Circle/City

Operator

December 2005

January 2006

Absolute change

% change

Metros

Delhi

Bharti Cellular

1,839,709

1,895,680

55,971

3.04

Delhi

Hutchison Essar

1,712,062

1,742,136

30,074

1.76

Delhi

MTNL

693,991

742,647

48,656

7.01

Delhi

Idea Cellular

816,811

832,183

15,372

1.88

Total

5,062,573

5,212,646

150,073

2.96

Mumbai

BPL Mobile

1,328,447

1,334,272

5,825

0.44

Mumbai

Hutchison Max

1,778,144

1,838,818

60,674

3.41

Mumbai

MTNL

832,431

888,027

55,596

6.68

Mumbai

Bharti Cellular

1,066,426

1,135,954

69,528

6.52

Total

5,005,448

5,197,071

191,623

3.83

Chennai

Aircel Cellular

654,268

677,815

23,547

3.6

Chennai

Bharti Cellular

590,478

610,968

20,490

3.47

Chennai

Hutchison Essar

350,275

375,328

25,053

7.15

Chennai

BSNL

497,487

509,118

11,631

2.34

Total

2,092,508

2,173,229

80,721

3.86

Kolkata

Bharti Cellular

588,827

604,661

15,834

2.69

Kolkata

Hutchison Telecom

817,351

869,113

51,762

6.33

Kolkata

BSNL

382,758

403,538

20,780

5.43

Kolkata

Reliance Internet

13,571

19,191

5,620

41.41

Total

1,802,507

1,896,503

93,996

5.21

All Metros

13,963,036

14,479,449

516,413

3.7

A Circle 

Maharashtra

BPL Cellular

673,941

683,651

9,710

1.44

Maharashtra

Idea

1,539,449

1,631,574

92,125

5.98

Maharashtra

Bharti Cellular

1,096,486

1,211,226

114,740

10.46

Maharashtra

BSNL

1,056,053

1,056,053

0

0

Total

4,365,929

4,582,504

216,575

4.96

Gujarat

Fascel

1,829,804

2,012,797

182,993

10

Gujarat

Idea

875,551

914,163

38,612

4.41

Gujarat

Bharti Cellular

750,492

791,524

41,032

5.47

Gujarat

BSNL

827,750

827,750

0

0

Total

4,283,597

4,546,234

262,637

6.13

Andhra Pradesh

Idea

824,008

850,858

26,850

3.26

Andhra Pradesh

Bharti Cellular

1,398,142

1,534,879

136,737

9.78

Andhra Pradesh

Hutchison Essar

709,797

756,395

46,598

6.56

Andhra Pradesh

BSNL

959,522

1,053,728

94,206

9.82

Total

3,891,469

4,195,860

304,391

7.82

Karnataka

Bharti Cellular

1,727,375

2,001,350

273,975

15.86

Karnataka

Spice Communications

338,886

366,263

27,377

8.08

Karnataka

Hutchison Essar

914,551

964,612

50,061

5.47

Karnataka

BSNL

1,011,213

1,112,005

100,792

9.97

Total

3,992,025

4,444,230

452,205

11.33

Tamil Nadu

BPL Cellular

461,208

467,216

6,008

1.3

Tamil Nadu

Aircel Limited

1,566,287

1,602,380

36,093

2.3

Tamil Nadu

BSNL

1,239,253

1,339,658

100,405

8.1

Tamil Nadu

Bharti Cellular

674,556

698,659

24,103

3.57

Total

3,941,304

4,107,913

166,609

4.23

A Circle 

20,474,324

21,876,741

1,402,417

6.85

B Circle 

Kerala

Idea Mobile

Communications

766,403

768,101

1,698

0.22

Kerala

BPL Cellular

426,102

431,102

5,000

1.17

Kerala

Bharti Cellular

517,036

529,444

12,408

2.4

Kerala

BSNL

1,189,058

1,425,438

236,380

19.88

Total

2,898,599

3,154,085

255,486

8.81

Punjab

Spice Communications

1,288,195

1,351,215

63,020

4.89

Punjab

Bharti Cellular

1,534,917

1,542,103

7,186

0.47

Punjab

BSNL

386,410

383,020

-3,390

-0.88

Punjab

Hutchison Essar

526,791

605,837

79,046

15.01

Total

3,736,313

3,882,175

145,862

3.9

Haryana

Idea Mobile

Communications

260,985

273,456

12,471

4.78

Haryana

Aircel Digilink

319,436

344,998

25,562

8

Haryana

Bharti Cellular

382,359

384,948

2,589

0.68

Haryana

BSNL

469,045

482,490

13,445

2.87

Total

1,431,825

1,485,892

54,067

3.78

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Idea Mobile

Communications

779,330

813,111

33,781

4.33

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Bharti Cellular

513,370

519,132

5,762

1.12

Uttar Pradesh (West)

BSNL

868,210

892,797

24,587

2.83

Uttar Pradesh (West)

Hutchison Essar

451,347

501,369

50,022

11.08

Total

2,612,257

2,726,409

114,152

4.37

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Aircel Digilink

1,138,285

1,209,445

71,160

6.25

Uttar Pradesh (East)

BSNL

1,528,070

1,581,512

53,442

3.5

Uttar Pradesh (East)

