Circle/City

Operator

April 2007

May 2007

Absolute change

% change

Metros

Delhi

Bharti Airtel

3,095,807

3,203,127

107,320

3.47

Delhi

Hutchison Essar

2,397,493

2,538,425

140,932

5.88

Delhi

MTNL

1,043,279

1,082,387

39,108

3.75

Delhi

Idea Cellular

1,467,727

1,494,933

27,206

1.85

Total

8,004,306

8,318,872

314,566

3.93

Mumbai

BPL Mobile

1,077,085

1,082,449

5,364

0.50

Mumbai

Hutchison Essar

2,530,797

2,594,121

63,324

2.50

Mumbai

MTNL

1,440,518

1,465,508

24,990

1.73

Mumbai

Bharti Airtel

1,893,564

1,928,429

34,865

1.84

Total

6,941,964

7,070,507

128,543

1.85

Chennai

Aircel Cellular

1,223,612

1,282,426

58,814

4.81

Chennai

Bharti Airtel

1,079,400

1,127,343

47,943

4.44

Chennai

Hutchison Essar

740,129

771,379

31,250

4.22

Chennai

BSNL

806,019

806,349

330

0.04

Total

3,849,160

3,987,497

138,337

3.59

Kolkata

Bharti Airtel

1,105,507

1,147,481

41,974

3.8

Kolkata

Hutchison Telecom

1,313,439

1,363,525

50,086

3.81

Kolkata

BSNL

634,285

634,020

-265

-0.04

Kolkata

Reliance Telecom

NA

NA

NA

NA

Total

3,053,231

3,145,026

91,795

3.01

All metros

21,848,661

22,521,902

673,241

3.08

A Circle

Maharashtra

Hutchison Essar

1,199,991

1,280,002

80,011

6.67

Maharashtra

Idea

2,971,486

3,131,600

160,114

5.39

Maharashtra

Bharti Airtel

2,684,361

2,807,754

123,393

4.6

Maharashtra

BSNL

2,269,957

2,277,655

7,698

0.34

Total

9,125,795

9,497,011

371,216

4.07

Gujarat

Fascel

4,310,826

4,511,056

200,230

4.64

Gujarat

Idea

1,781,657

1,825,393

43,736

2.45

Gujarat

Bharti Airtel

1,638,962

1,671,908

32,946

2.01

Gujarat

BSNL

1,214,578

1,262,292

47,714

3.93

Total

8,946,023

9,270,649

324,626

3.63

Andhra Pradesh

Idea

1,884,539

2,011,122

126,583

6.72

Andhra Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

3,803,109

3,945,066

141,957

3.73

Andhra Pradesh

Hutchison Essar

1,556,088

1,636,777

80,689

5.19

Andhra Pradesh

BSNL

1,832,776

1,855,149

22,373

1.22

Total

9,076,512

9,448,114

371,602

4.09

Karnataka

Bharti Airtel

4,483,882

4,661,295

177,413

3.96

Karnataka

Spice Communications

852,566

954,585

102,019

11.97

Karnataka

Hutchison Essar

1,753,693

1,833,791

80,098

4.57

Karnataka

BSNL

1,756,802

1,714,577

-42,225

-2.40

Total

8,846,943

9,164,248

317,305

3.59

Tamil Nadu

Hutchison Essar

1,179,428

1,282,169

102,741

8.71

Tamil Nadu

Aircel Limited

3,065,765

3,251,940

186,175

6.07

Tamil Nadu

BSNL

2,073,515

2,075,604

2,089

0.10

Tamil Nadu

Bharti Airtel

2,138,607

2,262,553

123,946

5.80

Total

8,457,315

8,872,266

414,951

4.91

A Circle

44,452,588

46,252,288

1,799,700

4.05

B Circle

Kerala

Idea Mobile

Communications

1,620,961

1,709,131

88,170

5.44

Kerala

Hutchison Essar

933,258

1,008,904

75,646

8.11

Kerala

Bharti Airtel

1,019,644

1,084,489

64,845

6.36

Kerala

BSNL

1,958,240

1,963,116

4,876

0.25

Total

5,532,103

5,765,640

233,537

4.22

Punjab

Spice Communications

1,962,161

2,052,533

90,372

4.61

Punjab

Bharti Airtel

2,629,553

2,695,040

65,487

2.49

Punjab

BSNL

1,169,504

1,181,667

12,163

1.04

Punjab

Hutchison Essar

1,225,426

1,290,204

64,778

5.29

Total

6,986,644

7,219,444

232,800

3.33

Haryana

Idea Mobile

Communications

847,957

852,142

4,185

0.49

Haryana

Aircel Digilink

832,338

897,511

65,173

7.83

Haryana

Bharti Airtel

797,173

806,554

9,381

1.18

Haryana

BSNL

1,015,001

1,093,799

78,798

7.76

Total

3,492,469

3,650,006

157,537

4.51

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Idea Mobile

Communications

1,609,504

1,663,414

53,910

3.35

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Bharti Airtel

