Circle

Operator

August 2009

September 2009

Absolute change

% change

Metros

Delhi

Bharti Airtel

5,315,690

5,415,988

100,298

1.89

Delhi

Vodafone Essar

4,388,816

4,466,895

78,079

1.78

Delhi

MTNL

1,996,797

2,003,954

7,157

0.36

Delhi

Idea Cellular

2,354,663

2,369,760

15,097

0.64

Delhi

Aircel

475,205

546,606

71,401

15.03

Total

14,531,171

14,803,203

272,032

1.87

Mumbai

BPL Mobile

2,417,446

2,495,087

77,641

3.21

Mumbai

Vodafone Essar

4,720,196

4,756,222

36,026

0.76

Mumbai

MTNL

2,355,984

2,365,548

9,564

0.41

Mumbai

Bharti Airtel

2,847,537

2,859,089

11,552

0.41

Mumbai

Idea Cellular

1,112,257

1,162,478

50,221

4.52

Mumbai

Aircel

331,238

411,820

80,582

24.33

Total

13,784,658

14,050,244

265,586

1.93

Chennai

Aircel

2,713,614

2,729,490

15,876

0.59

Chennai

Bharti Airtel

2,421,853

2,461,610

39,757

1.64

Chennai

Vodafone Essar

1,667,401

1,686,454

19,053

1.14

Chennai

BSNL

1,142,289

1,149,872

7,583

0.66

Total

7,945,157

8,027,426

82,269

1.04

Kolkata

Bharti Airtel

2,651,882

2,688,753

36,871

1.39

Kolkata

Vodafone Essar

3,150,308

3,219,323

69,015

2.19

Kolkata

BSNL

1,640,553

1,655,728

15,175

0.92

Kolkata

Reliance Telecom

1,175,673

1,175,673

NA

NA

Kolkata

Aircel

634,204

678,444

44,240

6.98

Total

9,252,620

9,417,921

165,301

1.79

All Metros

45,513,606

46,298,794

785,188

1.73

A Circle

Maharashtra

Vodafone Essar

5,734,325

5,889,390

155,065

2.70

Maharashtra

Idea

8,138,032

8,278,063

140,031

1.72

Maharashtra

Bharti Airtel

6,203,212

6,261,008

57,796

0.93

Maharashtra

BSNL

3,761,132

3,836,197

75,065

2.00

Maharashtra

Aircel

35,434

55,118

19,684

55.55

Total

23,872,135

24,319,776

447,641

1.88

Gujarat

Vodafone Essar

8,872,291

9,001,337

129,046

1.45

Gujarat

Idea

4,305,771

4,445,774

140,003

3.25

Gujarat

Bharti Airtel

4,613,205

4,769,501

156,296

3.39

Gujarat

BSNL

2,552,467

2,609,797

57,330

2.25

Total

20,343,734

20,826,409

482,675

2.37

Andhra Pradesh

Idea

5,578,775

5,608,871

30,096

0.54

Andhra Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

10,730,215

10,982,799

252,584

2.35

Andhra Pradesh

Vodafone Essar

4,706,048

4,826,493

120,445

2.56

Andhra Pradesh

BSNL

3,727,960

3,815,465

87,505

2.35

Andhra Pradesh

Aircel

348,885

513,316

164,431

47.13

Total

25,091,883

25,746,944

655,061

2.61

Karnataka

Bharti Airtel

10,920,141

11,085,474

165,333

1.51

Karnataka

Spice Communications

1,861,720

1,926,743

65,023

3.49

Karnataka

Vodafone Essar

4,214,102

4,295,557

81,455

1.93

Karnataka

BSNL

2,680,842

2,746,591

65,749

2.45

Karnataka

Aircel Limited

306,556

370,363

63,807

20.81

Total

19,983,361

20,424,728

441,367

2.21

Tamil Nadu

Vodafone Essar

6,034,986

6,183,793

148,807

2.47

Tamil Nadu

Aircel Limited

9,560,445

9,720,725

160,280

1.68

Tamil Nadu

BSNL

3,594,964

3,712,692

117,728

3.27

Tamil Nadu

Bharti Airtel

7,272,018

7,482,551

210,533

2.90

Tamil Nadu

Idea Cellular

385,591

530,681

145,090

37.63

Total

26,848,004

27,630,442

782,438

2.91

A Circle

116,139,117

118,948,299

2,809,182

2.42

B Circle

Kerala

Idea

4,860,261

4,900,290

40,029

0.82

Kerala

Vodafone Essar

3,655,399

3,729,586

74,187

2.03

Kerala

Bharti Airtel

2,838,946

2,970,022

131,076

4.62

Kerala

BSNL

2,991,548

3,069,674

78,126

2.61

Kerala

Aircel

269,587

338,578

68,991

25.59

Total

14,615,741

15,008,150

392,409

2.68

Punjab

Spice Communications

2,625,883

2,769,615

143,732

5.47

Punjab

