Circle

Operator

February 2009

March 2009

Absolute change

% change

Metros

Delhi

Bharti Airtel

4,671,177

4,812,579

141,402

3.03

Delhi

Vodafone Essar

4,002,549

4,092,931

90,382

2.26

Delhi

MTNL

1,893,953

1,918,496

24,543

1.30

Delhi

Idea Cellular

2,401,927

2,405,168

3,241

0.13

Delhi

Aircel

­–

28,798

­–

­–

Total

12,969,606

13,257,972

288,366

2.22

Mumbai

BPL Mobile

2,073,184

2,164,211

91,027

4.39

Mumbai

Vodafone Essar

4,303,513

4,373,872

70,359

1.63

Mumbai

MTNL

2,190,626

2,258,180

67,554

3.08

Mumbai

Bharti Airtel

2,791,963

2,802,180

10,217

0.37

Mumbai

Idea Cellular

690,913

751,757

60,844

8.81

Total

12,050,199

12,350,200

300,001

2.49

Chennai

Aircel

2,454,943

2,534,480

79,537

3.24

Chennai

Bharti Airtel

2,133,677

2,177,600

43,923

2.06

Chennai

Vodafone Essar

1,532,394

1,562,454

30,060

1.96

Chennai

BSNL

1,037,193

1,076,040

38,847

3.75

Total

7,158,207

7,350,574

192,367

2.69

Kolkata

Bharti Airtel

2,456,896

2,485,001

28,105

1.14

Kolkata

Vodafone Essar

2,720,193

2,811,441

91,248

3.35

Kolkata

BSNL

1,354,060

1,519,161

165,101

12.19

Kolkata

Reliance Telecom

755,873

755,873

NA

NA

Kolkata

Aircel

477,327

518,095

40,768

8.54

Total

7,764,349

8,089,571

325,222

4.19

All metros

39,942,361

41,048,317

1,105,956

2.77

A Circle

Maharashtra

Vodafone Essar

4,428,389

4,666,959

238,570

5.39

Maharashtra

Idea

7,226,734

7,477,604

250,870

3.47

Maharashtra

Bharti Airtel

5,690,609

6,001,373

310,764

5.46

Maharashtra

BSNL

3,361,381

3,621,924

260,543

7.75

Total

20,707,113

21,767,860

1,060,747

5.12

Gujarat

Vodafone Essar

7,814,248

8,024,283

210,035

2.69

Gujarat

Idea

3,802,544

3,918,150

115,606

3.04

Gujarat

Bharti Airtel

3,981,660

4,101,956

120,296

3.02

Gujarat

BSNL

2,380,729

2,387,870

7,141

0.30

Total

17,979,181

18,432,259

453,078

2.52

Andhra Pradesh

Idea

4,944,611

5,045,051

100,440

2.03

Andhra Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

8,892,353

9,086,180

193,827

2.18

Andhra Pradesh

Vodafone Essar

3,806,178

3,956,698

150,520

3.95

Andhra Pradesh

BSNL

3,023,119

3,150,068

126,949

4.20

Andhra Pradesh

Aircel

­–

33,258

­–

­–

Total

20,666,261

21,271,255

604,994

2.93

Karnataka

Spice Communications

1,620,929

1,650,609

29,680

1.83

Karnataka

Vodafone Essar

3,585,428

3,695,522

110,094

3.07

Karnataka

BSNL

2,181,421

2,318,535

137,114

6.29

Karnataka

Aircel

1,873

52,831

50,958

­–

Total

17,210,463

17,718,534

508,071

2.95

Tamil Nadu

Vodafone Essar

5,005,095

5,223,302

218,207

4.36

Tamil Nadu

Aircel

7,768,059

8,081,288

313,229

4.03

Tamil Nadu

BSNL

2,815,460

3,079,227

263,767

9.37

Tamil Nadu

Bharti Airtel

6,003,040

6,213,021

209,981

3.50

Total

21,591,654

22,596,838

1,005,184

4.66

A Circle

98,154,672

101,786,746

3,632,074

3.70

B Circle

Kerala

Idea

4,241,565

4,371,750

130,185

3.07

Kerala

Vodafone Essar

3,001,669

3,127,106

125,437

4.18

Kerala

Bharti Airtel

2,169,633

2,294,896

125,263

5.77

Kerala

BSNL

2,435,248

2,515,329

80,081

3.29

Kerala

Aircel

12,677

51,251

­–

­–

Total

11,860,792

12,360,332

499,540

4.21

Punjab

Spice Communications

2,427,574

2,482,733

55,159

2.27

Punjab

Bharti Airtel

3,754,405

3,783,941

29,536

0.79

Punjab

BSNL

2,636,796

2,810,770

173,974

6.60

Punjab

Vodafone Essar

2,147,163

2,227,692

80,529

3.75

Total

10,965,938

11,305,136

339,198

3.09

Haryana

Idea

1,556,767

1,575,309

18,542

1.19

Haryana

Vodafone Essar

2,150,344

2,210,718

60,374

2.81

Haryana

Bharti Airtel

1,248,906

1,259,521

10,615

0.85

Haryana

BSNL

1,500,971

1,617,228

116,257

7.75

Total

6,456,988

6,662,776

205,788

3.19

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Idea

3,904,162

4,093,412

189,250

4.85

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Bharti Airtel

2,256,862

2,371,852

114,990

5.10

Uttar Pradesh (West)

