Circle

Operator

March 2008

April 2008

Absolute change

% change

Metros

Delhi

Bharti Airtel

3,890,698

4,000,330

109,632

2.82

Delhi

Vodafone Essar

3,216,769

3,263,533

46,764

1.45

Delhi

MTNL

1,478,440

1,494,351

15,911

1.08

Delhi

Idea Cellular

1,897,693

1,965,955

68,262

3.60

Total

10,483,600

10,724,169

240,569

2.29

Mumbai

BPL Mobile

1,294,762

1,313,786

19,024

1.47

Mumbai

Vodafone Essar

3,451,567

3,529,478

77,911

2.26

Mumbai

MTNL

1,763,411

1,789,400

25,989

1.47

Mumbai

Bharti Airtel

2,427,460

2,445,003

17,543

0.72

Total

8,937,200

9,077,667

140,467

1.57

Chennai

Aircel Cellular

1,839,259

1,887,674

48,415

2.63

Chennai

Bharti Airtel

1,714,841

1,775,656

60,815

3.55

Chennai

Vodafone Essar

1,174,589

1,214,708

40,119

3.42

Chennai

BSNL

936,586

940,408

3,822

0.41

Total

5,665,275

5,818,446

153,171

2.70

Kolkata

Bharti Airtel

1,807,031

1,836,016

28,985

1.60

Kolkata

Vodafone Essar

1,974,177

2,031,281

57,104

2.89

Kolkata

BSNL

1,022,030

1,037,138

15,108

1.48

Kolkata

Reliance Telecom

345,870

345,870

NA

NA

Total

5,149,108

5,250,305

101,197

1.97

All metros

30,235,183

30,870,587

635,404

2.10

A Circle

Maharashtra

Vodafone Essar

2,610,389

2,766,544

156,155

5.98

Maharashtra

Idea

4,881,444

5,031,860

150,416

3.08

Maharashtra

Bharti Airtel

4,164,703

4,270,259

105,556

2.53

Maharashtra

BSNL

3,186,295

3,157,792

-28,503

-0.89

Total

14,842,831

15,226,455

383,624

2.58

Gujarat

Vodafone Essar

6,010,594

6,171,059

160,465

2.67

Gujarat

Idea

2,623,072

2,694,139

71,067

2.71

Gujarat

Bharti Airtel

2,703,886

2,854,652

150,766

5.58

Gujarat

BSNL

2,065,893

2,082,759

16,866

0.82

Total

13,403,445

13,802,609

399,164

2.98

Andhra Pradesh

Idea

3,252,035

3,405,457

153,422

4.72

Andhra Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

6,062,546

6,263,294

200,748

3.31

Andhra Pradesh

Vodafone Essar

2,601,458

2,710,605

109,147

4.20

Andhra Pradesh

BSNL

2,240,741

2,260,771

20,030

0.89

Total

14,156,780

14,640,127

483,347

3.41

Karnataka

Bharti Airtel

6,870,678

6,990,941

120,263

1.75

Karnataka

Spice Communications

1,636,551

1,714,228

77,677

4.75

Karnataka

Vodafone Essar

2,850,346

2,967,970

117,624

4.13

Karnataka

BSNL

1,789,660

1,789,667

7

0

Total

13,147,235

13,462,806

315,571

2.40

Tamil Nadu

Vodafone Essar

3,180,820

3,335,834

155,014

4.87

Tamil Nadu

Aircel Limited

4,965,807

5,118,335

152,528

3.07

Tamil Nadu

BSNL

2,400,878

2,396,139

-4,739

-0.20

Tamil Nadu

Bharti Airtel

3,946,801

4,107,689

160,888

4.08

Total

14,494,306

14,957,997

463,691

3.20

A Circle

70,044,597

72,089,994

2,045,397

2.92

B Circle

Kerala

Idea Mobile Communications

2,704,888

2,886,109

181,221

6.70

Kerala

Vodafone Essar

2,001,133

2,089,259

88,126

4.40

Kerala

Bharti Airtel

1,647,708

1,681,498

33,790

2.05

Kerala

BSNL

2,154,757

2,170,446

15,689

0.73

Total

8,508,486

8,827,312

318,826

3.75

Punjab

Spice Communications

2,574,118

2,648,889

74,771

2.90

Punjab

Bharti Airtel

3,181,852

3,205,988

24,136

0.76

Punjab

BSNL

1,930,959

2,000,233

69,274

3.59

Punjab

Vodafone Essar

1,645,501

1,685,646

40,145

2.44

Total

9,332,430

9,540,756

208,326

2.23

Haryana

Idea Mobile Communications

980,760

1,039,050

58,290

5.94

Haryana

Vodafone Essar

1,282,208

1,322,554

40,346

3.15

Haryana

Bharti Airtel

1,052,818

1,060,241

7,423

0.71

Haryana

BSNL

1,221,215

1,241,593

20,378

1.67

Total

4,537,001

4,663,438

126,437

2.79

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Idea Mobile Communications

2,568,279

2,673,165

104,886

4.08

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Bharti Airtel

1,552,275

1,581,964

29,689

1.91

Uttar Pradesh (West)

BSNL

2,033,859

2,092,036

58,177

2.86

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Vodafone Essar

2,858,429

2,974,562

116,133

4.06

Total

9,012,842

9,321,727

308,885

3.43

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Vodafone Essar

3,508,355

3,686,558

178,203

5.08

Uttar Pradesh (East)

