Circle

Operator

December 2008

January 2009

Absolute change

% change

Metros

Delhi

Bharti Airtel

4,472,773

4,573,196

100,423

2.25

Delhi

Vodafone Essar

3,829,049

3,919,598

90,549

2.36

Delhi

MTNL

1,830,620

1,868,402

37,782

2.06

Delhi

Idea Cellular

2,283,197

2,307,332

24,135

1.06

Total

12,415,639

12,668,528

252,889

2.04

Mumbai

BPL Mobile

1,947,667

2,007,303

59,636

3.06

Mumbai

Vodafone Essar

4,193,726

4,234,006

40,280

0.96

Mumbai

MTNL

2,069,241

2,135,405

66,164

3.20

Mumbai

Bharti Airtel

2,736,098

2,762,132

26,034

0.95

Mumbai

Idea Cellular

325,190

603,570

278,380

85.61

Total

11,271,922

11,742,416

470,494

4.17

Chennai

Aircel Cellular

2,341,626

2,385,017

43,391

1.85

Chennai

Bharti Airtel

2,051,435

2,088,404

36,969

1.8

Chennai

Vodafone Essar

1,488,267

1,508,317

20,050

1.35

Chennai

BSNL

999,607

1,014,261

14,654

1.47

Total

6,880,935

6,995,999

115,064

1.67

Kolkata

Bharti Airtel

2,298,467

2,401,078

102,611

4.46

Kolkata

Vodafone Essar

2,517,258

2,608,970

91,712

3.64

Kolkata

BSNL

1,209,717

1,236,078

26,361

2.18

Kolkata

Reliance Telecom

635,181

635,181

NA

NA

Kolkata

Aircel Cellular

397,169

445,169

48,000

12.09

Total

7,057,792

7,326,476

268,684

3.81

All Metros

37,626,288

38,733,419

1,107,131

2.94

A Circle

Maharashtra

Vodafone Essar

4,016,156

4,226,327

210,171

5.23

Maharashtra

Idea

6,789,146

7,039,672

250,526

3.69

Maharashtra

Bharti Airtel

5,400,924

5,544,737

143,813

2.66

Maharashtra

BSNL

3,298,211

3,332,456

34,245

1.04

Total

19,504,437

20,143,192

638,755

3.27

Gujarat

Vodafone Essar

7,417,556

7,603,362

185,806

2.50

Gujarat

Idea

3,600,620

3,701,102

100,482

2.79

Gujarat

Bharti Airtel

3,811,098

3,931,331

120,233

3.15

Gujarat

BSNL

2,369,593

2,375,120

5,527

0.23

Total

17,198,867

17,610,915

412,048

2.40

Andhra Pradesh

Idea

4,601,996

4,802,225

200,229

4.35

Andhra Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

8,320,748

8,593,204

272,456

3.27

Andhra Pradesh

Vodafone Essar

3,540,403

3,665,593

125,190

3.54

Andhra Pradesh

BSNL

2,789,689

2,872,619

82,930

2.97

Total

19,252,836

19,933,641

680,805

3.54

Karnataka

Bharti Airtel

9,223,183

9,601,066

377,883

4.10

Karnataka

Spice Communications

1,464,611

1,572,915

108,304

7.39

Karnataka

Vodafone Essar

3,405,703

3,482,124

76,421

2.24

Karnataka

BSNL

2,022,696

2,089,042

66,346

3.28

Total

16,116,193

16,745,147

628,954

3.90

Tamil Nadu

Vodafone Essar

4,672,954

4,833,724

160,770

3.44

Tamil Nadu

Aircel Limited

7,169,167

7,444,964

275,797

3.85

Tamil Nadu

BSNL

2,638,187

2,683,918

45,731

1.73

Tamil Nadu

Bharti Airtel

5,617,492

5,795,731

178,239

3.17

Total

20,097,800

20,758,337

660,537

3.29

A Circle

92,170,133

95,191,232

3,021,099

3.28

B Circle

Kerala

Idea Mobile Communications

3,944,703

4,078,537

133,834

3.39

Kerala

Vodafone Essar

2,804,689

2,900,940

96,251

3.43

Kerala

Bharti Airtel

2,053,643

2,114,180

60,537

2.95

Kerala

BSNL

2,362,289

2,382,933

20,644

0.87

Total

11,165,324

11,476,590

311,266

2.79

Punjab

Spice Communications

2,337,316

2,379,192

41,876

1.79

Punjab

Bharti Airtel

3,653,315

3,713,574

60,259

1.65

Punjab

BSNL

2,340,646

2,583,702

243,056

10.38

Punjab

Vodafone Essar

2,010,086

2,081,484

71,398

3.55

Total

10,341,363

10,757,952

416,589

4.03

Haryana

Idea Mobile Communications

1,442,752

1,484,509

41,757

2.89

Haryana

Vodafone Essar

1,970,035

2,082,198

112,163

5.69

Haryana

Bharti Airtel

1,199,001

1,238,027

39,026

3.25

Haryana

BSNL

1,356,504

1,407,663

51,159

3.77

Total

5,968,292

6,212,397

244,105

4.09

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Idea Mobile Communications

3,644,467

3,752,408

107,941

2.96

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Bharti Airtel

2,105,439

2,198,209

92,770

4.41

Uttar Pradesh (West)