Bharti Airtel

4,075,038

4,188,114

113,076

2.77

Punjab

BSNL

3,084,083

3,195,380

111,297

3.61

Punjab

Vodafone Essar

2,500,706

2,560,849

60,143

2.41

Total

12,285,710

12,713,958

428,248

3.49

Haryana

Idea

1,803,270

1,815,160

11,890

0.66

Haryana

Vodafone Essar

2,414,662

2,444,667

30,005

1.24

Haryana

Bharti Airtel

1,325,339

1,353,890

28,551

2.15

Haryana

BSNL

2,034,441

2,124,567

90,126

4.43

Total

7,577,712

7,738,284

160,572

2.12

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Idea

4,802,091

4,882,350

80,259

1.67

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Bharti Airtel

2,794,216

3,005,020

210,804

7.54

Uttar Pradesh (West)

BSNL

2,653,053

2,709,282

56,229

2.12

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Vodafone Essar

4,987,559

5,107,985

120,426

2.41

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Aircel

229,240

283,090

53,850

23.49

Total

15,466,159

15,987,727

521,568

3.37

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Vodafone Essar

7,939,669

8,176,771

237,102

2.99

Uttar Pradesh (East)

BSNL

6,374,501

6,486,270

111,769

1.75

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Bharti Airtel

7,083,465

7,218,194

134,729

1.90

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Idea

2,417,164

2,640,235

223,071

9.23

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Aircel

232,874

295,875

63,001

27.05

Total

24,047,673

24,817,345

769,672

3.20

Rajasthan

Vodafone Essar

6,002,122

6,180,390

178,268

2.97

Rajasthan

Bharti Airtel

8,445,513

8,646,002

200,489

2.37

Rajasthan

BSNL

3,109,383

3,204,691

95,308

3.07

Rajasthan

Idea

1,801,242

1,811,360

10,118

0.56

Total

19,358,260

19,842,443

484,183

2.50

Madhya Pradesh

Idea

5,827,900

5,902,960

75,060

1.29

Madhya Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

3,155,218

3,155,218

NA

NA

Madhya Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

5,456,988

5,572,236

115,248

2.11

Madhya Pradesh

BSNL

2,644,535

2,720,482

75,947

2.87

Madhya Pradesh

Vodafone Essar

713,772

783,929

70,157

9.83

Total

17,798,413

18,134,825

336,412

1.89

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar islands

Reliance Telecom

1,897,271

1,897,271

NA

NA

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar islands

BSNL

1,958,592

1,993,467

34,875

1.78

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar islands

Bharti Airtel

4,290,294

4,379,200

88,906

2.07

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar islands

Vodafone Essar

5,766,449

5,966,755

200,306

3.47

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar islands

Dishnet Wireless

1,493,630

1,592,744

99,114

6.64

Total

15,406,236

15,829,437

423,201

2.75

B Circle

126,555,904

130,072,169

3,516,265

2.78

C Circle

Himachal Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

1,102,517

1,164,278

61,761

5.60

Himachal Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

756,959

756,959

NA

NA

Himachal Pradesh

BSNL

962,999

1,029,962

66,963

6.95

Himachal Pradesh

Idea

175,069

176,102

1,033

0.59

Himachal Pradesh

Dishnet Wireless

189,519

234,804

45,285

23.89

Himachal Pradesh

Vodafone Essar

86,979

88,506

1,527

1.76

Total

3,274,042

3,450,611

176,569

5.39

Bihar

Reliance Telecom

3,261,461

3,261,461

NA

NA

Bihar

BSNL

2,891,702

2,934,080

42,378

1.47

Bihar

Bharti Airtel

9,081,699

9,328,172

246,473

2.71

Bihar

Dishnet Wireless

2,096,167

2,310,852

214,685

10.24

Bihar

ABTL (Idea Cellular)

