Circle/City

Operator

January 2007

February 2007

Absolute change

% change

Metros

Delhi

Bharti Airtel

2,852,929

3,008,223

155,294

5.44

Delhi

Hutchison Essar

2,220,987

2,282,599

61,612

2.77

Delhi

MTNL

1,195,438

1,246,239

50,801

4.25

Delhi

Idea Cellular

1,372,067

1,427,107

55,040

4.01

Total

7,641,421

7,964,168

322,747

4.22

Mumbai

BPL Mobile

1,062,255

1,065,818

3,563

0.34

Mumbai

Hutchison Essar

2,416,290

2,439,285

22,995

0.95

Mumbai

MTNL

1,302,796

1,332,583

29,787

2.29

Mumbai

Bharti Airtel

1,805,601

1,840,953

35,352

1.96

Total

6,586,942

6,678,639

91,697

1.39

Chennai

Aircel Cellular

1,063,062

1,108,465

45,403

4.27

Chennai

Bharti Airtel

931,509

973,572

42,063

4.52

Chennai

Hutchison Essar

658,434

683,467

25,033

3.8

Chennai

BSNL

726,761

749,326

22,565

3.10

Total

3,379,766

3,514,830

135,064

4.00

Kolkata

Bharti Airtel

947,107

1,003,127

56,020

5.91

Kolkata

Hutchison Telecom

1,206,551

1,235,605

29,054

2.41

Kolkata

BSNL

561,983

595,396

33,413

5.95

Kolkata

Reliable Internet

309,834

329,742

19,908

6.43

Total

3,025,475

3,163,870

138,395

4.57

All Metros

20,633,604

21,321,507

687,903

3.33

A Circle

Maharashtra

Hutchison Essar

1,050,132

1,084,306

34,174

3.25

Maharashtra

Idea

2,707,188

2,807,982

100,794

3.72

Maharashtra

Bharti Airtel

2,325,727

2,426,751

101,024

4.34

Maharashtra

BSNL

1,929,596

2,025,559

95,963

4.97

Total

8,012,643

8,344,598

331,955

4.14

Gujarat

Fascel

3,883,943

4,009,827

125,884

3.24

Gujarat

Idea

1,675,574

1,715,774

40,200

2.40

Gujarat

Bharti Airtel

1,553,500

1,582,030

28,530

1.84

Gujarat

BSNL

992,905

1,032,593

39,688

4.00

Total

8,105,922

8,340,224

234,302

2.89

Andhra Pradesh

Idea

1,674,524

1,737,116

62,592

3.74

Andhra Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

3,260,469

3,426,559

166,090

5.09

Andhra Pradesh

Hutchison Essar

1,384,517

1,434,985

50,468

3.65

Andhra Pradesh

BSNL

1,696,126

1,760,861

64,735

3.82

Total

8,015,636

8,359,521

343,885

4.29

Karnataka

Bharti Airtel

3,901,064

4,068,596

167,532

4.29

Karnataka

Spice Communications

727,913

754,350

26,437

3.63

Karnataka

Hutchison Essar

1,623,554

1,655,929

32,375

1.99

Karnataka

BSNL

1,574,347

1,620,341

45,994

2.92

Total

7,826,878

8,099,216

272,338

3.48

Tamil Nadu

Hutchison Essar

913,330

968,564

55,234

6.05

Tamil Nadu

Aircel Limited

2,636,010

2,740,754

104,744

3.97

Tamil Nadu

BSNL

2,003,004

2,005,010

2,006

0.10

Tamil Nadu

Bharti Airtel

1,723,572

1,859,380

135,808

7.88

Total

7,275,916

7,573,708

297,792

4.09

A Circle

39,236,995

40,717,267

1,480,272

3.77

B Circle

Kerala

Idea Mobile

Communications

1,433,330

1,482,799

49,469

3.45

Kerala

Hutchison Essar

800,645

822,681

22,036

2.75

Kerala

Bharti Airtel

901,246

941,995

40,749

4.52

Kerala

BSNL

1,887,038

1,901,213

14,175

0.75

Total

5,022,259

5,148,688

126,429

2.52

Punjab

Spice Communications

1,792,014

1,824,234

32,220

1.80

Punjab

Bharti Airtel

2,532,998

2,590,174

57,176

2.26

Punjab

BSNL

909,026

1,021,431

112,405

12.37

Punjab

Hutchison Essar

1,070,873

1,112,921

42,048

3.93

Total

6,304,911

6,548,760

243,849

3.87

Haryana

Idea Mobile

Communications

803,846

834,786

30,940

3.85

Haryana

Aircel Digilink

665,425

716,441

51,016

7.67

Haryana

Bharti Airtel

714,880

728,555

13,675

1.91

Haryana

BSNL

766,055

873,208

107,153

13.99

Total

2,950,206

3,152,990

202,784

6.87

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Idea Mobile

Communications

1,510,046

1,563,997

53,951

3.57

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Bharti Airtel

936,011

980,349

44,338

4.74

Uttar Pradesh (West)

BSNL

1,229,664

1,282,812

53,148

4.32

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Hutchison Essar

1,462,827

1,564,029

101,202

6.92

Total

5,138,548

5,391,187

252,639

4.92

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Aircel Digilink

2,535,868

2,621,441

85,573

3.37

Uttar Pradesh (East)

