Circle

Operator

September 2008

October 2008

Absolute change

% change

Metros

Delhi

Bharti Airtel

4,254,967

4,316,881

61,914

1.46

Delhi

Vodafone Essar

3,602,249

3,658,207

55,958

1.55

Delhi

MTNL

1,708,644

1,747,380

38,736

2.27

Delhi

Idea Cellular

2,188,695

2,216,027

27,332

1.25

Total

11,754,555

11,938,495

183,940

1.56

Mumbai

BPL Mobile

1,663,904

1,807,902

143,998

8.65

Mumbai

Vodafone Essar

3,960,444

4,043,117

82,673

2.09

Mumbai

MTNL

1,969,138

1,996,499

27,361

1.39

Mumbai

Bharti Airtel

2,615,124

2,700,265

85,141

3.26

Mumbai

Idea Cellular

100,211

178,378

78,167

78.00

Total

10,308,821

10,726,161

417,340

4.05

Chennai

Aircel Cellular

2,164,166

2,215,450

51,284

2.37

Chennai

Bharti Airtel

1,979,657

2,008,120

28,463

1.44

Chennai

Vodafone Essar

1,427,500

1,460,318

32,818

2.30

Chennai

BSNL

989,392

1,020,596

31,204

3.15

Total

6,560,715

6,704,484

143,769

2.19

Kolkata

Bharti Airtel

2,053,436

2,124,900

71,464

3.48

Kolkata

Vodafone Essar

2,301,538

2,401,817

100,279

4.36

Kolkata

BSNL

1,107,140

1,121,051

13,911

1.26

Kolkata

Reliance Telecom

563,573

563,573

NA

NA

Kolkata

Aircel Cellular

250,917

310,829

59,912

23.88

Total

6,276,604

6,522,170

245,566

3.91

All metros

34,900,695

35,891,310

990,615

2.84

A Circle

Maharashtra

Vodafone Essar

3,521,585

3,669,732

148,147

4.21

Maharashtra

Idea

6,001,494

6,260,690

259,196

4.32

Maharashtra

Bharti Airtel

4,785,790

5,005,928

220,138

4.60

Maharashtra

BSNL

3,344,511

3,401,865

57,354

1.71

Total

17,653,380

18,338,215

684,835

3.88

Gujarat

Vodafone Essar

6,920,502

7,075,699

155,197

2.24

Gujarat

Idea

3,220,278

3,327,261

106,983

3.32

Gujarat

Bharti Airtel

3,548,362

3,658,586

110,224

3.11

Gujarat

BSNL

2,237,617

2,308,507

70,890

3.17

Total

15,926,759

16,370,053

443,294

2.78

Andhra Pradesh

Idea

4,204,317

4,325,204

120,887

2.88

Andhra Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

7,479,863

7,792,532

312,669

4.18

Andhra Pradesh

Vodafone Essar

3,227,062

3,327,127

100,065

3.10

Andhra Pradesh

BSNL

2,500,166

2,648,627

148,461

5.94

Total

17,411,408

18,093,490

682,082

3.92

Karnataka

Bharti Airtel

8,480,596

8,723,451

242,855

2.86

Karnataka

Spice Communications

1,425,597

1,432,174

6,577

0.46

Karnataka

Vodafone Essar

3,249,809

3,282,229

32,420

1.00

Karnataka

BSNL

1,834,567

1,885,971

51,404

2.80

Total

14,990,569

15,323,825

333,256

2.22

Tamil Nadu

Vodafone Essar

4,180,859

4,374,080

193,221

4.62

Tamil Nadu

Aircel Limited

6,192,006

6,491,244

299,238

4.83

Tamil Nadu

BSNL

2,506,345

2,508,541

2,196

0.09

Tamil Nadu

Bharti Airtel

4,960,958

5,192,714

231,756

4.67

Total

17,840,168

18,566,579

726,411

4.07

A Circle

83,822,284

86,692,162

2,869,878

3.42

B Circle

Kerala

Idea Mobile

Communications

3,624,909

3,712,887

87,978

2.43

Kerala

Vodafone Essar

2,512,603

2,608,827

96,224

3.83

Kerala

Bharti Airtel

1,928,030

1,973,623

45,593

2.36

Kerala

BSNL

2,282,998

2,308,044

25,046

1.10

Total

10,348,540

10,603,381

254,841

2.46

Punjab

Spice Communications

2,174,147

2,204,955

30,808

1.42

Punjab

Bharti Airtel

3,404,396

3,449,670

45,274

1.33

Punjab

BSNL

2,213,027

2,240,970

