

353,033

380,210

Chennai

8,321

40,537

455,792

504,650

Delhi

20,877

221,313

1,324,246

1,566,436

Haryana

197

55,093

218,036

273,326

Himachal Pradesh

0

2,431

7,977

10,408

Karnataka

20,273

109,584

787,960

917,817

Kerala

5,040

215,679

539,867

760,586

Kolkata

16,004

107,381

596,540

719,925

Madhya Pradesh

4,426

58,270

542,329

605,025

Maharashtra

10,687

175,190

897,258

1,083,135

Mumbai

22,249

192,035

1,100,188

1,314,472

Orissa

241

33,987

159,192

193,420

Punjab

7,713

120,157

509,041

636,911

Rajasthan

1,007

86,340

514,056

601,403

Tamil Nadu

5,450

91,398

606,062

702,910

Uttar Pradesh (East)

5,116

96,361

711,148

812,625

Uttar Pradesh (West)

233

110,517

471,646

582,396

West Bengal

45

24,847

191,255

216,147

Gujarat

37,819

152,777

684,437

875,033

Total

175,503

2,050,664

11,781,366

14,007,533

HFCL Infotel

Punjab

193,533

34,796

60,834

289,163

Total

193,533

34,796

60,834

289,163

Shyam Telelink

Rajasthan

138,629

27,147

28,225

194,001

Total

138,629

27,147

28,225

194,001

Tata Teleservices

Andhra Pradesh

110,857

372,715

287,353

770,925

Bihar

­–

34,103

38,550

72,653

Chennai

5,459

186,505

70,966

262,930

Delhi

14,032

497,376

428,437

939,845

Gujarat

26,090

347,034

161,151

534,275

Haryana

­–

26,044

82,493

108,537

Himachal Pradesh

­–

4,386

10,095

14,481

Karnataka

24,008

321,498

202,846

548,352

Kerala

­–

124,786

62,711

187,497

Kolkata

­–

131,318

111,703

243,021

Madhya Pradesh

­–

64,463

55,171

119,634

Orissa

­–

11,798

23,424

35,222

Punjab

­–

95,820

115,266

211,086

Rajasthan

­–

51,624

83,547

135,171

Tamil Nadu

583

206,994

77,820

285,397

Uttar Pradesh (East)

­–

38,598

87,857

126,455

Uttar Pradesh (West)

­–

43,443

90,175

133,618

West Bengal

­–

18,146

34,747

52,893

Maharashtra

37,195

407,135

227,192

671,522

Mumbai

182,968

394,294

227,626

804,888

Total

401,192

3,378,080

2,479,130

6,258,402

Grand total

1,989,139

5,514,421

14,349,555

21,853,115