BSNL

2,605,381

2,650,189

44,808

1.72

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Bharti Airtel

1,345,005

1,455,316

110,311

8.20

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Idea

Telecommunications

260,553

305,712

45,159

17.33

Total

6,746,807

7,032,658

285,851

4.24

Rajasthan

Aircel Digilink

1,291,095

1,381,139

90,044

6.97

Rajasthan

Bharti Airtel

1,625,782

1,733,912

108,130

6.65

Rajasthan

BSNL

1,644,156

1,702,174

58,018

3.53

Rajasthan

Idea

Telecommunications

204,558

235,330

30,772

15.04

Total

4,765,591

5,052,555

286,964

6.02

Madhya Pradesh

Idea

1,417,501

1,514,752

97,251

6.86

Madhya Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

911,334

966,722

55,388

6.08

Madhya Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

1,209,955

1,311,129

101,174

8.36

Madhya Pradesh

BSNL

1,107,128

1,147,568

40,440

3.65

Total

4,645,918

4,940,171

294,253

6.33

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Reliance Telecom

536,825

560,271

23,446

4.37

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

BSNL

951,332

1,020,671

69,339

7.29

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Bharti Airtel

708,561

757,772

49,211

6.95

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Hutchison Telecom

1,229,887

1,329,960

100,073

8.14

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Dishnet Wireless

136,282

136,696

414

0.30

Total

3,562,887

3,805,370

242,483

6.81

B Circle

39,137,127

41,072,379

1,935,252

4.94

C Circle

Himachal Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

485,116

504,042

18,926

3.9

Himachal Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

159,118

166,306

7,188

4.52

Himachal Pradesh

BSNL

365,767

441,338

75,571

20.66

Himachal Pradesh

Idea Telecommunications

12,762

14,645

1,883

14.75

Himachal Pradesh

Dishnet Wireless

1,798

3,900

2,102

116.91

Total

1,024,561

1,130,231

105,670

10.31

Bihar

Reliance Telecom

1,026,618

1,077,449

50,831

4.95

Bihar

BSNL

1,175,489

1,216,846

41,357

3.52

Bihar

Bharti Airtel

1,933,158

2,051,052

117,894

6.10

Bihar

Dishnet Wireless

3,690

14,604

10,914

295.77

Total

4,138,955

4,359,951

220,996

5.34

Orissa

Reliance Telecom

457,616

483,283

25,667

5.61

Orissa

BSNL

697,426

726,363

28,937

4.15

Orissa

Bharti Airtel

814,289

865,543

51,254

6.29

Orissa

Dishnet Wireless

146,921

171,773

24,852

16.92

Total

2,116,252

2,246,962

130,710

6.18

Assam

Reliance Telecom

340,332

377,565

37,233

10.94

Assam

BSNL

512,154

528,094

15,940

3.11

Assam

Bharti Airtel

524,228

577,127

52,899

10.09

Assam

Dishnet Wireless

495,465

563,120

67,655

13.65

Total

1,872,179

2,045,906

173,727

9.28

North East

Reliance Telecom

134,539

149,379

14,840

11.03

North East

Bharti Airtel

221,828

252,032

30,204

13.62

North East

BSNL

371,375

385,311

13,936

3.75

North East

Dishnet Wireless

243,430

270,759

27,329

11.23

Total

971,172

1,057,481

86,309

8.89

Jammu & Kashmir

