Circle

Operator

August 2008

September 2008

Absolute change

% change

Metros

Delhi

Bharti Airtel

4,180,387

4,254,967

74,580

1.78

Delhi

Vodafone Essar

3,524,675

3,602,249

77,574

2.20

Delhi

MTNL

1,688,202

1,708,644

20,442

1.21

Delhi

Idea Cellular

2,136,725

2,188,695

51,970

2.43

Total

11,529,989

11,754,555

224,566

1.95

Mumbai

BPL Mobile

1,517,394

1,663,904

146,510

9.66

Mumbai

Vodafone Essar

3,880,003

3,960,444

80,441

2.07

Mumbai

MTNL

1,951,102

1,969,138

18,036

0.92

Mumbai

Bharti Airtel

2,553,647

2,615,124

61,477

2.41

Mumbai

Idea Cellular

17,138

100,211

83,073

484.73

Total

9,919,284

10,308,821

389,537

3.93

Chennai

Aircel Cellular

2,102,435

2,164,166

61,731

2.94

Chennai

Bharti Airtel

1,942,678

1,979,657

36,979

1.9

Chennai

Vodafone Essar

1,387,472

1,427,500

40,028

2.88

Chennai

BSNL

980,901

989,392

8,491

0.87

Total

6,413,486

6,560,715

147,229

2.3

Kolkata

Bharti Airtel

1,976,050

2,053,436

77,386

3.92

Kolkata

Vodafone Essar

2,236,525

2,301,538

65,013

2.91

Kolkata

BSNL

1,077,377

1,107,140

29,763

2.76

Kolkata

Reliance Telecom

534,471

534,471

NA

NA

Kolkata

Aircel Cellular

192,734

250,917

58,183

30.19

Total

6,017,157

6,247,502

230,345

3.83

All metros

33,879,916

34,871,593

991,677

2.93

A Circle

Maharashtra

Vodafone Essar

3,376,329

3,521,585

145,256

4.3

Maharashtra

Idea

5,822,964

6,001,494

178,530

3.07

Maharashtra

Bharti Airtel

4,663,850

4,785,790

121,940

2.61

Maharashtra

BSNL

3,263,570

3,344,511

80,941

2.48

Total

17,126,713

17,653,380

526,667

3.08

Gujarat

Vodafone Essar

6,796,260

6,920,502

124,242

1.83

Gujarat

Idea

3,129,151

3,220,278

91,127

2.91

Gujarat

Bharti Airtel

3,398,069

3,548,362

150,293

4.42

Gujarat

BSNL

2,231,750

2,237,617

5,867

0.26

Total

15,555,230

15,926,759

371,529

2.39

Andhra Pradesh

Idea

4,100,232

4,204,317

104,085

2.54

Andhra Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

7,262,952

7,479,863

216,911

2.99

Andhra Pradesh

Vodafone Essar

3,145,792

3,227,062

81,270

2.58

Andhra Pradesh

BSNL

2,376,332

2,500,166

123,834

5.21

Total

16,885,308

17,411,408

526,100

3.12

Karnataka

Bharti Airtel

8,246,921

8,480,596

233,675

2.83

Karnataka

Spice Communications

1,410,634

1,425,597

14,963

1.06

Karnataka

Vodafone Essar

3,179,638

3,249,809

70,171

2.21

Karnataka

BSNL

1,854,809

1,834,567

-20,242

-1.09

Total

14,692,002

14,990,569

298,567

2.03

Tamil Nadu

Vodafone Essar

4,000,319

4,180,859

180,540

4.51

Tamil Nadu

Aircel Limited

5,911,977

6,192,006

280,029

4.74

Tamil Nadu

BSNL

2,419,571

2,506,345

86,774

3.59

Tamil Nadu

Bharti Airtel

4,777,949

4,960,958

183,009

3.83

Total

17,109,816

17,840,168

730,352

4.27

A Circle

81,369,069

83,822,284

2,453,215

3.01

B Circle

Kerala

Idea Mobile

Communications

3,439,557

3,624,909

185,352

5.39

Kerala

Vodafone Essar

2,429,373

2,512,603

83,230

3.43

Kerala

Bharti Airtel

1,841,948

1,928,030

86,082

4.67

Kerala

BSNL

2,237,606

2,282,998

45,392

2.03

Total

9,948,484

10,348,540

400,056

4.02

Punjab

Spice Communications

2,152,496

2,174,147

21,651

1.01

Punjab

Bharti Airtel

3,341,888

3,404,396

62,508

1.87

Punjab

BSNL

2,190,120

2,213,027

22,907

1.05

Punjab

Vodafone Essar

1,805,789

1,843,891

38,102

2.11

Total

9,490,293

9,635,461

145,168

1.53

Haryana

Idea Mobile

Communications

1,225,141

1,284,598

59,457

4.85

Haryana

Vodafone Essar

1,594,903

1,666,946

72,043

4.52

Haryana

Bharti Airtel

1,097,323

1,125,625

28,302

2.58

Haryana

BSNL

1,273,398

1,256,864

-16,534

-1.30

Total

5,190,765

5,334,033

143,268

2.76

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Idea Mobile

Communications

3,103,241

3,227,253

124,012

4.00

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Bharti Airtel

1,855,657

1,897,038

41,381

2.23

Uttar Pradesh (West)

BSNL

2,204,901

2,188,934

-15,967

-0.72

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Vodafone Essar

3,437,666

3,548,261

110,595

3.22

Total

10,601,465

10,861,486

260,021

2.45

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Vodafone Essar

4,709,075

5,012,687

303,612

6.45

Uttar Pradesh (East)

