साचा:Dynamic list
The country has 525.65 million mobile subscribers in total, or a 43.15% penetration rate. [१] (November 2009). The five largest (in order of subscribers) are Airtel (116.16 million), Reliance Communications (88.93 million), Vodafone Essar (85.83 million), BSNL (53.96 million) and Idea Cellular (53.35 million).
| Rank |
Operator |
Technology |
Frequency |
Subscribers (in millions) साचा:As of [१] |
Ownership
|
| 1 |
Airtel |
GSM, GPRS, EDGE |
GSM 900/1800 |
116.16 |
Bharti Enterprises (64.76%) SingTel (30.84%) Vodafone (4.4%)
|
| 2 |
Reliance Communications |
CdmaOne GSM, EVDO, WiMAX |
CDMA2000 1x |
88.93 |
Reliance - Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group
|
| 3 |
Vodafone Essar |
GSM, EDGE |
GSM 900/1800 |
85.83 |
Vodafone (67%) Essar Group (33%)
|
| 4 |
BSNL |
GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS CdmaOne, EVDO, WiMAX |
GSM 900, CDMA2000 1x |
53.96 |
State-owned
|
| 5 |
Idea Cellular |
GSM, GPRS, EDGE |
GSM 1800 |
53.35 |
Aditya Birla Group Axiata Group Berhad (15%)
|
| 6 |
Tata Indicom |
CDMA, GSM, GPRS, WiMAX, EVDO |
CDMA2000 1x |
51.73 |
Tata Indicom--Tata Group Tata DoCoMo--Tata Group, (74%) & NTT DoCoMo, (26%)
|
| 7 |
Aircel |
GSM, GPRS, EDGE |
GSM 900/1800 |
27.75 |
Maxis Communications (74%) Apollo Hospital (26%)
|
| 8 |
MTNL |
GSM, HSPDA, CDMA (Delhi Area) |
GSM 900, CDMA2000 1x |
4.43 |
State-owned
|
| 9 |
MTS India |
CDMA |
CDMA2000 1x |
2.37 |
Sistema (73.71%) Shyam Group (23.79%)
|
| 10 |
Loop Mobile |
GSM, GPRS |
GSM 900(Mumbai)/1800 |
1.94 |
Essar Group
|
| 11 |
Ping Mobile |
GSM |
|
0.38 |
HFCL Group
|
| 12 |
Virgin Mobile India |
using Tata Teleservices CDMA |
|
Unknown |
Virgin Mobile (50%) Tata Teleservices (50%)
|
| 13 |
Uninor |
GSM, GPRS |
|
Unknown |
Telenor (67.25%) Unitech Group (32.75%)
|
| 14 |
S Tel |
GSM, GPRS |
|
Unknown |
Siva Group (51%) Batelco (49%)
|
| 15 |
Etisalat DB Telecom |
GSM, GPRS |
|
Unknown |
Etisalat Dynamix Balwas Group
|