Circle/City

Operator

September 2006

October 2006

Absolute change

% change

Metros

Delhi

Bharti Cellular

2,501,510

2,579,951

78,441

3.14

Delhi

Hutchison Essar

2,055,740

2,086,278

30,538

1.49

Delhi

MTNL

1,091,477

1,111,514

20,037

1.84

Delhi

Idea Cellular

1,166,091

1,225,075

58,984

5.06

Total

6,814,818

7,002,818

188,000

2.76

Mumbai

BPL Mobile

1,045,301

1,049,172

3,871

0.37

Mumbai

Hutchison Max

2,274,775

2,314,807

40,032

1.76

Mumbai

MTNL

1,198,778

1,214,056

15,278

1.27

Mumbai

Bharti Cellular

1,565,745

1,612,164

46,419

2.96

Total

6,084,599

6,190,199

105,600

1.74

Chennai

Aircel Cellular

888,200

918,598

30,398

3.42

Chennai

Bharti Cellular

849,616

858,317

8,701

1.02

Chennai

Hutchison Essar

575,971

588,521

12,550

2.18

Chennai

BSNL

615,827

644,122

28,295

4.59

Total

2,929,614

3,009,558

79,944

2.73

Kolkata

Bharti Cellular

790,166

808,837

18,671

2.36

Kolkata

Hutchison Telecom

1,131,325

1,151,370

20,045

1.77

Kolkata

BSNL

524,528

537,978

13,450

2.56

Kolkata

Reliance Internet

249,604

275,917

26,313

10.54

Total

2,695,623

2,774,102

78,479

2.91

All Metros

18,524,654

18,976,677

452,023

2.44

A Circle

Maharashtra

BPL Cellular

971,001

1,002,489

31,488

3.24

Maharashtra

Idea

2,275,016

2,371,827

96,811

4.26

Maharashtra

Bharti Cellular

1,830,841

1,937,100

106,259

5.8

Maharashtra

BSNL

1,521,318

1,695,712

174,394

11.46

Total

6,598,176

7,007,128

408,952

6.20

Gujarat

Fascel

3,128,746

3,282,223

153,477

4.91

Gujarat

Idea

1,414,849

1,484,936

70,087

4.95

Gujarat

Bharti Cellular

1,163,292

1,256,651

93,359

8.03

Gujarat

BSNL

953,335

958,508

5,173

0.54

Total

6,660,222

6,982,318

322,096

4.84

Andhra Pradesh

Idea

1,350,645

1,435,412

84,767

6.28

Andhra Pradesh

Bharti Cellular

2,544,421

2,769,769

225,348

8.86

Andhra Pradesh

Hutchison Essar

1,152,516

1,197,335

44,819

3.89

Andhra Pradesh

BSNL

1,405,447

1,496,991

91,544

6.51

Total

6,453,029

6,899,507

446,478

6.92

Karnataka

Bharti Cellular

3,183,033

3,361,360

178,327

5.60

Karnataka

Spice Communications

576,956

610,633

33,677

5.84

Karnataka

Hutchison Essar

1,402,593

1,451,618

49,025

3.50

Karnataka

BSNL

1,411,108

1,469,832

58,724

4.16

Total

6,573,690

6,893,443

319,753

4.86

Tamil Nadu

BPL Cellular

710,150

730,354

20,204

2.85

Tamil Nadu

Aircel

2,197,436

2,285,518

88,082

4.01

Tamil Nadu

BSNL

1,825,065

1,925,075

100,010

5.48

Tamil Nadu

Bharti Cellular

1,425,045

1,468,135

43,090

3.02

Total

6,157,696

6,409,082

251,386

4.08

A Circle

32,442,813

34,191,478

1,748,665

5.39

B Circle

Kerala

Idea Mobile

Communications

1,191,935

1,266,481

74,546

6.25

Kerala

BPL Cellular

686,046

726,160

40,114

5.85

Kerala

Bharti Cellular

743,385

770,035

26,650

3.58

Kerala

BSNL

1,757,557

1,802,383

44,826

2.55

Total

4,378,923

4,565,059

186,136

4.25

Punjab

Spice Communications

1,620,009

1,655,410

35,401

2.19

Punjab

Bharti Cellular

2,213,367

2,294,994

81,627

3.69

Punjab

BSNL

490,609

563,799

73,190

14.92

Punjab

Hutchison Essar

872,939

913,102

40,163

4.60

Total

5,196,924

5,427,305

230,381

4.43

Haryana

Idea Mobile

Communications

540,358

582,805

42,447

7.86

Haryana

Aircel Digilink

461,885

505,970

44,085

9.54

Haryana

Bharti Cellular

548,008

603,675

55,667

10.16

Haryana

BSNL

528,285

568,957

40,672

7.70

Total

2,078,536

2,261,407

182,871

8.80

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Idea Mobile

Communications

1,333,797

1,391,190

57,393

4.30

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Bharti Cellular

751,767

818,838

67,071

8.92

Uttar Pradesh (West)

BSNL

1,092,410

1,142,984

50,574

4.63

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Hutchison Essar

1,073,506

1,154,626

81,120

7.56

Total

4,251,480

4,507,638

256,158

6.03

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Aircel Digilink

2,150,927

2,271,610

120,683

5.61

Uttar Pradesh (East)