BSNL

2,198,472

2,244,304

45,832

2.08

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Vodafone Essar

3,955,136

4,091,105

135,969

3.44

Total

11,903,514

12,286,026

382,512

3.21

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Vodafone Essar

5,849,902

6,090,871

240,969

4.12

Uttar Pradesh (East)

BSNL

4,885,418

5,212,346

326,928

6.69

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Bharti Airtel

5,391,829

5,552,153

160,324

2.97

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Idea Telecommunications

1,644,053

1,804,078

160,025

9.73

Total

17,771,202

18,659,448

888,246

5.00

Rajasthan

Vodafone Essar

4,543,533

4,738,670

195,137

4.29

Rajasthan

Bharti Airtel

6,193,807

6,409,936

216,129

3.49

Rajasthan

BSNL

2,595,269

2,702,496

107,227

4.13

Rajasthan

Idea Telecommunications

1,160,849

1,200,582

39,733

3.42

Total

14,493,458

15,051,684

558,226

3.85

Madhya Pradesh

Idea

4,379,677

4,629,874

250,197

5.71

Madhya Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

2,260,119

2,260,119

NA

NA

Madhya Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

4,214,828

4,330,838

116,010

2.75

Madhya Pradesh

BSNL

2,294,824

2,356,274

61,450

2.68

Madhya Pradesh

Vodafone Essar

85,229

175,337

90,108

105.72

Total

13,234,677

13,752,442

517,765

3.91

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar islands

Reliance Telecom

1,150,465

1,150,465

NA

NA

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar islands

BSNL

1,627,968

1,670,706

42,738

2.63

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar islands

Bharti Airtel

3,136,788

3,321,104

184,316

5.88

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar islands

Vodafone Essar

4,151,069

4,354,409

203,340

4.90

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar islands

Dishnet Wireless

982,254

1,046,254

64,000

6.52

Total

11,048,544

11,542,938

494,394

4.47

B Circle

95,926,374

99,739,477

3,813,103

3.98

C Circle

Himachal Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

921,798

937,867

16,069

1.74

Himachal Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

665,051

665,051

NA

NA

Himachal Pradesh

BSNL

669,239

692,615

23,376

3.49

Himachal Pradesh

Idea Telecommunications

125,039

130,543

5,504

4.40

Himachal Pradesh

Dishnet Wireless

116,588

123,288

6,700

5.75

Himachal Pradesh

Vodafone Essar

10,202

17,371

7,169

70.27

Total

2,507,917

2,566,735

58,818

2.35

Bihar

Reliance Telecom

2,636,171

2,636,171

NA

NA

Bihar

BSNL

2,246,959

2,339,657

92,698

4.13

Bihar

Bharti Airtel

6,656,835

6,851,526

194,691

2.92

Bihar

Dishnet Wireless

1,246,046

1,306,046

60,000

4.82

Bihar

ABTL (Idea Cellular)

