Circle/City

Operator

July 2006

August 2006

Absolute change

% change

Metros

Delhi

Bharti Cellular

2,301,144

2,388,909

87,765

3.81

Delhi

Hutchison Essar

1,985,369

2,015,708

30,339

1.53

Delhi

MTNL

1,070,370

1,076,475

6,105

0.57

Delhi

Idea Cellular

1,007,977

1,088,931

80,954

8.03

Total

6,364,860

6,570,023

205,163

3.22

Mumbai

BPL Mobile

1,284,778

1,042,778

-242,000

-18.84

Mumbai

Hutchison Max

2,151,662

2,214,655

62,993

2.93

Mumbai

MTNL

1,167,430

1,187,542

20,112

1.72

Mumbai

Bharti Cellular

1,439,596

1,518,624

79,028

5.49

Total

6,043,466

5,963,599

-79,867

-1.32

Chennai

Aircel Cellular

813,269

847,144

33,875

4.17

Chennai

Bharti Cellular

816,381

830,383

14,002

1.72

Chennai

Hutchison Essar

519,027

548,891

29,864

5.75

Chennai

BSNL

576,887

590,447

13,560

2.35

Total

2,725,564

2,816,865

91,301

3.35

Kolkata

Bharti Cellular

700,717

738,808

38,091

5.44

Kolkata

Hutchison Telecom

1,082,713

1,109,975

27,262

2.52

Kolkata

BSNL

479,768

507,274

27,506

5.73

Kolkata

Reliance Internet

180,213

217,684

37,471

20.79

Total

2,443,411

2,573,741

130,330

5.33

All metros

17,577,301

17,924,228

346,927

1.97

A Circle

Maharashtra

BPL Cellular

886,786

927,262

40,476

4.56

Maharashtra

Idea

2,112,692

2,192,893

80,201

3.80

Maharashtra

Bharti Cellular

1,648,820

1,737,240

88,420

5.36

Maharashtra

BSNL

1,331,227

1,381,156

49,929

3.75

Total

5,979,525

6,238,551

259,026

4.33

Gujarat

Fascel

2,824,503

3,002,815

178,312

6.31

Gujarat

Idea

1,300,984

1,354,360

53,376

4.10

Gujarat

Bharti Cellular

1,073,318

1,101,531

28,213

2.63

Gujarat

BSNL

905,895

926,758

20,863

2.30

Total

6,104,700

6,385,464

280,764

4.60

Andhra Pradesh

Idea

1,172,662

1,266,070

93,408

7.97

Andhra Pradesh

Bharti Cellular

2,286,945

2,402,217

115,272

5.04

Andhra Pradesh

Hutchison Essar

1,041,900

1,097,118

55,218

5.30

Andhra Pradesh

BSNL

1,261,707

1,294,102

32,395

2.57

Total

5,763,214

6,059,507

296,293

5.14

Karnataka

Bharti Cellular

2,785,346

3,015,734

230,388

8.27

Karnataka

Spice Communications

519,135

552,300

33,165

6.39

Karnataka

Hutchison Essar

1,290,538

1,342,371

51,833

4.02

Karnataka

BSNL

1,351,802

1,370,852

19,050

1.41

Total

5,946,821

6,281,257

334,436

5.62

Tamil Nadu

BPL Cellular

619,139

659,153

40,014

6.46

Tamil Nadu

Aircel Limited

2,026,256

2,128,973

102,717

5.07

Tamil Nadu

BSNL

1,625,020

1,715,032

90,012

5.54

Tamil Nadu

Bharti Cellular

1,294,684

1,356,608

61,924

4.78

Total

5,565,099

5,859,766

294,667

5.29

A Circle

29,359,359

30,824,545

1,465,186

4.99

B Circle

Kerala

Idea Mobile

Communications

989,658

1,085,494

95,836

9.68

Kerala

BPL Cellular

583,714

634,139

50,425

8.64

Kerala

Bharti Cellular

706,285

723,322

17,037

2.41

Kerala

BSNL

1,636,737

1,685,739

49,002

2.99

Total

3,916,394

4,128,694

212,300

5.42

Punjab

Spice Communications

1,575,565

1,595,243

19,678

1.25

Punjab

Bharti Cellular

2,062,312

2,138,225

75,913

3.68

Punjab

BSNL

400,583

437,053

36,470

9.10

Punjab

Hutchison Essar

782,608

827,840

45,232

5.78

Total

4,821,068

4,998,361

177,293

3.68

Haryana

Idea Mobile

Communications

443,155

489,476

46,321

10.45

Haryana

Aircel Digilink

402,722

427,874

25,152

6.25

Haryana

Bharti Cellular

456,727

494,540

37,813

8.28

Haryana

BSNL

484,262

496,968

12,706

2.62

Total

1,786,866

1,908,858

121,992

6.83

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Idea Mobile

Communications

1,131,969

1,234,206

102,237

9.03

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Bharti Cellular

676,571

705,978

29,407

4.35

Uttar Pradesh (West)

BSNL

983,287

1,227,647

244,360

24.85

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Hutchison Essar

892,391

982,994

90,603

10.15

Total

3,684,218

4,150,825

466,607

12.67

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Aircel Digilink

1,880,387

2,021,165

140,778

7.49

Uttar Pradesh (East)

