Circle

Operator

February 2010

March 2010

Absolute change

% change

Metros

Delhi

MTNL

2,226,355

2,263,620

37,265

1.67

Delhi

Idea Cellular

2,540,849

2,590,843

49,994

1.97

Delhi

Aircel

967,991

1,119,338

151,347

15.64

Total

16,539,380

16,955,894

416,514

2.52

Mumbai

BPL Mobile

2,776,234

2,844,583

68,349

2.46

Mumbai

Vodafone Essar

5,042,226

5,110,911

68,685

1.36

Mumbai

MTNL

2,470,678

2,520,833

50,155

2.03

Mumbai

Bharti Airtel

3,015,034

3,045,394

30,360

1.01

Mumbai

Idea Cellular

1,432,489

1,537,515

105,026

7.33

Mumbai

Aircel

862,325

903,357

41,032

4.76

Total

15,598,986

15,962,593

363,607

2.33

Chennai

Aircel

3,043,655

3,115,585

71,930

2.36

Chennai

Bharti Airtel

2,633,828

2,664,481

30,653

1.16

Chennai

Vodafone Essar

1,783,511

1,804,813

21,302

1.19

Chennai

BSNL

1,208,304

1,251,371

43,067

3.56

Total

8,669,298

8,836,250

166,952

1.93

Kolkata

Bharti Airtel

2,764,181

2,784,299

20,118

0.73

Kolkata

Vodafone Essar

3,478,485

3,539,014

60,529

1.74

Kolkata

BSNL

1,740,654

1,795,019

54,365

3.12

Kolkata

Reliance Telecom

1,429,839

1,429,839

NA

NA

Kolkata

Aircel

1,207,999

1,252,931

44,932

3.72

Kolkata

Idea Cellular

461,892

553,099

91,207

19.75

Total

11,083,050

11,354,201

271,151

2.45

All Metros

51,890,714

53,108,938

1,218,224

2.35

A Circle

Maharashtra

Vodafone Essar

6,908,481

7,172,127

263,646

3.82

Maharashtra

Idea Cellular

9,146,389

9,356,847

210,458

2.30

Maharashtra

Bharti Airtel

6,601,480

6,628,989

27,509

0.42

Maharashtra

BSNL

4,309,810

4,447,039

137,229

3.18

Maharashtra 

Aircel

279,055

370,577

91,522

32.80

Total

27,245,215

27,975,579

730,364

2.68

Gujarat

Vodafone Essar

10,334,374

10,824,674

490,300

4.74

Gujarat

Idea Cellular

5,400,195

5,401,625

1,430

0.03

Gujarat

Bharti Airtel

5,270,747

5,456,615

185,868

3.53

Gujarat

BSNL

2,818,459

2,947,716

129,257

4.59

Total

23,823,775

24,630,630

806,855

3.39

Andhra Pradesh

Idea Cellular

6,127,109

6,329,768

202,659

3.31

Andhra Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

12,636,758

12,994,687

357,929

2.83

Andhra Pradesh

Vodafone Essar

5,615,937

5,816,985

201,048

3.58

Andhra Pradesh

BSNL

4,133,959

4,245,500

111,541

2.70

Andhra Pradesh

Aircel

862,175

975,622

113,447

13.16

Andhra Pradesh

Uninor

575,628

638,758

63,130

10.97

Total

29,951,566

31,001,320

1,049,754

3.50

Karnataka

Bharti Airtel

12,363,209

12,643,329