Bharti Cellular

519,810

543,207

23,397

4.5

Total

3,186,165

3,334,164

147,999

4.65

Rajasthan

Aircel Digilink

506,281

527,136

20,855

4.12

Rajasthan

Hexacom

849,635

918,233

68,598

8.07

Rajasthan

BSNL

870,849

953,830

82,981

9.53

Total

2,226,765

2,399,199

172,434

7.74

Madhya Pradesh

Idea

611,425

649,095

37,670

6.16

Madhya Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

446,906

500,159

53,253

11.92

Madhya Pradesh

Bharti Cellular

380,719

403,769

23,050

6.05

Madhya Pradesh

BSNL

382,929

387,966

5,037

1.32

Total

1,821,979

1,940,989

119,010

6.53

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Reliance Telecom

225,816

227,410

1,594

0.71

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

BSNL

481,419

583,060

101,641

21.11

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Bharti Cellular

268,719

291,642

22,923

8.53

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Hutchison Telecom

359,153

417,158

58,005

16.15

West Bengal and

Andaman &

Nicobar Islands

Dishnet Wireless

4,122

7,522

3,400

82.48

Total

1,339,229

1,526,792

187,563

14.01

B Circle 

19,253,132

20,449,705

1,196,573

6.21

C Circle 

Himachal Pradesh

Bharti Cellular

330,841

332,965

2,124

0.64

Himachal Pradesh

Reliance Telecom

61,870

62,030

160

0.26

Himachal Pradesh

BSNL

206,418

210,166

3,748

1.82

Total

599,129

605,161

6,032

1.01

Bihar

Reliance Telecom

501,605

502,281

676

0.13

Bihar

BSNL

671,058

782,889

111,831

16.66

Bihar

Bharti Cellular

611,307

665,241

53,934

8.82

Total

1,783,970

1,950,411

166,441

9.33

Orissa

Reliance Telecom

178,361

179,906

1,545

0.87

Orissa

BSNL

440,178

476,399

36,221

8.23

Orissa

Bharti Cellular

320,254

364,527

44,273

13.82

Orissa

Dishnet Wireless

16,392

19,469

3,077

18.77

Total

955,185

1,040,301

85,116

8.91

Assam

Reliance Telecom

183,643

185,053

1,410

0.77

Assam

BSNL

261,860

308,346

46,486

17.75

Assam

Bharti Cellular

112,742

129,156

16,414

14.56

Assam

Dishnet Wireless

17,440

34,992

17,552

100.64

Total

575,685

657,547

81,862

14.22

North East

Reliance Telecom

52,928

53,818

890

1.68

North East

Bharti Cellular

19,186

22,999

3,813

19.87

North East

BSNL

166,019

176,853

10,834

6.53

North East

Dishnet Wireless

23,535

36,427

12,892

54.78

Total

261,668

290,097

28,429

10.86

Jammu & Kashmir

BSNL

403,331

426,384

23,053

5.72

Jammu & Kashmir

Bharti Cellular

233,764

240,893

7,129

3.05

Jammu & Kashmir

Dishnet Wireless

2,445

2,445

Total

637,095

669,722

32,627

5.12

C Circle 

4,812,732

5,213,239

400,507

8.32

All India

58,503,224