27,943

1.26

Punjab

Vodafone Essar

1,843,891

1,885,675

41,784

2.27

Total

9,635,461

9,781,270

145,809

1.51

Haryana

Idea Mobile

Communications

1,284,598

1,341,146

56,548

4.40

Haryana

Vodafone Essar

1,666,946

1,777,336

110,390

6.62

Haryana

Bharti Airtel

1,125,625

1,149,123

23,498

2.09

Haryana

BSNL

1,256,864

1,267,852

10,988

0.87

Total

5,334,033

5,535,457

201,424

3.78

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Idea Mobile

Communications

3,227,253

3,372,808

145,555

4.51

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Bharti Airtel

1,897,038

2,039,251

142,213

7.50

Uttar Pradesh (West)

BSNL

2,188,934

2,263,829

74,895

3.42

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Vodafone Essar

3,548,261

3,684,224

135,963

3.83

Total

10,861,486

11,360,112

498,626

4.59

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Vodafone Essar

5,012,687

5,278,656

265,969

5.31

Uttar Pradesh (East)

BSNL

4,600,894

4,577,335

-23,559

-0.51

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Bharti Airtel

4,842,069

4,988,629

146,560

3.03

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Idea

Telecommunications

1,388,464

1,457,570

69,106

4.98

Total

15,844,114

16,302,190

458,076

2.89

Rajasthan

Vodafone Essar

3,928,177

4,153,320

225,143

5.73

Rajasthan

Bharti Airtel

5,402,529

5,752,815

350,286

6.48

Rajasthan

BSNL

2,459,513

2,458,510

-1,003

0.04

Rajasthan

Idea

Telecommunications

1,033,703

1,062,526

28,823

2.79

Total

12,823,922

13,427,171

603,249

4.70

Madhya Pradesh

Idea

4,000,755

4,137,200

136,445

3.41

Madhya Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

1,965,674

1,965,674

NA

NA

Madhya Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

3,770,144

3,865,751

95,607

2.54

Madhya Pradesh

BSNL

2,124,464

2,103,630

-20,834

-0.98

Madhya Pradesh

Vodafone Essar

5,013

Total

11,861,037

12,077,268

216,231

1.82

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar islands

Reliance Telecom

1,024,447

1,024,447

NA

NA

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar islands

BSNL

1,548,222

1,586,325

38,103

2.46

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar islands

Bharti Airtel

2,720,980

2,885,814

164,834

6.06

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar islands

Vodafone Essar

3,649,778

3,850,786

201,008

5.51

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar islands

Dishnet Wireless

862,820

917,396

54,576

6.33

Total

9,806,247

10,264,768

458,521

4.68

B Circle

86,514,840

89,351,617

2,836,777

3.28

C Circle

Himachal Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

860,699

873,008

12,309

1.43

Himachal Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

593,781

593,781

NA

NA

Himachal Pradesh

BSNL

569,594

613,632

44,038

7.73

Himachal Pradesh

Idea

Telecommunications

105,486

117,253

11,767

11.16

Himachal Pradesh

Dishnet Wireless

86,405

98,875

12,470

14.43

Total

2,215,965

2,296,549

80,584

3.64

Bihar

Reliance Telecom

2,373,742

2,373,742

NA

NA

Bihar

BSNL

1,986,008

2,041,447

55,439

2.79

Bihar

Bharti Airtel

5,948,198

6,067,918

119,720

2.01

Bihar

Dishnet Wireless

1,054,927

1,121,994

67,067

6.36

Bihar

ABTL (Idea Cellular)