BSNL

2,323,397

2,416,023

92,626

3.99

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Vodafone Essar

4,223,429

4,405,718

182,289

4.32

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Aircel

­–

218

­–

­–

Total

12,707,850

13,287,223

579,373

4.56

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Vodafone Essar

6,323,800

6,604,921

281,121

4.45

Uttar Pradesh (East)

BSNL

5,368,566

5,674,601

306,035

5.70

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Bharti Airtel

5,722,386

5,909,614

187,228

3.27

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Idea

1,922,428

2,001,056

78,628

4.09

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Aircel

­–

2,371

­–

­–

Total

19,337,180

20,192,563

855,383

4.42

Rajasthan

Vodafone Essar

4,888,771

5,039,136

150,365

3.08

Rajasthan

Bharti Airtel

6,704,274

6,874,691

170,417

2.54

Rajasthan

BSNL

2,803,686

2,902,209

98,523

3.51

Rajasthan

Idea

1,206,546

1,225,706

19,160

1.59

Total

15,603,277

16,041,742

438,465

2.81

Madhya Pradesh

Idea

4,828,687

5,019,627

190,940

3.95

Madhya Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

2,459,586

2,459,586

NA

NA

Madhya Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

4,470,561

4,620,901

150,340

3.36

Madhya Pradesh

BSNL

2,390,816

2,467,446

76,630

3.21

Madhya Pradesh

Vodafone Essar

255,482

356,513

101,031

39.55

Total

14,405,132

14,924,073

518,941

3.60

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar islands

Reliance Telecom

1,284,310

1,284,310

NA

NA

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar islands

BSNL

1,762,635

1,863,292

100,657

5.71

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar islands

Bharti Airtel

3,501,560

3,620,386

118,826

3.39

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar islands

Vodafone Essar

4,587,330

4,866,592

279,262

6.09

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar islands

Dishnet Wireless

1,106,602

1,156,675

50,073

4.52

Total

12,242,437

12,791,255

548,818

4.48

B Circle

103,579,594

107,565,100

3,985,506

3.85

C Circle

Himachal Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

951,121

961,565

10,444

1.10

Himachal Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

718,676

718,676

NA

NA

Himachal Pradesh

BSNL

720,005

798,977

78,972

10.97

Himachal Pradesh

Idea

135,768

141,819

6,051

4.46

Himachal Pradesh

Dishnet Wireless

128,939

138,567

9,628

7.47

Himachal Pradesh

Vodafone Essar

29,756

44,508

14,752

49.58

Total

2,684,265

2,804,112

119,847

4.46

Bihar

Reliance Telecom

2,764,774

2,764,774

NA

NA

Bihar

BSNL

2,535,508

2,691,509

156,001

6.15

Bihar

Bharti Airtel

7,152,245

7,488,867

336,622

4.71

Bihar

Dishnet Wireless

1,360,293

1,402,825

42,532

3.13

Bihar

ABTL (Idea Cellular)