BSNL

2,257,870

2,350,560

92,690

4.11

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Bharti Cellular

966,442

1,077,451

111,009

11.49

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Escorts

Telecommunications

1,406

12,515

11,109

790.11

Total

5,376,645

5,712,136

335,491

6.24

Rajasthan

Aircel Digilink

915,443

1,016,489

101,046

11.04

Rajasthan

Hexacom

1,214,539

1,285,251

70,712

5.82

Rajasthan

BSNL

1,439,305

1,501,000

61,695

4.29

Rajasthan

Escorts

Telecommunications

487

29,535

29,048

5,964.68

Total

3,569,774

3,832,275

262,501

7.35

Madhya Pradesh

Idea

1,086,153

1,174,052

87,899

8.09

Madhya Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

714,186

769,515

55,329

7.75

Madhya Pradesh

Bharti Cellular

825,181

924,634

99,453

12.05

Madhya Pradesh

BSNL

872,953

952,786

79,833

9.15

Total

3,498,473

3,820,987

322,514

9.22

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Reliance Telecom

468,860

497,030

28,170

6.01

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

BSNL

866,296

890,284

23,988

2.77

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Bharti Cellular

506,147

563,249

57,102

11.28

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Hutchison Telecom

793,637

873,753

80,116

10.09

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Dishnet Wireless

115,225

122,000

6,775

5.88

Total

2,750,165

2,946,316

196,151

7.13

B Circle

31,100,920

33,073,123

1,972,203

6.34

C Circle

Himachal Pradesh

Bharti Cellular

442,334

468,667

26,333

5.95

Himachal Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

100,246

108,915

8,669

8.65

Himachal Pradesh

BSNL

296,315

309,821

13,506

4.56

Himachal Pradesh

Escorts

Telecommunications

2,809

5,801

2,992

106.51

Total

841,704

893,204

51,500

6.12

Bihar

Reliance Telecom

727,697

802,815

75,118

10.32

Bihar

BSNL

1,065,528

1,100,210

34,682

3.25

Bihar

Bharti Cellular

1,426,246

1,507,847

81,601

5.72

Total

3,219,471

3,410,872

191,401

5.95

Orissa

Reliance Telecom

342,887

370,189

27,302

7.96

Orissa

BSNL

615,372

633,327

17,955

2.92

Orissa

Bharti Cellular

649,557

688,165

38,608

5.94

Orissa

Dishnet Wireless

89,882

94,970

5,088

5.66

Total

1,697,698

1,786,651

88,953

5.24

Assam

Reliance Telecom

242,734

244,869

2,135

0.88

Assam

BSNL

454,836

469,580

14,744

3.24

Assam

Bharti Cellular

392,280

394,270

1,990

0.51

Assam

Dishnet Wireless

308,540

352,075

43,535

14.11

Total

1,398,390

1,460,794

62,404

4.46

North East

Reliance Telecom

112,271

114,358

2,087

1.86

North East

Bharti Cellular

129,595

145,230

15,635

12.06

North East

BSNL

321,692

352,852

31,160

9.69

North East

Dishnet Wireless

170,205

190,132

19,927

11.71

Total

733,763

802,572

68,809

9.38

Jammu & Kashmir

BSNL

620,617

687,293

66,676

10.74

Jammu & Kashmir

Bharti Cellular

398,832

417,142

18,310

4.59

Jammu & Kashmir