BSNL

2,036,345

2,193,475

157,130

7.72

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Bharti Cellular

888,406

929,679

41,273

4.65

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Escorts

Telecommunications

1,209

1,215

6

0.50

Total

4,806,347

5,145,534

339,187

7.06

Rajasthan

Aircel Digilink

788,857

850,803

61,946

7.85

Rajasthan

Hexacom

1,107,880

1,169,819

61,939

5.59

Rajasthan

BSNL

1,308,623

1,368,190

59,567

4.55

Rajasthan

Escorts

Telecommunications

323

323

0

0

Total

3,205,683

3,389,135

183,452

5.72

Madhya Pradesh

Idea

960,784

1,021,653

60,869

6.34

Madhya Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

620,427

659,365

38,938

6.28

Madhya Pradesh

Bharti Cellular

681,129

752,383

71,254

10.46

Madhya Pradesh

BSNL

641,665

759,871

118,206

18.42

Total

2,904,005

3,193,272

289,267

9.96

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Reliance Telecom

420,885

447,374

26,489

6.29

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

BSNL

818,499

844,427

25,928

3.17

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Bharti Cellular

392,131

434,418

42,287

10.78

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Hutchison Telecom

666,946

717,694

50,748

7.61

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Dishnet Wireless

89,355

103,124

13,769

15.41

Total

2,387,816

2,547,037

159,221

6.67

B Circle

27,512,397

29,461,716

1,949,319

7.09

C Circle

Himachal Pradesh

Bharti Cellular

405,274

420,423

15,149

3.74

Himachal Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

78,789

89,542

10,753

13.65

Himachal Pradesh

BSNL

254,192

280,486

26,294

10.34

Himachal Pradesh

Escorts

Telecommunications

121

131

10

8.26

Total

738,376

790,582

52,206

7.07

Bihar

Reliance Telecom

592,650

662,521

69,871

11.79

Bihar

BSNL

1,027,303

1,042,672

15,369

Bihar

Bharti Cellular

1,274,190

1,350,036

75,846

5.95

Total

2,894,143

3,055,229

161,086

5.576

Orissa

Reliance Telecom

279,135

311,558

32,423

11.62

Orissa

BSNL

576,078

588,583

12,505

2.17

Orissa

Bharti Cellular

584,477

606,519

22,042

3.77

Orissa

Dishnet Wireless

95,420

91,794

-3,626

-3.80

Total

1,535,110

1,598,454

63,344

4.13

Assam

Reliance Telecom

239,753

241,575

1,822

0.76

Assam

BSNL

433,407

443,201

9,794

2.26

Assam

Bharti Cellular

316,451

357,499

41,048

12.97

Assam

Dishnet Wireless

197,746

242,621

44,875

22.69

Total

1,187,357

1,284,896

97,539

8.21

Northeast

Reliance Telecom

104,937

107,229

2,292

2.18

Northeast

Bharti Cellular

90,923

104,947

14,024

15.42

Northeast

BSNL

300,998

307,715

6,717

2.23

Northeast

Dishnet Wireless

140,117

158,279

18,162

12.96

Total

636,975

678,170

41,195

6.47

Jammu & Kashmir

BSNL

596,532

601,646

5,114

0.86

Jammu & Kashmir

Bharti Cellular

348,130

370,844

22,714

6.52

Jammu & Kashmir

