List of Mobile Network Operators of India

Mobile phone service operators

Aircel Aircel, headquartered in New Delhi, India has absorbed Cingular Wireless, and offers 2G service using GSM technology and 3G service using UMTS technology. Airtel Airtel, with its head offices in both Mumbai and Berhampur, India provides 2G service using GSM and 3G service using UMTS/HSPA technology BSNL BSNL, headquartered in New Delhi, is a public listed company and is state-owned. It offers 2G service using GSM and 3G service using UMTS. It was the first service provider to introduce 3G services in India. MTNL MTNL, headquartered in Mumbai is a public listed company and is state-owned and offers 2G service using CDMA and 3G service using GSM. Idea Cellular Idea Cellular, headquartered in Mumbai, has absorbed Cingular Wireless, and offers 2G service using GSM technology and 3G service using UMTS technology. Ping Mobile Tata Indicom Tata Indicom, with its head offices in both Navi Mumbai provides 2G service using cdmaOne and 3G service using CDMA2000 technology. Tata DoCoMo Tata DoCoMo is joint venture company of Tata Teleservices and NTT DoCoMo Reliance Communications Reliance Communications, with its head offices in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra provides CMDA 2G service using cdmaOne and CDMA 3G service using CDMA2000 EVDO technology. It also provides GSM 2G services & 3G GSM HSDPA Services. Loop Mobile India (Formerly BPL Mobile) Loop Mobile India, is a mobile phone service provider in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (formerly SWAN Telecom) In 2009 Etisalat has announced that its Indian unit, erstwhile Swan Telecom (owned by Dynamix Balwas Realty and Reliance Communications),[34] headquartered in Mumbai, is renamed to Etisalat DB Telecom India Pvt. Ltd Telecom Renamed Etisalat Telecom India Pvt. Ltd. The business unit has been awarded Unified Services Access License in 15 circles Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Mumbai, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu (including Chennai), Uttar Pradesh (East), Uttar Pradesh (West), Madhya Pradesh and Bihar. In April 2010 Etisalat began signal testing in Chennai [IND 922], Delhi & NCR [IND 913], Maharashtra & Goa [IND 919], Mumbai [IND 916] and Gujarat[IND

914]. In May 2010, Etisalat was in talks to buy 25% stake in Reliance Communications, but the deal was not finalised. In 2010, following the $39 billion 2G spectrum scam, Etisalat DB, the Indian subsidiary of the company, was stopped from buying a stake in a Chennai-based company due to objections raised by the India's home ministry(MHA). Etisalat DB was not allowed to buy back the 5.27 per cent stake held by Chennai-based Genex Exim Ventures since the home ministry raised objections based largely on security concerns. The MHA had pointed out four issues that needed to be resolved before allowing the company to come into Etisalat DB, a company that got scarce 2G spectrum at allegedly throwaway prices, First, vice-chairman Shahid Balwa should not be involved in the operations of the company in any capacity, because of his connections with underworld don Dawood Ibrahim,[36] second, the MHA raised objections about the commercial relationship between the Dubai-based Etisalat Group and Chinas Huawei. The MHA suspects, Huawei has links with Chinas Peoples Liberation Army the countrys military organisation of all land, sea, strategic missile and air forces and has the capacity to manipulate equipment supply, third, it raised objections about Etisalats presence in Pakistan and it's connection with Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI. Etisalat owns a 26% stake in Pakistan Telecommunications and has a subscriber base of 3 million in Afghanistan and fourth, the MHA has also expressed concerns about the telecom surveillance software Etisalat had used in a Blackberry service it had introduced in the UAE and recommended that the company should not be allowed to offer Blackberry services in India Virgin Mobile CDMA Vodafone Essar (Formerly Hutchison Essar/Hutch Orange/Hutch Pink) Videocon Mobile Service (Formerly Datacom Solutions) Uninor MTS India S Tel Virgin Mobile GSM Spice Telecom

Fixed line operators

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) Airtel Reliance Tata Teleservices MTS India - in Rajasthan circle only

Mobile operators
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)- Cellone/BSNL Mobile (GSM) & CDMA Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) - Dolphin (GSM) and Garuda (CDMA) Airtel Vodafone Essar Reliance Tata Indicom Tata Docomo Aircel Idea Png Mobile - CDMA Mobile service from HFCL, operates only in Punjab Virgin Mobile India (MVNO) MTS India - (previously Shyam Telelink) offers CDMA service under Sistema-Shyam joint venture. Tata DoCoMo - GSM services from Tata Teleservices Ltd. with partnership with Japan's NTT DoCoMo. Uninor - Telenor and Unitech Group's Joint Venture. S Tel - Batelco has stakes in it. Loop mobile T24 or Talk24 - a Future Group -Tata DoCoMo joint venture. MVNO - kind of royalty program of retail chain of Future Group Videocon Mobile Service - a joint venture between Videocon and HFCL Cheers Mobile Service - Etisalat DB Private Ltd.

In India, only Reliance and Tata Teleservices (thus, Virgin Mobile too) offers dual mode operations, i.e. CDMA & GSM services. Now HFCL & Videocon as per brand sharing agreement they have dual mode operation in Punjab. Though T24 and Virgin Mobile India are often termed as MVNO, these are actually services of TTSL. TTSL sells their services using these brand names. So neither Virgin Mobile India nor T24 is a true MVNO.

3G Operators
MTNL is the first operator to roll out 3G services, later BSNL, another state-owned telecom operators also started 3G services. MTNL has wide 3G coverage over two metros Delhi andMumbai. BSNL has 3G

coverage in all circles except Mumbai & Delhi. Currently BSNL has 3G coverage in more than 800 cities of India, and offers free roaming in Delhi and Mumbai using MTNL's network. India completed 3G airwave(GSM) auction for private operators and allocated 3G airwaves in September, 2010 to the winners. Aircel, Airtel, Idea Cellular, Reliance (GSM), S Tel, Tata Teleservices (Tata Docomo) and Vodafone won licenses for 3G services. No operator won pan India 3G license. Tata Docomo rolled out 3G services in November 2010, becoming the first private operator to roll out 3G services. Reliance Communications also rolled out 3G services in December 2010 in Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai and Chandigarh. In Q1 of 2011 Airtel, Aircel, Idea and Vodafone rolled out their 3G services in India. S Tel did not roll out 3G services till date. At the first phase of 3G in India, data prices are sky-high, mostly beyond the reach of masses except PSUs like BSNL & MTNL have affordable tariffs. [edit]WiMax Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) Reliance Communications

It is expected Infotel Broadband and other BWA (Broadband Wireless Access) spectrum winners will roll out LTE services in India in mid 2011.

1, Airtel - 116.16 Subscribers (in millions) 2, Reliance Communications - Subscribers (in millions) 3, Vodafone Essar - 85.83 Subscribers (in millions) 4, BSNL - 53.96 Subscribers (in millions) 5, Idea Cellular - 53.35 Subscribers (in millions) 6, Tata Indicom - 51.73 Subscribers (in millions) Tata DoCoMo 7, Aircel - 27.75 Subscribers (in millions) 8, MTNL - 4.43 Subscribers (in millions) 10, Loop Mobile - 1.94 Subscribers (in millions) 11, Ping Mobile 12, MTS India 2.37 Subscribers (in millions) 13, Virgin Mobile India 14, