Circle

Operator

September 2007

October 2007

Absolute change

% change

Metros

Delhi

Bharti Airtel

3,546,374

3,611,562

65,188

1.84

Delhi

Vodafone Essar

2,904,768

3,002,442

97,674

3.36

Delhi

MTNL

1,237,261

1,274,453

37,192

3.01

Delhi

Idea Cellular

1,778,661

1,802,797

24,136

1.36

Total

9,467,064

9,691,254

224,190

2.37

Mumbai

BPL Mobile

1,153,357

1,201,464

48,107

4.17

Mumbai

Vodafone Essar

2,901,145

2,989,970

88,825

3.06

Mumbai

MTNL

1,534,859

1,551,406

16,547

1.08

Mumbai

Bharti Airtel

2,137,682

2,188,532

50,850

2.38

Total

7,727,043

7,931,372

204,329

2.64

Chennai

Aircel Cellular

1,522,394

1,591,825

69,431

4.56

Chennai

Bharti Airtel

1,320,648

1,401,652

81,004

6.13

Chennai

Vodafone Essar

941,885

981,996

40,111

4.26

Chennai

BSNL

858,473

864,122

5,649

0.66

Total

4,643,400

4,839,595

196,195

4.23

Kolkata

Bharti Airtel

1,410,388

1,507,930

97,542

6.92

Kolkata

Vodafone Essar

1,572,839

1,632,875

60,036

3.82

Kolkata

BSNL

777,688

799,979

22,291

2.87

Kolkata

Reliance Telecom

NA

NA

NA

NA

Total

3,760,915

3,940,784

179,869

4.78

All metros

25,598,422

26,403,005

804,583

3.14

A Circle

Maharashtra

Vodafone Essar

1,758,692

1,876,715

118,023

6.71

Maharashtra

Idea

3,698,888

3,828,546

129,658

3.51

Maharashtra

Bharti Airtel

3,278,699

3,467,950

189,251

5.77

Maharashtra

BSNL

2,556,545

2,614,665

58,120

2.27

Total

11,292,824

11,787,876

495,052

4.38

Gujarat

Vodafone Essar

5,067,689

5,222,882

155,193

3.06

Gujarat

Idea

2,100,306

2,179,360

79,054

3.76

Gujarat

Bharti Airtel

2,016,182

2,060,226

44,044

2.18

Gujarat

BSNL

1,633,230

1,678,652

45,422

2.78

Total

10,817,407

11,141,120

323,713

2.99

Andhra Pradesh

Idea

2,510,597

2,632,618

122,021

4.86

Andhra Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

4,755,341

4,972,395

217,054

4.56

Andhra Pradesh

Vodafone Essar

2,028,143

2,128,734

100,591

4.96

Andhra Pradesh

BSNL

2,015,214

2,066,121

50,907

2.53

Total

11,309,295

11,799,868

490,573

4.34

Karnataka

Bharti Airtel

5,606,386

5,882,408

276,022

4.92

Karnataka

Spice Communications

1,282,905

1,353,456

70,551

5.50

Karnataka

Vodafone Essar

2,269,913

2,371,164

10,251

4.46

Karnataka

BSNL

1,671,451

1,683,531

12,080

0.72

Total

10,830,655

11,290,559

459,904

4.25

Tamil Nadu

Vodafone Essar

2,011,981

2,222,482

210,501

10.46

Tamil Nadu

Aircel Limited

3,940,393

4,182,578

242,185

6.15

Tamil Nadu

BSNL

2,105,032

2,112,239

7,207

0.34

Tamil Nadu

Bharti Airtel

2,974,785

3,181,985

207,200

6.97

Total

11,032,191

11,699,284

667,093

6.05

A Circle

55,282,372

57,718,707

2,436,335

4.41

B Circle

Kerala

Idea Mobile

Communications

2,170,072

2,254,282

84,210

3.88

Kerala

Vodafone Essar

1,454,441

1,555,045

100,604

6.92

Kerala

Bharti Airtel

1,297,047

1,331,911

34,864

2.69

Kerala

BSNL

2,060,240

2,086,142

25,902

1.26

Total

6,981,800

7,227,380

245,580

3.52

Punjab

Spice Communications

2,198,805

2,216,820

18,015

0.82

Punjab

Bharti Airtel

2,865,450

2,900,722

35,272

1.23

Punjab

BSNL

1,412,837

1,490,886

78,049

5.52

Punjab

Vodafone Essar

1,500,125

1,510,183

10,058

0.67

Total

7,977,217

8,118,611

141,394

1.77

Haryana

Idea Mobile

Communications

909,506

884,928

-24,578

-2.70

Haryana

Vodafone Essar

1,071,502

1,081,548

10,046

0.94

Haryana

Bharti Airtel

852,531

860,880

8,349

0.98

Haryana

BSNL

1,194,603

1,179,422

-15,181

-1.27

Total

4,028,142

4,006,778

-21,364

-0.53

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Idea Mobile

Communications

1,943,026

2,021,203

78,177

4.02

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Bharti Airtel

1,276,577

1,301,883

25,306

1.98

Uttar Pradesh (West)

BSNL

1,710,088

1,697,358

-12,730

-0.74

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Vodafone Essar

2,251,742

2,328,104

76,362

3.39

Total

7,181,433

7,348,548

167,115

2.33

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Vodafone Essar

3,658,284

3,774,304

116,020

3.17

Uttar Pradesh (East)