BSNL

735,651

757,967

22,316

3.03

Jammu & Kashmir

Bharti Airtel

477,419

502,217

24,798

5.19

Jammu & Kashmir

Dishnet Wireless

75,688

84,769

9,081

12

Total

1,288,758

1,344,953

56,195

4.36

C Circle

11,411,877

12,185,484

773,607

6.78

All India

110,419,603

115,296,637

4,877,034

4.42

Bharti Airtel

Andhra Pradesh

37,811

–

–

37,811

Chennai

237,735

­–

­–

237,735

Delhi

592,016

­–

­–

592,016

Gujarat

15,441

­–

­–

15,441

Haryana

19,242

­–

­–

19,242

Karnataka

288,919

­–

­–

288,919

Kerala

25,229

­–

­–

25,229

Kolkata

18,682

­–

­–

18,682

Madhya Pradesh

285,994

­–

­–

285,994

Maharashtra

16,395

­–

­–

16,395

Mumbai

63,798

­–

­–

63,798

Punjab

48,855

­–

­–

48,855

Rajasthan

10,260

­–

­–

10,260

Tamil Nadu

125,678

­–

­–

125,678

Uttar Pradesh (East)

17,751

­–

­–

17,751

Uttar Pradesh (West)

15,277

­–

­–

15,277

Total

1,819,083

­–

­–

1,819,083

Reliance Communications#

Andhra Pradesh

37,912

2,807,989

2,845,901

Bihar

630

1,187,673

1,188,303

Chennai

52,435

714,226

766,661

Delhi - NCR

61,892

2,051,587

2,113,479

Haryana

4,270

516,587

520,857

Himachal Pradesh

472

87,116

87,588

Jammu & Kashmir

1

297

298

Karnataka

55,843

1,909,501

1,965,344

Kerala

19,940

1,518,820

1,538,760

Kolkata

44,234

1,113,051

1,157,285

Madhya Pradesh

15,639

1,544,198

1,559,837

Maharashtra

35,028

2,298,625

2,333,653

Mumbai

76,713

2,167,087

2,243,800

Orissa

1,679

331,039

332,718

Punjab

22,925

762,159

785,084

Rajasthan

4,357

1,280,443

1,284,800

Tamil Nadu

20,473

1,875,540

1,896,013

Uttar Pradesh (East)

17,733

2,022,530

2,040,263

Uttar Pradesh (West)

2,837

1,473,687

1,476,524

West Bengal

1,049

736,225

737,274

Gujarat

60,529

1,885,544

1,946,073

Total

536,591

28,283,924

28,820,515

HFCL Infotel

Punjab

192,934*

56,544

74,514

323,992

Total

192,934

56,544

74,514

323,992

Shyam Telelink

Rajasthan

150,264

56,018

35,226

241,508

Total

150,264

56,018

35,226

241,508

Tata Teleservices

Andhra Pradesh

113,276

404,299

1,201,162

1,718,737

Bihar

120

101,794

405,499

507,413

Chennai

12,163

149,972

153,156

315,291

Delhi

18,095

517,348

1,570,781

2,106,224

Gujarat

23,094

301,507

475,216

799,817

Haryana

30

91,392

462,343

553,765

Himachal Pradesh

­–

3,448

75,778

79,226

Karnataka

53,553

336,770

623,554

1,013,877

Kerala

244

127,110

369,849

497,203

Kolkata

1,843

230,847

622,394

855,084

Madhya Pradesh

94

137,030

346,547

483,671

Orissa

­–

35,024

207,308

242,332

Punjab

865

193,154

472,761

666,780

Rajasthan

­–

185,158

685,889

871,047

Tamil Nadu

1,286

186,589

303,830

491,705

Uttar Pradesh (East)

­–

152,291

539,129

691,420

Uttar Pradesh (West)

­–

93,799

661,367

755,166

West Bengal

­–

56,702

315,434

372,136

Maharashtra

57,889

485,348

912,957

1,456,194

Mumbai

224,967

438,702

685,702

1,349,371

Total

507,519

4,228,284

11,090,656

15,826,459

Grand Total

3,206,391

4,340,846

39,484,320

47,031,557