73,987

Bihar

Vodafone Essar

26,167

Total

11,362,875

11,705,255

342,380

3.01

Orissa

Reliance Telecom

1,076,269

1,076,269

NA

NA

Orissa

BSNL

1,135,613

1,167,905

32,292

2.84

Orissa

Bharti Airtel

2,296,809

2,401,605

104,796

4.56

Orissa

Dishnet Wireless

624,510

697,094

72,584

11.62

Orissa

Vodafone Essar

60,826

96,060

35,234

57.93

Total

5,194,027

5,438,933

244,906

4.72

Assam

Reliance Telecom

1,199,449

1,199,449

NA

NA

Assam

BSNL

897,302

873,992

-23,310

-2.6

Assam

Bharti Airtel

1,140,772

1,200,973

60,201

5.28

Assam

Dishnet Wireless

1,428,180

1,490,276

62,096

4.35

Assam 

Vodafone Essar

7,140

29,582

22,442

314.31

Total

4,672,843

4,794,272

121,429

2.6

Northeast

Reliance Telecom

409,192

409,192

NA

NA

Northeast

Bharti Airtel

713,334

737,682

24,348

3.41

Northeast

BSNL

537,330

574,208

36,878

6.86

Northeast

Dishnet Wireless

783,009

834,468

51,459

6.57

Northeast

Vodafone Essar

2,952

15,534

12,582

426.22

Total

2,445,817

2,571,084

125,267

5.12

Jammu & Kashmir

BSNL

846,442

863,657

17,215

2.03

Jammu & Kashmir

Bharti Airtel

1,269,839

1,290,508

20,669

1.63

Jammu & Kashmir

Dishnet Wireless

431,303

481,672

50,369

11.68

Total

2,547,584

2,635,837

88,253

3.46

C Circle

28,439,111

29,441,930

1,002,819

3.53

All India

233,676,930

241,377,019

7,700,089

3.3

Bharti Airtel

­–

Andhra Pradesh

81,937

­–

81,937

Delhi – NCR

764,040

­–

764,040

Gujarat

29,863

­–

29,863

Haryana

21,165

­–

21,165

Karnataka

396,617

­–

396,617

Kerala

46,563

­–

46,563

Kolkata

51,086

­–

51,086

Madhya Pradesh

239,135

­–

239,135

Chhattisgarh

60,629

­–

60,629

Maharashtra

40,257

­–

40,257

Mumbai

212,173

­–

212,173

Punjab

32,809

­–

32,809

Chandigarh

40,798

­–

40,798

Rajasthan

28,096

­–

28,096

Tamil Nadu

129,677

­–

129,677

Pondicherry

6,430

­–

6,430

Chennai

274,827

­–

274,827

Uttar Pradesh (East)

22,314

­–

22,314

Uttar Pradesh (West)

31,045

­–

31,045

Total

2,509,461

2,509,461

Reliance Communications

Andhra Pradesh

80,000

4,584,335

4,664,335

Bihar

2,031

2,365,458

2,367,489

Chennai

74,545

1,265,148

1,339,693

Delhi – NCR

129,274

2,879,284

3,008,558

Haryana

102,932

2,799,004

2,901,936

Himachal Pradesh

9,505

1,141,050

1,150,555

Jammu & Kashmir

3,894

242,643

246,537

Karnataka

1

953

954

Kerala

95,654

3,074,085

3,169,739

Kolkata

51,508

2,388,368

2,439,876

Madhya Pradesh

76,920

1,692,500

1,769,420

Maharashtra

30,585

3,040,213

3,070,798

Mumbai

64,085

3,410,565

3,474,650

Orissa

146,608

3,263,650

3,410,258

Punjab

4,527

667,858

672,385

Rajasthan

47,228

1,217,658

1,264,886

Tamil Nadu

18,809

2,094,734

2,113,543

Uttar Pradesh (East)

32,509

3,067,950

3,100,459

Uttar Pradesh (West)

35,750

3,534,037

3,569,787

West Bengal

9,173

2,676,857

2,686,030

Gujarat

5,946

1,433,408

1,439,354

Total

1,021,484

46,839,758

47,861,242

HFCL Infotel

Punjab*

152,249

361,002

513,251

Total

152,249

361,002

513,251

Shyam Telelink

Rajasthan

149,529

121,905

271,434

Total

149,916

119,428

269,344

Tata Teleservices

Andhra Pradesh

128,189

2,810,414

2,938,603

Bihar

4,971

1,271,735

1,276,706

Chennai

NA

NA

NA

Delhi – NCR

25,680

3,976,983

4,002,663

Gujarat

39,360

1,187,792

1,227,152

Haryana

3,616

1,085,147

1,088,763

Himachal Pradesh

390

124,681

125,071

Karnataka

91,482

1,243,752

1,335,234

Kerala

4,822

722,226

727,048

Kolkata

15,795

1,416,550

1,432,345

Madhya Pradesh

1,538

996,438

997,976

Orissa

1,768

556,309

558,077

Punjab

6,674

1,142,776

1,149,450

Rajasthan

950

2,139,008

2,139,958

Tamil Nadu

29,222

1,115,727

1,144,949

Uttar Pradesh (East)

4,219

1,272,665

1,276,884

Uttar Pradesh (West)

2,238

1,758,878

1,761,116

West Bengal

364

820,523

820,887

Maharashtra

106,400

3,611,966

3,718,366

Mumbai

353,925

2,082,021

2,435,946

Total

821,603

29,335,591

30,157,194

Grand total

4,654,713

76,655,779

81,310,492

* includes corDECT