BSNL

3,183,726

3,526,098

342,372

10.75

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Bharti Airtel

2,269,804

2,403,254

133,450

5.88

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Idea

Telecommunications

657,709

692,988

35,279

5.36

Total

9,769,523

10,396,644

627,121

6.42

Rajasthan

Vodafone Essar

2,219,075

2,340,827

121,752

5.49

Rajasthan

Bharti Airtel

2,735,762

2,870,221

134,459

4.91

Rajasthan

BSNL

2,171,395

2,171,884

489

0.02

Rajasthan

Idea

Telecommunications

650,622

713,877

63,255

9.72

Total

7,776,854

8,096,809

319,955

4.11

Madhya Pradesh

Idea

2,205,218

2,365,997

160,779

7.29

Madhya Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

NA

NA

NA

NA

Madhya Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

2,106,816

2,230,997

124,181

5.89

Madhya Pradesh

BSNL

1,438,643

1,474,558

35,915

2.50

Total

5,750,677

6,071,552

320,875

5.58

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Reliance Telecom

NA

NA

NA

NA

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

BSNL

1,097,002

1,103,855

6,853

0.62

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Bharti Airtel

1,396,650

1,506,884

110,234

7.89

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Vodafone Essar

2,045,322

2,167,359

122,037

5.97

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Dishnet Wireless

347,577

389,730

42,153

12.13

Total

4,886,551

5,167,828

281,277

5.76

B Circle

54,352,197

56,434,150

2,081,953

3.83

C Circle

Himachal Pradesh

Bharti Airtel

695,112

705,865

10,753

1.55

Himachal Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

NA

NA

NA

NA

Himachal Pradesh

BSNL

508,558

517,019

8,461

1.66

Himachal Pradesh

Idea

Telecommunications

47,255

45,372

-1,883

-3.98

Himachal Pradesh

Dishnet Wireless

23,060

24,338

1,278

5.54

Total

1,273,985

1,292,594

18,609

1.46

Bihar

Reliance Telecom

NA

NA

NA

NA

Bihar

BSNL

1,240,651

1,251,965

11,314

0.91

Bihar

Bharti Airtel

3,249,909

3,357,866

107,957

3.32

Bihar

Dishnet Wireless

330,485

383,688

53,203

16.1

Total

4,821,045

4,993,519

172,474

3.58

Orissa

Reliance Telecom

NA

NA

NA

NA

Orissa

BSNL

818,569

856,967

38,398

4.69

Orissa

Bharti Airtel

1,294,865

1,334,783

39,918

3.08

Orissa

Dishnet Wireless

380,233

392,002

11,769

3.10

Total

2,493,667

2,583,752

90,085

3.61

Assam

Reliance Telecom

NA

NA

NA

NA

Assam

BSNL

555,698

557,946

2,248

0.4

Assam

Bharti Airtel

725,417

735,104

9,687

1.34

Assam

Dishnet Wireless

865,835

897,022

31,187

3.6

Total

2,146,950

2,190,072

43,122

2.01

Northeast

Reliance Telecom

NA

NA

NA

NA

Northeast

Bharti Airtel

343,610

354,314

10,704

3.12

Northeast

BSNL

496,244

504,580

8,336

1.68

Northeast

Dishnet Wireless

475,266

490,436

15,170

3.19

Total

1,315,120

1,349,330

34,210

2.6

Jammu & Kashmir

BSNL

799,037

794,790

