India Subscriber Levels Pass 7 Million

India's cell phone user base surged past the 7 million mark in June, to 7,339,228 active subscribers. The highly lucrative Metro circles, which cover Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai & Calcutta have now just a touch under 3 million subscribers.

The rural A, B and C circles each reported 2,356,606, 1,742,988 and 259,606 subscribers respectively.

 

City/Circle Operators May'2002 Jun'2002 Numbers rise Percentage rise               Metros Delhi Bharti Cellular 631,079 665,023 33,944 5.38%     Hutchison Essar 449,580 493,987 44,407 9.88%     MTNL 93,769 91,238 -2,531 -2.70%       1,174,428 1,250,248 75,820 6.46%   Mumbai BPL Mobile 474,646 508,220 33,574 7.07%     Hutchison Max 480,104 503,558 23,454 4.89%     MTNL 111,608 109,936 -1,672 -1.50%       1,066,358 1,121,714 55,356 5.19%   Chennai RPG Cellular 127,633 131,782 4,149 3.25%     Bharti Mobinet 147,768 154,265 6,497 4.40%       275,401 286,047 10,646 3.87%   Calcutta Bharti Mobitel. 120,176 128,609 8,433 7.02%     Usha Martin 173,870 182,370 8,500 4.89%     BSNL 10,725 11,040 315 2.94%       304,771 322,019 17,248 5.66% All Metros     2,820,958 2,980,028 159,070 5.64%               A' Circle Maharashtra BPL Cellular 174,861 179,812 4,951 2.83%     Idea Cellular 327,863 345,122 17,259 5.26%       502,724 524,934 22,210 4.42%   Gujarat Fascel 320,505 330,381 9,876 3.08%     Idea Cellular 178,369 184,628 6,259 3.51%       498,874 515,009 16,135 3.23%   A.P. Idea Cellular 275,494 284,565 9,071 3.29%     Bharti Mobile 257,689 274,491 16,802 6.52%       533,183 559,056 25,873 4.85%   Karnataka Bharti Mobile 242,518 261,033 18,515 7.63%     Spice Comm. 181,826 186,164 4,338 2.39%       424,344 447,197 22,853 5.39%   T.N. BPL Cellular 129,817 135,301 5,484 4.22%     Aircel Limited 172,406 175,109 2,703 1.57%       302,223 310,410 8,187 2.71% A' Circle     2,261,348 2,356,606 95,258 4.21%               B' Circle Kerala Escotel 239,880 250,341 10,461 4.36%     BPL Cellular 152,518 153,518 1,000 0.66%       392,398 403,859 11,461 2.92%   Punjab Spice Comm. 356,651 366,712 10,061 2.82%     Bharti Mobile 66,068 79,503 13,435 20.34%       422,719 446,215 23,496 5.56%   Haryana Escotel 91,355 93,037 1,682 1.84%     Aircel Digilink 15,721 16,190 469 2.98%       0 10,655 10,655 100.00%       107,076 119,882 12,806 11.96%   U.P.(W) Escotel 221,483 228,509 7,026 3.17%     Koshika NA NA NA NA     Bharti Cellular 0 10,532 10,532 100.00%       221,483 239,041 17,558 7.93%   U.P.(E) Aircel Digilink 57,394 60,450 3,056 5.32%     Koshika 57,582 58,322 740 1.29%       114,976 118,772 3,796 3.30%   Rajasthan Aircel Digilink 29,329 28,621 -708 -2.41%     Hexacom 93,706 96,724 3,018 3.22%       123,035 125,345 2,310 1.88%   M.P. BTA Cellcom 91,957 97,627 5,670 6.17%     Reliance Telecom 137,841 138,500 659 0.48%     Bharti Cellular 0 3,533 3,533 100.00%       229,798 239,660 9,862 4.29%   W.B. Reliance Telecom 47,324 50,214 2,890 6.11%       47,324 50,214 2,890 6.11% B' Circle     1,658,809 1,742,988 84,179 5.07%   C' Circle H.P. Bharti Telenet 17,169 19,058 1,889 11.00%     Reliance Telecom 8,082 8,132 50 0.62%       25,251 27,190 1,939 7.68%   Bihar Koshika NA NA NA NA     Reliance Telecom 121,974 126,315 4,341 3.56%     BSNL 13,583 15,087 1,504 11.07%       135,557 141,402 5,845 4.31%   Orissa Koshika NA NA NA NA     Reliance Telecom 51,625 53,118 1,493 2.89%       51,625 53,118 1,493 2.89%   Assam Reliance Telecom 31,423 32,423 1,000 3.18%       31,423 32,423 1,000 3.18%   N.E. Reliance Telecom 5,175 5,473 298 5.76%     Hexacom NA NA NA NA       5,175 5,473 298 5.76% C' Circle     249,031 259,606 10,575 4.25%     May'2002 Jun'2002   All India     6,990,146 7,339,228 349,082 4.99%

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Posted to the site on 18th July 2002