269,229

529,614

260,385

96.72

Bihar

Vodafone Essar

176,564

328,444

151,880

86.02

Total

13,231,804

13,991,458

759,654

5.74

Orissa

Reliance Telecom

1,210,519

1,210,519

NA

NA

Orissa

BSNL

1,225,639

1,251,886

26,247

2.14

Orissa

Bharti Airtel

2,624,480

2,711,377

86,897

3.31

Orissa

Dishnet Wireless

769,884

808,884

39,000

5.07

Orissa

Vodafone Essar

181,818

233,249

51,431

28.29

Total

6,012,340

6,215,915

203,575

3.39

Assam

Reliance Telecom

1,344,115

1,344,115

NA

NA

Assam

BSNL

814,179

803,274

-10,905

-1.34

Assam

Bharti Airtel

1,306,812

1,352,549

45,737

3.5

Assam 

Dishnet Wireless

1,573,902

1,596,902

23,000

1.46

Assam

Vodafone Essar

66,700

90,720

24,020

36.01

Total

5,105,708

5,187,560

81,852

1.6

Northeast

Reliance Telecom

452,220

452,220

NA

NA

Northeast

Bharti Airtel

817,419

842,913

25,494

3.12

Northeast

BSNL

577,453

588,711

11,258

1.95

Northeast

Dishnet Wireless

899,823

936,823

37,000

4.11

Northeast

Vodafone Essar

47,117

73,205

26,088

55.37

Total

2,794,032

2,893,872

99,840

3.57

Jammu & Kashmir

BSNL

839,175

833,296

-5,879

-0.7

Jammu & Kashmir

Bharti Airtel

1,442,521

1,517,626

75,105

5.21

Jammu & Kashmir

Dishnet Wireless

579,350

668,050

88,700

15.31

Total

2,861,046

3,018,972

157,926

5.52

C Circle

32,512,847

33,874,512

1,361,665

4.19

All India

258,235,642

267,538,640

9,302,998

3.6

Bharti Airtel

Andhra Pradesh

86,574

­–

86,574

Delhi – NCR

774,540

­–

774,540

Gujarat

30,883

­–

30,883

Haryana

21,197

­–

21,197

Karnataka

401,117

­–

401,117

Kerala

48,051

­–

48,051

Kolkata

52,533

­–

52,533

Madhya Pradesh

239,325

­–

239,325

Chhattisgarh

60,639

­–

60,639

Maharashtra

42,139

­–

42,139

Mumbai

221,354

­–

221,354

Punjab

33,429

­–

33,429

Chandigarh

41,988

­–

41,988

Rajasthan

29,130

­–

29,130

Tamil Nadu

129,978

­–

129,978

Pondicherry

6,444

­–

6,444

Chennai

275,149

­–

275,149

Uttar Pradesh (East)

32,248

­–

32,248

Uttar Pradesh (West)

22,325

­–

22,325

Total

2,549,043

­–

2,549,043

Reliance Communications

­–

Andhra Pradesh

81,743

4,723,804

4,805,547

Bihar

2,092

2,439,683

2,441,775

Chennai

76,355

1,294,165

1,370,520

Delhi – NCR

131,018

2,924,580

3,055,598

Haryana

104,047

2,881,495

2,985,542

Himachal Pradesh

9,529

1,183,046

1,192,575

Jammu & Kashmir

3,911

252,768

256,679

Karnataka

1

985

986

Kerala

96,677

3,175,637

3,272,314

Kolkata

52,850

2,450,072

2,502,922

Madhya Pradesh

78,496

1,741,761

1,820,257

Maharashtra

31,171

3,160,668

3,191,839

Mumbai

66,060

3,488,361

3,554,421

Orissa

148,783

3,348,331

3,497,114

Punjab

4,554

688,448

693,002

Rajasthan

47,290

1,214,579

1,261,869

Tamil Nadu

19,231

2,172,127

2,191,358

Uttar Pradesh (East)

33,720

3,155,495

3,189,215

Uttar Pradesh (West)

36,072

3,655,620

3,691,692

West Bengal

9,290

2,790,356

2,799,646

Gujarat

5,969

1,479,780

1,485,749

Total

1,038,859

48,221,761

49,260,620

HFCL Infotel

Punjab

153,168

374,334

527,502

Total

153,168

374,334

527,502

Shyam Telelink

Rajasthan

148,804

194,434

343,238

Total

148,804

194,434

343,238

Tata Teleservices

Andhra Pradesh

129,353

2,875,709

3,005,062

Bihar

5,032

1,359,939

1,364,971

Chennai

NA

NA

NA

Delhi – NCR

25,994

4,080,784

4,106,778

Gujarat

40,213

1,194,063

1,234,276

Haryana

3,948

1,124,124

1,128,072

Himachal Pradesh

450

126,729

127,179

Karnataka

92,389

1,261,993

1,354,382

Kerala

5,078

733,107

738,185

Kolkata

14,990

1,407,714

1,422,704

Madhya Pradesh

1,598

1,048,910

1,050,508

Orissa

1,874

575,568

577,442

Punjab

6,764

1,172,002

1,178,766

Rajasthan

966

2,267,485

2,268,451

Tamil Nadu

29,790

1,124,393

1,154,183

Uttar Pradesh (East)

4,375

1,308,444

1,312,819

Uttar Pradesh (West)

2,457

1,823,625

1,826,082

West Bengal

374

835,274

835,648

Maharashtra

108,652

3,734,838

3,843,490

Mumbai

362,522

2,108,137

2,470,659

Assam

7

7

Total

836,819

30,162,845

30,999,664

Grand total

4,726,693

78,953,374

83,680,067