BSNL

4,253,263

4,280,702

27,439

0.65

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Bharti Airtel

3,219,219

3,674,302

455,083

14.14

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Idea Telecommunications

967,862

1,049,081

81,219

8.39

Total

11,948,699

12,690,643

741,944

6.21

Rajasthan

Vodafone Essar

2,934,598

3,059,700

125,102

4.26

Rajasthan

Bharti Airtel

3,815,628

4,040,893

225,265

5.90

Rajasthan

BSNL

2,257,723

2,278,150

20,427

0.90

Rajasthan

Idea Telecommunications

824,805

857,779

32,974

4.00

Total

9,832,754

10,236,522

403,768

4.11

Madhya Pradesh

Idea

3,226,230

3,356,881

130,651

4.05

Madhya Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

1,579,558

1,579,558

NA

NA

Madhya Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

2,771,600

2,922,475

150,875

5.44

Madhya Pradesh

BSNL

1,842,052

1,936,530

94,478

5.13

Total

9,419,440

9,795,444

376,004

3.99

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Reliance Telecom

716,904

716,904

NA

NA

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

BSNL

1,416,696

1,451,522

34,826

2.46

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Bharti Airtel

1,919,049

1,952,717

33,668

1.75

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Vodafone Essar

2,825,310

2,971,124

145,814

5.16

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Dishnet Wireless

607,618

645,174

37,556

6.18

Total

7,485,577

7,737,441

251,864

3.36

B Circle

70,077,229

72,813,283

2,736,054

3.90

C Circle

Himachal Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

805,399

807,557

2,158

0.27

Himachal Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

446,748

446,748

NA

NA

Himachal Pradesh

BSNL

554,692

520,328

-34,364

-6.20

Himachal Pradesh

Idea Telecommunications

74,505

80,173

5,668

7.61

Himachal Pradesh

Dishnet Wireless

41,672

43,357

1,685

4.04

Total

1,923,016

1,898,163

-24,853

-1.29

Bihar

Reliance Telecom

1,802,387

1,802,387

NA

NA

Bihar

BSNL

1,629,977

1,672,795

42,818

2.63

Bihar

Bharti Airtel

4,335,371

4,609,957

274,586

6.33

Bihar

Dishnet Wireless

664,991

703,217

38,226

5.75

Total

8,432,726

8,788,356

355,630

4.22

Orissa

Reliance Telecom

863,208

863,208

NA

NA

Orissa

BSNL

1,006,084

1,027,572

21,488

2.14

Orissa

Bharti Airtel

1,711,632

1,814,342

102,710

6.00

Orissa

Dishnet Wireless

453,997

472,235

18,238

4.02

Total

4,034,921

4,177,357

142,436

3.53

Assam

Reliance Telecom

928,862

928,862

NA

NA

Assam

BSNL

817,954

913,569

95,615

11.69

Assam

Bharti Airtel

901,873

921,487

19,614

2.17

Assam

Dishnet Wireless

1,163,684

1,201,578

37,894

3.26

Total

3,812,373

3,965,496

153,123

4.02

Northeast

Reliance Telecom

332,668

332,668

NA

NA

Northeast

Bharti Airtel

481,499

539,511

58,012

12.05

Northeast

BSNL

630,720

607,282

-23,438

-3.72

Northeast

Dishnet Wireless

594,384

619,089

24,705

4.16

Total

2,039,271

2,098,550