BSNL

4,528,683

4,600,894

72,211

1.59

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Bharti Airtel

4,634,856

4,842,069

207,213

4.47

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Idea

Telecommunications

1,348,240

1,388,464

40,224

2.98

Total

15,220,854

15,844,114

623,260

4.09

Rajasthan

Vodafone Essar

3,724,852

3,928,177

203,325

5.46

Rajasthan

Bharti Airtel

5,087,326

5,402,529

315,203

6.20

Rajasthan

BSNL

2,464,825

2,459,513

-5,312

-0.22

Rajasthan

Idea

Telecommunications

989,067

1,033,703

44,636

4.51

Total

12,266,070

12,823,922

557,852

4.55

Madhya Pradesh

Idea

3,866,849

4,000,755

133,906

3.46

Madhya Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

1,889,912

1,889,912

NA

NA

Madhya Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

3,674,078

3,770,144

96,066

2.61

Madhya Pradesh

BSNL

2,056,645

2,124,464

67,819

3.30

Total

11,487,484

11,785,275

297,791

2.59

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar islands

Reliance Telecom

977,131

977,131

NA

NA

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar islands

BSNL

1,520,696

1,548,222

27,526

1.81

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar islands

Bharti Airtel

2,573,843

2,720,980

147,137

5.72

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar islands

Vodafone Essar

3,494,700

3,649,778

155,078

4.44

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar islands

Dishnet Wireless

801,195

862,820

61,625

7.69

Total

9,367,565

9,758,931

391,366

4.18

B Circle

83,572,980

86,391,762

2,818,782

3.37

C Circle

Himachal Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

836,402

860,699

24,297

2.90

Himachal Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

571,046

571,046

NA

NA

Himachal Pradesh

BSNL

537,708

569,594

31,886

5.93

Himachal Pradesh

Idea

Telecommunications

100,150

105,486

5,336

5.33

Himachal Pradesh

Dishnet Wireless

74,949

86,405

11,456

15.29

Total

2,120,255

2,193,230

72,975

3.44

Bihar

Reliance Telecom

2,289,149

2,289,149

NA

NA

Bihar

BSNL

1,887,798

1,986,008

98,210

5.2

Bihar

Bharti Airtel

5,659,464

5,948,198

288,734

5.1

Bihar

Dishnet Wireless

987,790

1,054,927

67,137

6.80

Total

10,824,201

11,278,282

454,081

4.20

Orissa

Reliance Telecom

1,036,803

1,036,803

NA

NA

Orissa

BSNL

1,116,065

1,135,613

19,548

1.75

Orissa

Bharti Airtel

2,211,360

2,296,809

85,449

3.86

Orissa

Dishnet Wireless

557,431

624,510

67,079

12.03

Orissa

Vodafone Essar

35,421

60,826

Total

4,957,080

5,154,561

197,481

3.98

Assam

Reliance Telecom

1,140,288

1,140,288

NA

NA

Assam

BSNL

907,939

897,302

-10,637

-1.17

Assam

Bharti Airtel

1,080,547

1,140,772

60,225

5.57

Assam

Dishnet Wireless

1,372,344

1,428,180

55,836

4.07

Assam

Vodafone Essar

7,140

Total

4,501,118

4,613,682

112,564

2.5

Northeast

Reliance Telecom

391,747

391,747

NA

NA

Northeast

Bharti Airtel

672,259

713,334

41,075

6.11

Northeast

BSNL

527,892

537,330

9,438

1.79

Northeast

Dishnet Wireless

735,928

783,009

47,081