607,458

863,048

255,590

42.08

Bihar

Vodafone Essar

601,175

771,543

170,368

28.34

Total

15,021,453

15,982,566

961,113

6.4

Orissa

Reliance Telecom

1,285,857

1,285,857

NA

NA

Orissa

BSNL

1,288,589

1,409,854

121,265

9.41

Orissa

Bharti Airtel

2,811,453

3,000,622

189,169

6.73

Orissa

Dishnet Wireless

865,039

926,304

61,265

7.08

Orissa

Vodafone Essar

284,876

381,257

96,381

33.83

Total

6,535,814

7,003,894

468,080

7.16

Assam

Reliance Telecom

1,407,486

1,407,486

NA

NA

Assam

BSNL

824,572

870,869

46,297

5.61

Assam

Bharti Airtel

1,448,389

1,501,478

53,089

3.67

Assam

Dishnet Wireless

1,631,466

1,704,933

73,467

4.5

Assam

Vodafone Essar

121,809

161,342

39,533

32.45

Total

5,433,722

5,646,108

212,386

3.91

Northeast

Reliance Telecom

468,614

468,614

NA

NA

Northeast

Bharti Airtel

890,054

920,268

30,214

3.39

Northeast

BSNL

607,866

661,067

53,201

8.75

Northeast

Dishnet Wireless

965,902

1,014,150

48,248

5.00

Northeast

Vodafone Essar

107,311

163,099

55,788

51.99

Total

3,039,747

3,227,198

187,451

6.17

Jammu & Kashmir

BSNL

828,862

832,050

3,188

0.38

Jammu & Kashmir

Bharti Airtel

1,590,935

1,633,719

42,784

2.69

Jammu & Kashmir

Dishnet Wireless

703,842

832,281

128,439

18.25

Jammu & Kashmir

Vodafone Essar

­–

1,391

­–

­–

Total

3,123,639

3,299,441

175,802

5.63

C Circle

35,838,640

37,963,319

2,124,679

5.93

All India

277,515,267

288,363,482

10,848,215

3.91

Bharti Airtel

Andhra Pradesh

98,699

­–

98,699

Delhi – NCR

806,738

­–

806,738

Gujarat

34,854

­–

34,854

Haryana

21,321

­–

21,321

Karnataka

415,336

­–

415,336

Kerala

50,934

­–

50,934

Kolkata

58,859

­–

58,859

Madhya Pradesh

239,945

­–

239,945

Chhattisgarh

60,676

­–

60,676

Maharashtra

50,913

­–

50,913

Mumbai

256,916

­–

256,916

Punjab

35,602

­–

35,602

Chandigarh

47,468

­–

47,468

Rajasthan

32,671

­–

32,671

Tamil Nadu

131,157

­–

131,157

Pondicherry

6,460

­–

6,460

Chennai

276,417

­–

276,417

Uttar Pradesh (East)

36,682

­–

36,682

Uttar Pradesh (West)

22,365

­–

22,365

Total

2,684,013

2,684,013

Reliance Communications

Andhra Pradesh

85,350

5,668,178

5,753,528

Bihar

2,186

2,726,799

2,728,985

Chennai

84,212

1,363,653

1,447,865

Delhi – NCR

143,739

3,343,050

3,486,789

Gujarat

106,873

3,895,509

4,002,382

Haryana

9,071

1,514,739

1,523,810

Himachal Pradesh

3,737

279,875

283,612

Jammu & Kashmir

1

8,604

8,605

Karnataka

99,906

4,057,675

4,157,581

Kerala

55,374

2,650,200

2,705,574

Kolkata

85,399

1,864,667

1,950,066

Madhya Pradesh

32,541

3,495,008

3,527,549

Maharashtra

71,881

4,351,567

4,423,448

Mumbai

159,136

4,299,061

4,458,197

Orissa

3,711

736,674

740,385

Punjab

46,774

1,492,602

1,539,376

Rajasthan

20,150

3,078,314

3,098,464

Tamil Nadu

36,373

3,829,167

3,865,540

Uttar Pradesh (East)

36,318

4,802,250

4,838,568

Uttar Pradesh (West)

10,235

3,421,868

3,432,103

West Bengal

5,443

1,615,747

1,621,190

Total

1,098,410

58,495,207

59,593,617

HFCL Infotel

Punjab

159,795

389,839

549,634

Total

159,795

389,839

549,634

Sistema Shyam TeleServices

Rajasthan

137,289

498,535

635,824

Total

137,289

498,535

635,824

Tata Teleservices

Andhra Pradesh

131,973

3,149,183

3,281,156

Assam

­–

38,565

38,565

Bihar

5,416

1,659,160

1,664,576

Chennai

29,604

437,830

467,434

Delhi – NCR

27,506

4,569,049

4,596,555

Gujarat

42,382

1,345,209

1,387,591

Haryana

5,085

1,286,985

1,292,070

Himachal Pradesh

570

134,317

134,887

Jammu & Kashmir

­–

29,318

29,318

Karnataka

94,739

1,365,706

1,460,445

Kerala

5,970

767,873

773,843

Kolkata

16,587

1,509,149

1,525,736

Madhya Pradesh

2,111

1,235,556

1,237,667

Orissa

2,576

653,295

655,871

Punjab

8,097

1,332,993

1,341,090

Rajasthan

1,659

2,493,481

2,495,140

Tamil Nadu

3,804

727,079

730,883

Uttar Pradesh (East)

5,548

1,470,449

1,475,997

Uttar Pradesh (West)

2,838

2,087,930

2,090,768

Northeast

10,890

10,890

West Bengal

893

943,153

944,046

Maharashtra

123,523

4,378,783

4,502,306

Mumbai

395,061

2,241,071

2,636,132

Total

905,942

33,867,024

34,772,966

Grand total

4,985,449

93,250,605

98,236,054