Circle/City

Operator

February 2007

March 2007

Absolute change

% change

Metros

Delhi

Bharti Airtel

3,008,223

3,039,225

31,002

1.03

Delhi

Hutchison Essar

2,282,599

2,368,491

85,892

3.76

Delhi

MTNL

1,246,239

1,331,428

85,189

6.84

Delhi

Idea Cellular

1,427,107

1,447,690

20,583

1.44

Total

7,964,168

8,186,834

222,666

2.80

Mumbai

BPL Mobile

1,065,818

1,070,853

5,035

0.47

Mumbai

Hutchison Essar

2,439,285

2,466,570

27,285

1.12

Mumbai

MTNL

1,332,583

1,415,386

82,803

6.21

Mumbai

Bharti Airtel

1,840,953

1,859,228

18,275

0.99

Total

6,678,639

6,812,037

133,398

2.00

Chennai

Aircel Cellular

1,108,465

1,166,276

57,811

5.22

Chennai

Bharti Airtel

973,572

1,020,973

47,401

4.87

Chennai

Hutchison Essar

683,467

710,116

26,649

3.9

Chennai

BSNL

749,326

787,489

38,163

5.09

Total

3,514,830

3,684,854

170,024

4.84

Kolkata

Bharti Airtel

1,003,127

1,047,016

43,889

4.38

Kolkata

Hutchison Telecom

1,235,605

1,273,675

38,070

3.08

Kolkata

BSNL

595,396

620,909

25,513

4.29

Kolkata

Reliable Internet

329,742

333,189

3,447

1.05

Total

3,163,870

3,274,789

110,919

3.51

All metros

21,321,507

21,958,514

637,007

2.99

A Circle

Maharashtra

Hutchison Essar

1,084,306

1,134,433

50,127

4.62

Maharashtra

Idea

2,807,982

2,875,315

67,333

2.40

Maharashtra

Bharti Airtel

2,426,751

2,538,185

111,434

4.59

Maharashtra

BSNL

2,025,559

2,243,064

217,505

10.74

Total

 8,344,598

8,790,997

446,399

5.35

Gujarat

Fascel

4,009,827

4,155,274

145,447

3.63

Gujarat

Idea

1,715,774

1,703,720

-12,054

-0.70

Gujarat

Bharti Airtel

1,582,030

1,585,887

3,857

0.24

Gujarat

BSNL

1,032,593

1,114,338

81,745

7.92

Total

 8,340,224

8,559,219

218,995

2.63

Andhra Pradesh

Idea

1,737,116

1,801,024

63,908

3.68

Andhra Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

3,426,559

3,609,618

183,059

5.34

Andhra Pradesh

Hutchison Essar

1,434,985

1,490,871

55,886

3.89

Andhra Pradesh

BSNL

1,760,861

1,846,646

85,785

4.87

Total

 8,359,521

8,748,159

388,638

4.65

Karnataka

Bharti Airtel

4,068,596

4,275,556

206,960

5.09

Karnataka

Spice Communications

754,350

816,872

62,522

8.29

Karnataka

Hutchison Essar

1,655,929

1,697,869

41,940

2.53

Karnataka

BSNL

1,620,341

1,780,654

160,313

9.89

Total

 8,099,216

8,570,951

471,735

5.82

Tamil Nadu

Hutchison Essar

968,564

1,029,328

60,764

6.27

Tamil Nadu

Aircel Limited

2,740,754

2,902,557

161,803

5.90

Tamil Nadu

BSNL

2,005,010

2,071,200

66,190

3.30

Tamil Nadu

Bharti Airtel

1,859,380

2,007,887

148,507

7.99

Total

 7,573,708

8,010,972

437,264

5.77

A Circle

40,717,267

42,680,298

1,963,031

4.82

B Circle

Kerala

Idea Mobile

Communications

1,482,799

1,546,982

64,183

4.33

Kerala

Hutchison Essar

822,681

867,909

45,228

5.50

Kerala

Bharti Airtel

941,995

982,250

40,255

4.27

Kerala

BSNL

1,901,213

1,953,540

52,327

2.75

Total

 5,148,688

5,350,681

201,993

3.92

Punjab

Spice Communications

1,824,234

1,912,084

87,850

4.82

Punjab

Bharti Airtel

2,590,174

2,602,027

11,853

0.46

Punjab

BSNL

1,021,431

1,130,093

108,662

10.64

Punjab

Hutchison Essar

1,112,921

1,165,080

52,159

4.69

Total

 6,548,760

6,809,284

260,524

3.98

Haryana

Idea Mobile

Communications

834,786

843,767

8,981

1.08

Haryana

Aircel Digilink

716,441

771,464

55,023

7.68

Haryana

Bharti Airtel

728,555

776,946

48,391

6.64

Haryana

BSNL

873,208

955,077

81,869

9.38

Total

 3,152,990

3,347,254

194,264

6.16

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Idea Mobile

Communications

1,563,997

1,562,282

-1,715

-0.11

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Bharti Airtel

980,349

1,021,217

40,868

4.17

Uttar Pradesh (West)

