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As of November 2011[update], India has 884.37 million subscribers in total or 73.44% penetration rate.
The country's telcom regulator is the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
| Rank |
Operator |
Technology |
Subscribers
(in millions) |
Ownership |
| 1 |
Bharti Airtel |
GSM, EDGE, HSPA, TD—LTE |
174.69 (Nov 2011) |
Bharti Enterprises (64.76%)
SoftBank JAPAN (32%) |
| 2 |
Reliance Communications |
CdmaOne, CDMA 1xRTT DCN, EVDO
GSM, HSPA+
WiMAX |
149.13 (Nov 2011) |
Reliance (67%) & Public (26%) |
| 3 |
Vodafone India |
GSM, EDGE, HSPA+, EVDO (Using MTS' network) |
146.84 (Nov 2011) |
Vodafone (100%) |
| 4 |
Idea Cellular |
GSM, EDGE, HSPA |
103.99 (Nov 2011) |
Aditya Birla Group
Axiata Group Berhad (19.1%) |
| 5 |
BSNL |
GSM, EDGE
UMTS, HSDPA
CdmaOne, EVDO
WiMAX WiFi |
96.01 (Nov 2011) |
State-owned (100%) |
| 6 |
Tata Teleservices |
GSM, HSPA+, CDMA, EVDO
WiMAX |
83.39 (Nov 2011) |
Tata Group
NTT docomo JAPAN |
| 7 |
Aircel |
GSM, EDGE, HSPA |
60.95 (Nov 2011) |
Maxis Communications (74%)
Apollo Hospital (26%) |
| 8 |
Uninor |
GSM, EDGE |
34.18 (Nov 2011) |
Telenor (67.25%)
Unitech Group (32.75%) |
| 9 |
MTS India |
CDMA EVDO |
14.49 (Nov 2011) |
Sistema (73.71%) & Shyam Group (23.79%) |
| 10 |
Videocon |
GSM, GPRS, EDGE |
5.48 (Nov 2011) |
Videocon |
| 11 |
MTNL |
GSM
HSDPA CDMAone |
5.64 (Nov 2011) |
State-owned |
| 12 |
S Tel |
GSM, GPRS, HSDPA |
3.56 (Nov 2011) |
Siva Group (51%)
Batelco (49%) |
| 13 |
Loop Mobile India |
GSM, GPRS |
3.21 (Nov 2011) |
Essar Group (8.0%)
Santa Trading Pvt Ltd (85.75%) |
| 14 |
Etisalat DB Telecom |
GSM, GPRS |
1.61 (Nov 2011) |
Etisalat
Dynamix Balwas Group |
| 15 |
Ping Mobile |
CDMA
GSM via brand sharing |
1.15 (Nov 2011) |
HFCL Infotel Limited |
Source: Wikipedia
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