280,120

2.27

Karnataka

Spice Communications

2,551,144

2,632,640

81,496

3.19

Karnataka

Vodafone Essar

5,001,887

5,167,390

165,503

3.31

Karnataka

BSNL

3,278,746

3,512,741

233,995

7.14

Karnataka

Aircel Limited

699,911

766,765

66,854

9.55

Karnataka

Uninor

592,514

621,091

28,577

4.82

Total

24,487,411

25,343,956

856,545

3.50

Tamil Nadu

Vodafone Essar

7,003,272

7,204,058

200,786

2.87

Tamil Nadu

Aircel Limited

11,286,487

11,794,653

508,166

4.50

Tamil Nadu

BSNL

4,140,273

4,302,489

162,216

3.92

Tamil Nadu

Bharti Airtel

8,172,888

8,252,947

80,059

0.96

Tamil Nadu

Idea Cellular

743,347

787,849

44,502

5.99

Tamil Nadu

Uninor

522,189

636,523

114,334

21.90

Total

31,868,456

32,978,519

1,110,063

3.48

A Circle

137,376,423

141,930,004

4,553,581

3.31

B Circle

Kerala

Idea Cellular

5,232,148

5,361,123

128,975

2.47

Kerala

Vodafone Essar

4,125,889

4,211,260

85,371

2.07

Kerala

Bharti Airtel

3,102,380

3,131,680

29,300

0.94

Kerala

BSNL

3,500,087

3,593,995

93,908

2.68

Kerala

Aircel

1,051,163

1,216,806

165,643

15.76

Kerala

Uninor

203,404

254,158

50,754

24.95

Total

17,215,071

17,769,022

553,951

3.22

Punjab

Spice Communications

3,193,901

3,271,439

77,538

2.43

Punjab

Bharti Airtel

4,656,941

4,789,971

133,030

2.86

Punjab

BSNL

3,475,383

3,569,819

94,436

2.72

Punjab

Vodafone Essar

3,024,403

3,122,802

98,399

3.25

Total

14,350,628

14,754,031

403,403

2.81

Haryana

Idea Cellular

2,080,513

2,159,583

79,070

3.80

Haryana

Vodafone Essar

2,802,394

2,914,333

111,939

3.99

Haryana

Bharti Airtel

1,524,339

1,533,936

9,597

0.63

Haryana

BSNL

2,330,316

2,466,994

136,678

5.87

Total

8,737,562

9,074,846

337,284

3.86

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Idea Cellular

5,653,815

5,848,086

194,271

3.44

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Bharti Airtel

3,777,607

4,040,155

262,548

6.95

Uttar Pradesh (West)

BSNL

3,055,309

3,215,159

159,850

5.23

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Vodafone Essar

6,214,740

6,403,482

188,742

3.04

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Aircel

703,183

752,398

49,215

7.00

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Uninor

403,934

520,743

116,809

28.92

Total

19,808,588

20,780,023

971,435

4.90

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Vodafone Essar

9,561,217

10,002,619

441,402

4.62

Uttar Pradesh (East)