BSNL

1,282,812

1,386,420

103,608

8.08

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Hutchison Essar

1,564,029

1,665,150

101,121

6.47

Total

 5,391,187

5,635,069

243,882

4.52

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Aircel Digilink

2,621,441

2,743,715

122,274

4.66

Uttar Pradesh (East)

BSNL

2,650,189

2,828,730

178,541

6.74

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Bharti Airtel

1,455,316

1,591,135

135,819

9.33

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Idea

Telecommunications

305,712

342,776

37,064

12.12

Total

 7,032,658

7,506,356

473,698

6.74

Rajasthan

Aircel Digilink

1,381,139

1,471,667

90,528

6.55

Rajasthan

Bharti Airtel

1,733,912

1,800,356

66,444

3.83

Rajasthan

BSNL

1,702,174

2,051,224

349,050

20.51

Rajasthan

Idea

Telecommunications

235,330

291,637

56,307

23.93

Total

 5,052,555

5,614,884

562,329

11.13

Madhya Pradesh

Idea

1,514,752

1,578,382

63,630

4.2

Madhya Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

966,722

1,022,560

55,838

5.78

Madhya Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

1,311,129

1,387,537

76,408

5.83

Madhya Pradesh

BSNL

1,147,568

1,231,773

84,205

7.34

Total

 4,940,171

5,220,252

280,081

5.67

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Reliance Telecom

560,271

577,405

17,134

3.06

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

BSNL

1,020,671

1,096,939

76,268

7.47

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Bharti Airtel

757,772

815,644

57,872

7.64

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Hutchison Telecom

1,329,960

1,430,226

100,266

7.54

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Dishnet Wireless

136,696

138,742

2,046

1.50

Total

 3,805,370

4,058,956

253,586

6.66

B Circle

41,072,379

43,542,736

2,470,357

6.01

C Circle

Himachal Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

504,042

545,635

41,593

8.25

Himachal Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

166,306

172,822

6,516

3.92

Himachal Pradesh

BSNL

441,338

503,184

61,846

14.01

Himachal Pradesh

Idea

Telecommunications

14,645

16,976

2,331

15.92

Himachal Pradesh

Dishnet Wireless

3,900

7,107

3,207

82.23

Total

1,130,231

1,245,724

115,493

10.22

Bihar

Reliance Telecom

1,077,449

1,120,530

43,081

4.00

Bihar

BSNL

1,216,846

1,267,858

51,012

4.19

Bihar

Bharti Airtel

2,051,052

2,302,105

251,053

12.24

Bihar

Dishnet Wireless

14,604

27,080

12,476

85.43

Total

4,359,951

4,717,573

357,622

8.20

Orissa

Reliance Telecom

483,283

508,804

25,521

5.28

Orissa

BSNL

726,363

760,936

34,573

4.76

Orissa

Bharti Airtel

865,543

915,619

50,076

5.79

Orissa

Dishnet Wireless

171,773

202,958

31,185

18.15

Total

2,246,962

2,388,317

141,355

6.29

Assam

Reliance Telecom

377,565

440,693

63,128

16.72

Assam

BSNL

528,094

583,251

55,157

10.44

Assam

Bharti Airtel

577,127

609,530

32,403

5.61

Assam

Dishnet Wireless

563,120

666,951

103,831

18.44

Total

2,045,906

2,300,425

254,519

12.44

North East

Reliance Telecom

149,379

171,590

22,211

14.87

North East

Bharti Airtel

252,032

274,044

22,012

8.73

North East

BSNL

385,311

421,486

36,175

9.39

North East

Dishnet Wireless

270,759

308,339

37,580

13.88

Total

1,057,481

1,175,459

117,978

11.16

Jammu & Kashmir

BSNL

757,967

794,073

36,106

4.76

Jammu & Kashmir

Bharti Airtel

502,217

533,590

31,373

6.25

Jammu & Kashmir

Dishnet Wireless

84,769

94,457

9,688

11.43

Total

1,344,953

1,422,120

77,167

5.74

C Circle

12,185,484

13,249,618

1,064,134

8.73

All India

115,296,637

121,431,166

6,134,529

5.32

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