6.4

Northeast

Vodafone Essar

­–

2,952

–­

–­

Total

2,327,826

2,428,372

100,546

4.32

Jammu & Kashmir

BSNL

831,392

846,442

15,050

1.81

Jammu & Kashmir

Bharti Airtel

1,209,023

1,269,839

60,816

5.03

Jammu & Kashmir

Dishnet Wireless

389,950

431,303

41,353

10.6

Total

2,430,365

2,547,584

117,219

4.82

C Circle

27,160,845

28,215,711

1,054,866

3.88

All India

225,982,810

233,301,350

7,318,540

3.24

Bharti Airtel

Andhra Pradesh

78,006

­–

78,006

Delhi – NCR

755,029

­–

755,029

Gujarat

28,829

­–

28,829

Haryana

21,135

­–

21,135

Karnataka

392,705

­–

392,705

Kerala

45,392

­–

45,392

Kolkata

49,769

­–

49,769

Madhya Pradesh

238,935

­–

238,935

Chhattisgarh

60,619

­–

60,619

Maharashtra

38,504

­–

38,504

Mumbai

201,073

­–

201,073

Punjab

31,769

­–

31,769

Chandigarh

39,325

­–

39,325

Rajasthan

26,930

­–

26,930

Tamil Nadu

129,377

­–

129,377

Pondicherry

6,415

­–

6,415

Chennai

274,507

­–

274,507

Uttar Pradesh (East)

29,759

­–

29,759

Uttar Pradesh (West)

22,302

­–

22,302

Total

2,470,380

­–

2,470,380

Reliance Communications

Andhra Pradesh

78,619

4,455,273

4,533,892

Bihar

1,952

2,307,717

2,309,669

Chennai

73,426

1,236,087

1,309,513

Delhi – NCR

125,472

2,790,423

2,915,895

Haryana

9,471

1,087,261

1,096,732

Himachal Pradesh

3,859

232,101

235,960

Jammu & Kashmir

1

912

913

Karnataka

94,535

2,982,028

3,076,563

Kerala

50,222

2,309,096

2,359,318

Kolkata

74,809

1,642,330

1,717,139

Madhya Pradesh

29,889

2,937,777

2,967,666

Maharashtra

62,418

3,329,508

3,391,926

Mumbai

142,475

3,177,978

3,320,453

Orissa

4,503

641,826

646,329

Punjab

47,123

1,197,205

1,244,328

Rajasthan

18,180

2,026,125

2,044,305

Tamil Nadu

31,841

2,985,501

3,017,342

Uttar Pradesh (East)

35,356

3,386,025

3,421,381

Uttar Pradesh (West)

9,142

2,590,636

2,599,778

West Bengal

5,919

1,397,949

1,403,868

Gujarat

102,279

2,744,891

2,847,170

Total

1,001,491

45,458,649

46,460,140

HFCL Infotel

Punjab*

150,973

360,849

508,008

Total

150,973

360,849

508,008

Shyam Telelink

Rajasthan

149,916

119,428

269,344

Total

149,916

119,428

269,344

Tata Teleservices

Andhra Pradesh

126,334

2,717,252

2,843,586

Bihar

4,984

1,205,343

1,210,327

Chennai

25,685

413,830

439,515

Delhi – NCR

25,528

3,862,589

3,888,117

Gujarat

38,445

1,120,078

1,158,523

Haryana

3,195

1,046,270

1,049,465

Himachal Pradesh

390

122,717

123,107

Karnataka

89,179

1,212,404

1,301,583

Kerala

4,483

697,572

702,055

Kolkata

14,936

1,375,144

1,390,080

Madhya Pradesh

1,338

959,624

960,962

Orissa

1,753

532,922

534,675

Punjab

6,268

1,105,987

1,112,255

Rajasthan

850

2,070,506

2,071,356

Tamil Nadu

2,707

673,979

676,686

Uttar Pradesh (East)

3,683

1,229,967

1,233,650

Uttar Pradesh (West)

2,182

1,698,264

1,700,446

West Bengal

388

783,088

783,476

Maharashtra

104,573

3,499,920

3,604,493

Mumbai

347,736

2,047,968

2,395,704

Total

804,637

28,375,424

29,180,061

Grand total

4,577,397

74,314,350

78,887,933

* includes corDECT