62,019,134

3,515,910

Andhra Pradesh

13,010

­–

–

13,010

Chennai

175,512

–

–

175,512

Delhi

391,236

–

–

391,236

Gujarat

3,218

–

–

3,218

Haryana

22,122

–

–

22,122

Karnataka

205,135

–

–

205,135

Kerala

6,545

–

–

6,545

Kolkata

3,523

–

–

3,523

Madhya Pradesh

261,274

22,873

–

284,147

Maharashtra

1,720

–

–

1,720

Mumbai

12,361

–

–

12,361

Punjab

21,413

–

–

21,413

Tamil Nadu

95,586

–

–

95,586

Uttar Pradesh (East)

6,255

–

–

6,255

Uttar Pradesh (West)

1,762

–

–

1,762

Total

1,220,672

22,873

–

1,243,545

Reliance Infocomm

Andhra Pradesh

–

170,284

1,336,578

1,506,862

Bihar

–

33,172

481,648

514,820

Chennai

–

51,525

492,658

544,183

Delhi

–

259,947

1,445,307

1,705,254

Haryana

–

66,248

239,235

305,483

Himachal Pradesh

–

3,596

13,648

17,244

Karnataka

–

145,048

900,328

1,045,376

Kerala

–

272,189

641,281

913,470

Kolkata

–

121,033

669,471

790,504

Madhya Pradesh

–

72,107

696,844

768,951

Maharashtra

–

238,542

1,027,303

1,265,845

Mumbai

–

230,593

1,258,925

1,489,518

Orissa

–

42,346

185,076

227,422

Punjab

–

138,982

537,975

676,957

Rajasthan

–

109,534

630,043

739,577

Tamil Nadu

–

116,192

710,554

826,746

Uttar Pradesh (East)

–

127,707

914,837

1,042,544

Uttar Pradesh (West)

–

147,075

596,035

743,110

West Bengal

–

32,783

272,390

305,173

Gujarat

–

182,488

769,038

951,526

Total

210,540

2,561,391

13,819,174

16,380,565

HFCL Infotel

–

–

–

Punjab

199,438

46,105

65,704

311,247

Total

199,438

46,105

65,704

311,247

Shyam Telelink

Rajasthan

140,803

28,268

27,193

196,264

Total

140,803

28,268

27,193

196,264

Tata Teleservices

Andhra Pradesh

111,394

410,635

461,078

983,107

Bihar

–

43,995

83,135

127,130

Chennai

5,990

176,249

86,556

268,795

Delhi

14,664

532,617

606,280

1,153,561

Gujarat

25,730

378,856

215,451

620,037

Haryana

–

30,559

164,781

195,340

Himachal Pradesh

–

4,151

17,151

21,302

Karnataka

28,851

355,470

306,005

690,326

Kerala

–

135,717

127,541

263,258

Kolkata

2

174,694

221,320

396,016

Madhya Pradesh

–

86,862

124,060

210,922

Orissa

–

18,047

42,528

60,575

Punjab

–

105,646

192,372

298,018

Rajasthan

–

54,302

171,485

225,787

Tamil Nadu

555

213,734

113,431

327,720

Uttar Pradesh (East)

–

42,804

164,117

206,921

Uttar Pradesh (West)

–

48,785

187,203

235,988

West Bengal

–

28,371

76,266

104,637

Maharashtra

37,994

417,386

338,241

793,621

Mumbai

186,334

398,220

362,203

946,757

Total

411,514

3,657,100

4,061,204

8,129,818

Grand Total

2,182,967

6,315,737

17,973,275

26,471,979