1,054,042

1,139,342

85,300

8.09

Uttar Pradesh (West)

BSNL

1,394,226

1,418,663

24,437

1.75

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Hutchison Essar

1,774,251

1,865,574

91,323

5.15

Total

5,832,023

6,086,993

254,970

4.37

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Aircel Digilink

2,876,733

3,026,441

149,708

5.20

Uttar Pradesh (East)

BSNL

2,814,328

2,827,767

13,439

0.48

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Bharti Airtel

1,632,294

1,705,639

73,345

4.49

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Idea

Telecommunications

385,805

411,815

26,010

6.74

Total

7,709,160

7,971,662

262,502

3.41

Rajasthan

Aircel Digilink

1,566,873

1,681,922

115,049

7.34

Rajasthan

Bharti Airtel

1,915,400

2,110,867

195,467

10.21

Rajasthan

BSNL

2,110,908

2,135,344

24,436

1.16

Rajasthan

Idea

Telecommunications

325,331

358,512

33,181

10.20

Total

5,918,512

6,286,645

368,133

6.22

Madhya Pradesh

Idea

1,646,709

1,782,435

135,726

8.24

Madhya Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

NA

NA

NA

NA

Madhya Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

1,459,545

1,587,090

127,545

8.74

Madhya Pradesh

BSNL

1,251,242

1,273,254

22,012

1.76

Total

4,357,496

4,642,779

285,283

6.55

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Reliance Telecom

NA

NA

NA

NA

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

BSNL

1,110,532

1,095,148

-15,384

-1.39

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Bharti Airtel

897,338

969,372

72,034

8.03

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Hutchison Telecom

1,512,271

1,627,499

115,228

7.62

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Dishnet Wireless

154,652

174,782

20,130

13.02

Total

3,674,793

3,866,801

192,008

5.23

B Circle

43,503,200

45,489,970

1,986,770

4.57

C Circle

Himachal Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

579,977

605,140

25,163

4.34

Himachal Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

NA

NA

NA

NA

Himachal Pradesh

BSNL

475,803

480,392

4,589

0.96

Himachal Pradesh

Idea Telecommunications

21,530

26,121

4,591

21.32

Himachal Pradesh

Dishnet Wireless

10,793

13,811

3,018

27.96

Total

1,088,103

1,125,464

37,361

3.43

Bihar

Reliance Telecom

NA

NA

NA

NA

Bihar

BSNL

1,265,967

1,259,182

-6,785

-0.54

Bihar

Bharti Airtel

2,449,528

2,644,757

195,229

7.97

Bihar

Dishnet Wireless

45,456

70,094

24,638

54.2

Total

3,760,951

3,974,033

213,082

5.67

Orissa

Reliance Telecom

NA

NA

NA

NA

Orissa

BSNL

766,883

771,115

4,232

0.55

Orissa

Bharti Airtel

988,000

1,038,569

50,569

5.12

Orissa

Dishnet Wireless

239,503

277,151

37,648

15.72

Total

1,994,386

2,086,835

92,449

4.64

Assam

Reliance Telecom

NA

NA

NA

NA

Assam

BSNL

608,120

624,186

16,066

2.64

Assam

Bharti Airtel

680,058

685,848

5,790

0.85

Assam

Dishnet Wireless

734,035

811,450

77,415

10.55

Total

2,022,213

2,121,484

99,271

4.91

North East

Reliance Telecom

NA

NA

NA

NA

North East

Bharti Airtel

306,227

317,332

11,105

3.63

North East

BSNL

429,204

445,765

16,561

3.86

North East

Dishnet Wireless

352,817

409,366

56,549

16.03

Total

1,088,248

1,172,463

84,215

7.74

Jammu & Kashmir

BSNL

797,967

799,366

1,399

0.18

Jammu & Kashmir

Bharti Airtel

560,328

598,730

38,402

6.85

Jammu & Kashmir

Dishnet Wireless

101,299

117,827

16,528

16.32

Total

1,459,594

1,515,923

56,329

3.86

C Circle

11,413,495

11,996,202

582,707

5.11

All India

121,217,944

126,260,362

5,042,418

4.16

NA – Reliance Telecom subscriber figures for April 2007 and May 2007 are not available