Dishnet Wireless

34,737

41,785

7,048

20.29

Total

1,054,186

1,146,220

92,034

8.73

C Circle

8,945,212

9,500,313

555,101

6.21

All India

91,013,599

95,741,591

4,727,992

5.19

Bharti Airtel

Andhra Pradesh

31,731

­–

­–

31,731

Chennai

211,910

­–

­–

211,910

Delhi

548,053

­–

­–

548,053

Gujarat

11,518

­–

­–

11,518

Haryana

18,850

­–

­–

18,850

Karnataka

266,761

­–

­–

266,761

Kerala

19,792

­–

­–

19,792

Kolkata

14,092

­–

­–

14,092

Madhya Pradesh

281,275

­–

281,275

Maharashtra

10,878

­–

­–

10,878

Mumbai

42,436

­–

­–

42,436

Punjab

42,310

­–

­–

42,310

Rajasthan

3,959

3,959

Tamil Nadu

126,512

­–

­–

126,512

Uttar Pradesh (East)

14,837

­–

­–

14,837

Uttar Pradesh (West)

11,117

­–

­–

11,117

Total

1,656,031

­–

­–

1,656,031

Reliance Communications#

Andhra Pradesh

28,657

2,414,416

2,443,073

Bihar

514

942,927

943,441

Chennai

41,654

600,627

642,281

Delhi – NCR

49,237

1,935,356

1,984,593

Haryana

2,327

401,609

403,936

Himachal Pradesh

137

63,841

63,978

Jammu & Kashmir

0

269

269

Karnataka

44,759

1,611,209

1,655,968

Kerala

15,334

1,324,080

1,339,414

Kolkata

34,460

993,069

1,027,529

Madhya Pradesh

11,058

1,223,419

1,234,477

Maharashtra

27,084

1,963,248

1,990,332

Mumbai

63,456

1,991,653

2,055,109

Orissa

1,477

282,105

283,582

Punjab

18,950

707,709

726,659

Rajasthan

3,536

1,088,210

1,091,746

Tamil Nadu

15,965

1,510,133

1,526,098

Uttar Pradesh (East)

13,764

1,707,225

1,720,989

Uttar Pradesh (West)

2,216

1,214,810

1,217,026

West Bengal

325

571,177

571,502

Gujarat

52,847

1,501,563

1,554,410

Total

427,757

24,048,655

24,476,412

HFCL Infotel

Punjab

200,060*

60,697

65,273

326,030

Total

200,060

60,697

65,273

326,030

Shyam Telelink

Rajasthan

149,992

50,998

30,513

231,503

Total

149,992

50,998

30,513

231,503

Tata Teleservices

Andhra Pradesh

110,234

406,328

1,007,995

1,524,557

Bihar

120

80,801

319,728

400,649

Chennai

9,222

155,454

127,102

291,778

Delhi

15,261

521,399

1,336,852

1,873,512

Gujarat

20,637

333,013

403,564

757,214

Haryana

­–

64,162

392,510

456,672

Himachal Pradesh

­–

3,325

61,061

64,386

Karnataka

45,573

332,246

555,338

933,157

Kerala

64

124,137

331,575

455,776

Kolkata

450

230,786

535,818

767,054

Madhya Pradesh

­–

114,234

296,668

410,902

Orissa

­–

28,128

163,360

191,488

Punjab

300

151,311

422,041

573,652

Rajasthan

­–

125,302

541,055

666,357

Tamil Nadu

1,088

186,479

251,057

438,624

Uttar Pradesh (East)

­–

109,151

475,671

584,822

Uttar Pradesh (West)

­–

75,866

541,545

617,411

West Bengal

­–

46,129

253,953

300,082

Maharashtra

47,532

509,877

702,816

1,260,225

Mumbai

201,608

410,677

599,370

1,211,655

Total

452,089

4,008,805

9,319,079

13,779,973

Grand total

2,885,929

4,120,500

33,463,520

40,469,949

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

* includes Cordect