BSNL

7,401,995

7,721,939

319,944

4.32

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Bharti Airtel

8,643,635

9,048,192

404,557

4.68

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Idea Cellular

3,613,016

3,688,675

75,659

2.09

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Aircel

814,571

901,538

86,967

10.68

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Uninor

608,050

765,256

157,206

25.85

Total

30,642,484

32,128,219

1,485,735

4.85

Rajasthan

Vodafone Essar

7,273,081

7,476,607

203,526

2.80

Rajasthan

Bharti Airtel

10,231,123

10,302,531

71,408

0.70

Rajasthan

BSNL

3,860,777

4,180,414

319,637

8.28

Rajasthan

Idea Cellular

2,268,543

2,342,491

73,948

3.26

Total

23,633,524

24,302,043

668,519

2.83

Madhya Pradesh

Idea Cellular

7,150,431

7,251,972

101,541

1.42

Madhya Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

4,046,062

4,046,062

NA

NA

Madhya Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

6,429,341

6,640,488

211,147

3.28

Madhya Pradesh

BSNL

3,091,160

3,294,635

203,475

6.58

Madhya Pradesh

Vodafone Essar

1,662,332

1,845,230

182,898

11.00

Total

22,379,326

23,078,387

699,061

3.12

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar islands

Reliance Telecom

2,453,950

2,453,950

NA

NA

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar islands

BSNL

2,165,125

2,234,280

69,155

3.19

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar islands

Bharti Airtel

5,404,559

5,566,158

161,599

2.99

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar islands

Vodafone Essar

6,981,789

7,292,177

310,388

4.45

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar islands

Dishnet Wireless

2,148,329

2,229,930

81,601

3.80

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar islands

Idea Cellular

609,243

634,001

24,758

4.06

Total

19,762,995

20,410,496

647,501

3.28

B Circle

156,530,178

162,297,067

5,766,889

3.68

C Circle

Himachal Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

1,295,571

1,317,893

22,322

1.72

Himachal Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

819,596

819,596

NA

NA

Himachal Pradesh

BSNL

1,199,256

1,218,836

19,580

1.63

Himachal Pradesh

Idea Cellular

250,765

265,079

14,314

5.71

Himachal Pradesh

Dishnet Wireless

431,110

467,276

36,166

8.39

Himachal Pradesh

Vodafone Essar

161,150

169,632

8,482

5.26

Himachal Pradesh

S Tel

134,384

176,544

42,160

31.37

Total

4,291,832

4,434,856

143,024

3.33

Bihar

Reliance Telecom

3,632,185

3,632,185

NA

NA

Bihar

BSNL

4,320,548

4,344,237

23,689

0.55

Bihar

Bharti Airtel

10,672,516

11,003,161

330,645

3.1

Bihar

Dishnet Wireless

2,947,032

3,205,641

258,609

8.78

Bihar

ABTL (Idea Cellular)

3,002,878

3,047,161

44,283

1.47

Bihar

Vodafone Essar

3,019,255

3,171,530

152,275

5.04

Bihar

S Tel

365,490

470,413

104,923

28.71

Bihar

Uninor

465,007

594,414

129,407

27.83

Total

28,424,911

29,468,742

1,043,831

3.67

Orissa

Reliance Telecom

1,806,501

1,806,501

NA

NA

Orissa

BSNL

2,164,808

2,285,999

121,191

5.6

Orissa

Bharti Airtel

3,936,925

4,134,100

197,175

5.01

Orissa

Dishnet Wireless

1,644,137

1,700,160

56,023

3.41

Orissa

Vodafone Essar

963,561

1,071,216

107,655

11.17

Orissa

Idea Cellular

559,334

601,268

41,934

7.5

Orissa

S Tel

217,225

359,870

142,645

65.67

Orissa

Uninor

184,754

233,093

48,339

26.16

Total

11,477,245

12,192,207

714,962

6.23

Assam

Reliance Telecom

1,624,838

1,624,838

NA

NA

Assam

BSNL

1,030,741

1,048,889

18,148

1.76

Assam

Bharti Airtel

2,263,841

2,405,418

141,577

6.25

Assam

Dishnet Wireless

2,460,675

2,521,187

60,512

2.46

Assam

Vodafone Essar

740,912

806,624

65,712

8.87

Assam

Idea Cellular

69,454

82,932

13,478

19.41

Total

8,190,461

8,489,888

299,427

3.66

North East

Reliance Telecom

498,235

498,235

NA

NA

North East

Bharti Airtel

1,384,827

1,432,364

47,537

3.43

North East

BSNL

896,470

936,441

39,971

4.46

North East

Dishnet Wireless

1,656,676

1,710,812

54,136

3.27

North East

Vodafone Essar

452,136

488,702

36,566

8.09

North East

Idea Cellular

17,289

26,277

8,988

51.99

Total

4,905,633

5,092,831

187,198

3.82

Jammu & Kashmir

BSNL

882,055

872,827

“-9,228

-1.05

Jammu & Kashmir

Bharti Airtel

1,952,346

1,887,301

“-65,045

-3.33

Jammu & Kashmir

Dishnet Wireless

1,794,519

1,856,598

62,079

3.46

Jammu & Kashmir

Vodafone Essar

159,786

175,304

15,518

9.71

Jammu & Kashmir

Idea Cellular

38,885

54,415

15,530

39.94

Total

4,827,591

4,846,445

18,854

0.39

C Circle

62,117,673

64,524,969

2,407,296

3.88

All India

407,914,988

421,860,978

13,945,990

3.42