Bharti Airtel

Andhra Pradesh

41,148

­–

­–

41,148

Chennai

248,334

­–

­–

248,334

Delhi

619,174

­–

­–

619,174

Gujarat

16,226

­–

­–

16,226

Haryana

19,753

­–

­–

19,753

Karnataka

302,303

­–

­–

302,303

Kerala

27,172

­–

­–

27,172

Kolkata

21,652

­–

­–

21,652

Madhya Pradesh

294,140

­–

­–

294,140

Maharashtra

18,551

­–

­–

18,551

Mumbai

71,250

­–

­–

71,250

Punjab

53,043

­–

­–

53,043

Rajasthan

13,211

­–

­–

13,211

Tamil Nadu

128,631

­–

­–

128,631

Uttar Pradesh (East)

19,672

­–

­–

19,672

Uttar Pradesh (West)

17,414

­–

­–

17,414

Total

1,911,674

1,911,674

Reliance Communications#

Andhra Pradesh

44,737

2,564,877

2,609,614

Bihar

795

1,114,546

1,115,341

Chennai

55,116

637,053

692,169

Delhi – NCR

66,977

1,683,672

1,750,649

Haryana

4,553

458,653

463,206

Himachal Pradesh

629

85,304

85,933

Jammu & Kashmir

1

175

176

Karnataka

60,725

1,714,002

1,774,727

Kerala

21,365

1,383,655

1,405,020

Kolkata

47,239

977,563

1,024,802

Madhya Pradesh

17,260

1,438,660

1,455,920

Maharashtra

38,866

2,044,981

2,083,847

Mumbai

85,464

1,865,672

1,951,136

Orissa

1,791

305,934

307,725

Punjab

25,780

647,520

673,300

Rajasthan

5,224

1,139,504

1,144,728

Tamil Nadu

22,761

1,790,166

1,812,927

Uttar Pradesh (East)

19,360

1,849,202

1,868,562

Uttar Pradesh (West)

3,572

1,330,973

1,334,545

West Bengal

1,835

665,720

667,555

Gujarat

64,162

1,704,934

1,769,096

Total

588,212

25,402,766

25,990,978

HFCL Infotel

Punjab

166,313*

77,267

73,547

317,127

Total

166,313

77,267

73,547

317,127

Shyam Telelink

Rajasthan

155,134

62,342

34,125

251,601

Total

155,134

62,342

34,125

251,601

Tata Teleservices

Andhra Pradesh

114,875

398,560

1,274,633

1,788,068

Bihar

186

111,285

442,671

554,142

Chennai

13,764

145,885

153,832

313,481

Delhi

18,928

511,942

1,679,083

2,209,953

Gujarat

24,718

287,848

486,294

798,860

Haryana

210

106,621

474,984

581,815

Himachal Pradesh

­–

3,547

76,182

79,729

Karnataka

58,612

335,005

619,262

1,012,879

Kerala

1,106

130,985

378,080

510,171

Kolkata

2,577

230,499

649,947

883,023

Madhya Pradesh

142

149,772

347,252

497,166

Orissa

­–

37,215

222,756

259,971

Punjab

1,112

221,809

474,980

697,901

Rajasthan

21

239,286

737,180

976,487

Tamil Nadu

1,399

184,607

303,048

489,054

Uttar Pradesh (East)

­–

170,963

554,195

725,158

Uttar Pradesh (West)

­–

117,498

697,727

815,225

West Bengal

­–

59,498

330,476

389,974

Maharashtra

63,549

701,868

1,006,544

1,771,961

Mumbai

239,121

438,600

730,107

1,407,828

Total

540,320

4,583,293

11,639,233

16,762,846

Grand total

3,361,653

4,722,902

37,149,671

45,234,226