| Rank |
Operator |
Technology |
Subscribers
(in millions) |
Ownership |
| 1 |
Airtel |
GSM, EDGE |
85.65 [62] (December 2008) |
Bharti Tele-Ventures, Singapore Telecommunications (30.84%) and Vodafone (4.4%) |
| 2 |
Reliance |
CdmaOne
GSM |
61.34 [63] (December 2008) |
Reliance - Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group |
| 3 |
Vodafone |
GSM, EDGE |
60.93 [64] (December 2008) |
Vodafone (67%) & Essar Group (33%) |
| 4 |
BSNL |
GSM, GPRS, EDGE,HSDPA |
46.22 [65] (December 2008) |
State-owned |
| 5 |
Idea Cellular |
GSM, GPRS, EDGE |
34.21 [66] (December 2008) |
Aditya Birla Group |
| 6 |
Tata Indicom |
CdmaOne |
31.76 [67] (December 2008) |
Tata Group |
| 7 |
Aircel |
GSM |
16.07 [68] (December 2008) |
Maxis Communications & Apollo Hospital |
| 8 |
MTNL |
GSM,HSDPA |
4.18 [69] (December 2008) |
State-owned |
| 9 |
Spice |
GSM |
3.80 [70] (December 2008) |
Spice Corp and Telekom Malaysia |
| 10 |
BPL Mobile |
GSM, GPRS |
1.94 [71] (December 2008) |
Essar Group |
| 11 |
ping mobile |
GSM |
0.38 [72] (December 2008) |
HFCL Infotel |
| 12 |
Hello rainbow |
cdma |
0.36 [73] (December 2008) |
Sistema (73.71%) & Shyam Group (23.79%) |