1,806,434

1,958,679

152,245

8.43

Bihar

Vodafone Essar

1,835,536

1,886,121

50,585

2.76

Total

20,972,999

21,679,365

706,366

3.37

Orissa

Reliance Telecom

1,554,312

1,554,312

NA

NA

Orissa

BSNL

1,709,987

1,777,944

67,957

3.97

Orissa

Bharti Airtel

3,669,819

3,703,479

33,660

0.92

Orissa

Dishnet Wireless

1,079,407

1,102,424

23,017

2.13

Orissa

Vodafone Essar

661,497

702,385

40,888

6.18

Orissa

Idea Cellular

202,348

275,281

72,933

36.04

Total

8,877,370

9,115,825

238,455

2.69

Assam

Reliance Telecom

1,450,996

1,450,996

NA

NA

Assam

BSNL

918,287

942,057

23,770

2.59

Assam

Bharti Airtel

1,870,493

1,931,357

60,864

3.25

Assam

Dishnet Wireless

2,025,604

2,078,925

53,321

2.63

Assam

Vodafone Essar

354,881

405,641

50,760

14.3

Total

6,620,261

6,808,976

188,715

2.85

Northeast

Reliance Telecom

471,490

471,490

NA

NA

Northeast

Bharti Airtel

1,100,758

1,141,794

41,036

3.73

Northeast

BSNL

744,257

756,508

12,251

1.65

Northeast

Dishnet Wireless

1,283,742

1,310,819

27,077

2.11

Northeast

Vodafone Essar

302,039

313,479

11,440

3.79

Total

3,902,286

3,994,090

91,804

2.35

Jammu & Kashmir

BSNL

878,842

888,286

9,444

1.07

Jammu & Kashmir

Bharti Airtel

1,885,695

1,902,885

17,190

0.91

Jammu & Kashmir

Dishnet Wireless

1,110,163

1,154,640

44,477

4.01

Jammu & Kashmir

Vodafone Essar

164,717

173,518

8,801

5.34

Total

4,039,417

4,119,329

79,912

1.98

C Circle

47,686,375

49,168,196

1,481,821

3.11

All India

335,895,002

344,487,458

8,592,456

2.56

Bharti Airtel

Andhra Pradesh

114,244

­–

114,244

Delhi – NCR

891,348

­–

891,348

Gujarat

41,742

­–

41,742

Haryana

21,822

­–

21,822

Karnataka

444,162

­–

444,162

Kerala

51,181

­–

51,181

Kolkata

67,510

­–

67,510

Madhya Pradesh

240,881

­–

240,881

Chhattisgarh

61,431

­–

61,431

Maharashtra

56,129

­–

56,129

Mumbai

286,540

­–

286,540

Punjab

38,786

­–

38,786

Chandigarh

51,777

­­–

51,777

Rajasthan

34,690

­­–

34,690

Tamil Nadu

134,307

­–

134,307

Pondicherry

6,445

­–

6,445

Chennai

289,235

­–

289,235

Uttar Pradesh (East)

22,688

­–

22,688

Uttar Pradesh (West)

41,332

­–

41,332

Total

2,896,250

2,896,250

Reliance Communications

Andhra Pradesh

84,678

5,983,367

6,068,045

Bihar

2,468

3,098,350

3,100,818

Chennai

93,091

1,421,900

1,514,991

Delhi – NCR

162,403

4,695,969

4,858,372

Gujarat

111,478

4,666,327

4,777,805

Haryana

5,478

1,988,621

1,994,099

Himachal Pradesh

3,326

308,353

311,679

Jammu & Kashmir

5

240,941

240,946

Karnataka

100,987

4,725,130

4,826,117

Kerala

54,449

2,899,535

2,953,984

Kolkata

91,793

2,010,956

2,102,749

Madhya Pradesh

32,333

3,826,376

3,858,709

Maharashtra

76,248

5,725,660

5,801,908

Mumbai

172,392

4,992,296

5,164,688

Orissa

2,962

806,809

809,771

Punjab

43,519

1,917,303

1,960,822

Rajasthan

21,713

3,854,215

3,875,928

Tamil Nadu

36,507

4,447,835

4,484,342

Uttar Pradesh (East)

35,206

6,342,372

6,377,578

Uttar Pradesh (West)

9,644

4,662,243

4,671,887

West Bengal

4,543

1,774,694

1,779,237

Total

1,145,223

70,389,252

71,534,475

HFCL Infotel

Punjab

164,745

380,288

545,033

Total

164,745

380,288

545,033

Sistema Shyam TeleServices

Kerala

0

86,360

86,360

Rajasthan

110,901

966,209

1,077,110

Chennai

0

69,011

69,011

Tamil Nadu

0

207,385

207,385

Kolkata

0

145,416

145,416

West Bengal

0

201,545

201,545

Bihar

0

56,199

56,199

Total

110,901

1,732,125

1,843,026

Tata Teleservices

Andhra Pradesh

136,912

4,240,454

4,377,366

Assam

65

69,554

69,619

Bihar

3,713

2,031,887

2,035,600

Chennai

32,162

796,882

829,044

Delhi – NCR

27,467

5,045,343

5,072,810

Gujarat

45,988

1,531,209

1,577,197

Haryana

5,818

1,447,656

1,453,474

Himachal Pradesh

776

144,435

145,211

Jammu & Kashmir

9

84,312

84,321

Karnataka

86,994

2,562,402

2,649,396

Kerala

7,591

1,376,297

1,383,888

Kolkata

17,164

1,586,115

1,603,279

Madhya Pradesh

2,702

1,704,432

1,707,134

Orissa

3,093

1,221,683

1,224,776

Punjab

9,532

1,512,147

1,521,679

Rajasthan

2,241

2,718,643

2,720,884

Tamil Nadu

4,116

1,365,705

1,369,821

Uttar Pradesh (East)

6,239

1,642,960

1,649,199

Uttar Pradesh (West)

2,519

2,391,866

2,394,385

Northeast

34

40,834

40,868

West Bengal

1,484

1,068,503

1,069,987

Maharashtra

144,412

5,490,543

5,634,955

Mumbai

442,658

2,715,348

3,158,006

Total

983,689

42,789,210

43,772,899

Grand total

5,300,808

115,290,875

120,591,683