59,279

2.91

Jammu & Kashmir

BSNL

817,916

825,705

7,789

0.95

Jammu & Kashmir

Bharti Airtel

1,000,154

1,013,662

13,508

1.35

Jammu & Kashmir

Dishnet Wireless

279,016

298,791

19,775

7.09

Total

2,097,086

2,138,158

41,072

1.96

C Circle

22,339,393

23,066,080

726,687

3.25

All India

192,696,402

198,839,944

6,143,542

3.19

Bharti Airtel

Andhra Pradesh

61,173

­–

61,173

Delhi – NCR

716,755

­–

716,755

Gujarat

23,055

­–

23,055

Haryana

20,961

­–

20,961

Karnataka

365,957

­–

365,957

Kerala

38,917

­–

38,917

Kolkata

39,071

­–

39,071

Madhya Pradesh

238,093

­–

238,093

Chhattisgarh

60,303

­–

60,303

Maharashtra

31,099

­–

31,099

Mumbai

150,692

­–

150,692

Punjab

28,258

­–

28,258

Chandigarh

35,178

­–

35,178

Rajasthan

20,766

­–

20,766

Tamil Nadu

127,731

­–

127,731

Pondicherry

6,329

­–

6,329

Chennai

270,631

­–

270,631

Uttar Pradesh (East)

26,171

­–

26,171

Uttar Pradesh (West)

22,186

­–

22,186

Total

2,283,326

­–

2,283,326

Reliance Communications

Andhra Pradesh

68,015

3,791,630

3,859,645

Bihar

1,348

1,859,360

1,860,708

Chennai

70,965

968,298

1,039,263

Delhi – NCR

106,156

2,354,278

2,460,434

Haryana

7,875

859,268

867,143

Himachal Pradesh

3,217

182,134

185,351

Jammu & Kashmir

1

660

661

Karnataka

81,617

2,451,992

2,533,609

Kerala

44,006

2,042,402

2,086,408

Kolkata

62,212

1,450,915

1,513,127

Madhya Pradesh

25,441

2,449,805

2,475,246

Maharashtra

55,485

2,914,379

2,969,864

Mumbai

124,095

2,762,852

2,886,947

Orissa

3,722

541,455

545,177

Punjab

43,480

1,040,086

1,083,566

Rajasthan

14,609

1,688,601

1,703,210

Tamil Nadu

28,932

2,758,985

2,787,917

Uttar Pradesh (East)

30,641

2,842,783

2,873,424

Uttar Pradesh (West)

7,344

2,222,489

2,229,833

West Bengal

4,605

1,168,092

1,172,697

Gujarat

90,203

2,427,007

2,517,210

Total

873,969

38,777,471

39,651,440

HFCL Infotel

Punjab

147,595*

298,809

446,404

Total

147,595

298,809

446,404

Shyam Telelink

Rajasthan

157,456

107,104

264,560

Total

157,456

107,104

264,560

Tata Teleservices

Andhra Pradesh

122,453

2,398,889

2,521,342

Bihar

4,369

943,983

948,352

Chennai

23,894

381,833

405,727

Delhi – NCR

23,313

3,316,465

3,339,778

Gujarat

35,279

952,458

987,737

Haryana

1,992

889,635

891,627

Himachal Pradesh

390

112,257

112,647

Karnataka

81,628

1,148,557

1,230,185

Kerala

3,656

632,442

636,098

Kolkata

12,470

1,211,289

1,223,759

Madhya Pradesh

1,119

809,546

810,665

Orissa

1,192

434,867

436,059

Punjab

4,512

955,418

959,930

Rajasthan

615

1,676,645

1,677,260

Tamil Nadu

2,318

623,535

625,853

Uttar Pradesh (East)

1,295

1,053,321

1,054,616

Uttar Pradesh (West)

1,444

1,469,709

1,471,153

West Bengal

229

640,953

641,182

Maharashtra

91,913

2,910,333

3,002,246

Mumbai

308,870

1,768,096

2,076,966

Total

722,951

24,330,231

25,053,182

Grand total

4,185,297

63,513,615

67,698,912

* includes corDECT