-4,247

-0.53

Jammu & Kashmir

Bharti Airtel

719,629

739,312

19,683

2.74

Jammu & Kashmir

Dishnet Wireless

154,112

172,386

18,274

11.86

Total

1,672,778

1,706,488

33,710

2.02

C Circle

13,723,545

14,115,755

392,210

2.86

All India

148,956,536

154,671,617

5,715,081

3.84

NA – Not available

Bharti Airtel

Andhra Pradesh

47,984

­–

47,984

Delhi – NCR

675,723

­–

675,723

Gujarat

19,233

­–

19,233

Haryana

20,267

­–

20,267

Karnataka

325,384

­–

325,384

Kerala

31,618

­–

31,618

Kolkata

28,930

­–

28,930

Madhya Pradesh

237,036

­–

237,036

Chhattisgarh

59,792

­–

59,792

Maharashtra

23,185

­–

23,185

Mumbai

99,091

­–

99,091

Punjab

26,086

­–

26,086

Chandigarh

32,188

­–

32,188

Rajasthan

15,439

­–

15,439

Tamil Nadu

125,110

­–

125,110

Pondicherry

6,192

­–

6,192

Chennai

259,308

­–

259,308

Uttar Pradesh (East)

22,121

­–

22,121

Uttar Pradesh (West)

20,349

­–

20,349

Total

2,075,036

2,075,036

Reliance Communications

Andhra Pradesh

55,743

3,098,289

3,154,032

Bihar

842

1,476,683

1,477,525

Chennai

62,872

746,244

809,116

Delhi – NCR

82,536

1,967,983

2,050,519

Haryana

5,351

650,184

655,535

Himachal Pradesh

1,056

123,553

124,609

Jammu & Kashmir

1

185

186

Karnataka

68,711

2,024,964

2,093,675

Kerala

29,660

1,644,757

1,674,417

Kolkata

53,341

1,168,387

1,221,728

Madhya Pradesh

20,458

1,904,819

1,925,277

Maharashtra

43,862

2,435,776

2,479,638

Mumbai

98,508

2,177,485

2,275,993

Orissa

2,291

363,797

366,088

Punjab

35,233

836,957

872,190

Rajasthan

9,418

1,359,682

1,369,100

Tamil Nadu

24,597

2,197,022

2,221,619

Uttar Pradesh (East)

23,353

2,374,934

2,398,287

Uttar Pradesh (West)

5,616

1,764,823

1,770,439

West Bengal

2,645

894,440

897,085

Gujarat

73,957

2,076,692

2,150,649

Total

700,051

31,287,656

31,987,707

HFCL Infotel

Punjab

161,439

161,016

322,455

Total

161,439

161,016

322,455

Shyam Telelink

Rajasthan

158,081

100,225

258,306

Total

158,081

100,225

258,306

Tata Teleservices

Andhra Pradesh

116,401

1,958,253

2,074,654

Bihar

811

703,730

704,541

Chennai

20,640

316,138

336,778

Delhi – NCR

21,911

2,668,523

2,690,434

Gujarat

28,204

844,365

872,569

Haryana

862

688,535

689,397

Himachal Pradesh

240

96,081

96,321

Karnataka

83,625

1,009,210

1,092,835

Kerala

2,582

552,643

555,225

Kolkata

4,342

1,003,711

1,008,053

Madhya Pradesh

286

602,245

602,531

Orissa

71

324,807

324,878

Punjab

7,696

804,142

811,838

Rajasthan

88

1,231,830

1,231,918

Tamil Nadu

1,812

538,607

540,419

Uttar Pradesh (East)

357

834,336

834,693

Uttar Pradesh (West)

190

1,051,903

1,052,093

West Bengal

36

480,619

480,655

Maharashtra

74,405

2,298,456

2,372,861

Mumbai

264,608

1,489,604

1,754,212

Total

629,167

19,497,738

20,126,905

Grand total

3,723,774

51,046,635

54,770,409

* includes corDECT