Dishnet Wireless

29,366

29,302

-64

-0.22

Total

974,028

1,001,792

27,764

2.85

C Circle

7,965,989

8,409,123

443,134

5.56

All India

82,415,046

86,619,612

4,204,566

5.1

Bharti Airtel

Andhra Pradesh

27,127

­–

­–

27,127

Chennai

208,050

­–

­–

208,050

Delhi

513,282

­–

­–

513,282

Gujarat

9,279

­–

­–

9,279

Haryana

18,889

­–

­–

18,889

Karnataka

253,540

­–

­–

253,540

Kerala

17,117

­–

­–

17,117

Kolkata

11,220

­–

­–

11,220

Madhya Pradesh

289,504

21,187

­–

310,691

Maharashtra

8,881

­–

­–

8,881

Mumbai

32,219

­–

­–

32,219

Punjab

36,958

­–

­–

36,958

Tamil Nadu

121,450

­–

­–

121,450

Uttar Pradesh (East)

13,343

­–

­–

13,343

Uttar Pradesh (West)

9,025

­–

­–

9,025

Total

1,569,884

21,187

­–

1,591,071

Reliance Communication#

Andhra Pradesh

22,508

2,196,394

2,218,902

Bihar

366

848,093

848,459

Chennai

28,829

585,086

613,915

Delhi – NCR

40,944

1,907,061

1,948,005

Haryana

1,562

357,124

358,686

Himachal Pradesh

16

40,623

40,639

Jammu & Kashmir

0

256

256

Karnataka

40,527

1,416,128

1,456,655

Kerala

11,969

1,189,577

1,201,546

Kolkata

30,909

928,745

959,654

Madhya Pradesh

8,316

1,119,838

1,128,154

Maharashtra

23,121

1,795,811

1,818,932

Orissa

1,332

270,438

271,770

Punjab

16,245

705,065

721,310

Rajasthan

2,091

1,006,081

1,008,172

Tamil Nadu

13,612

1,232,737

1,246,349

Uttar Pradesh (East)

11,895

1,562,701

1,574,596

Uttar Pradesh (West)

1,465

1,134,042

1,135,507

West Bengal

199

514,147

514,346

Gujarat

47,009

1,325,381

1,372,390

Total

355,652

22,038,887

22,394,539

HFCL Infotel

Punjab

204,779*

66,053

58,881

329,713

Total

204,779

66,053

58,881

329,713

Shyam Telelink

Rajasthan

146,197

42,559

28,828

217,584

Total

146,197

42,559

28,828

217,584

Tata Teleservices

Andhra Pradesh

108,638

403,371

820,020

1,332,029

Bihar

120

73,010

258,296

331,426

Chennai

8,005

156,950

110,447

275,402

Delhi

14,145

521,642

1,175,980

1,711,767

Gujarat

20,828

342,690

335,488

699,006

Haryana

­–

54,703

327,494

382,197

Himachal Pradesh

­–

3,123

49,518

52,641

Karnataka

40,729

327,655

474,215

842,599

Kerala

144

123,460

268,029

391,633

Kolkata

300

225,043

453,075

678,418

Madhya Pradesh

­–

103,130

248,034

351,164

Orissa

­–

24,888

129,147

154,035

Punjab

300

137,314

354,513

492,127

Rajasthan

­–

95,387

422,568

517,955

Tamil Nadu

911

190,612

210,230

401,753

Uttar Pradesh (East)

­–

86,037

396,634

482,671

Uttar Pradesh (West)

­–

66,734

447,286

514,020

West Bengal

­–

42,502

207,270

249,772

Maharashtra

44,512

497,246

564,405

1,106,163

Mumbai

195,295

406,685

542,348

1,144,328

Total

433,927

3,882,182

7,794,997

12,111,106

Grand total

2,710,439

4,011,981

29,921,593

36,644,013

# WLL(FWT) figures included in digital mobile figures for all circles

* includes Cordect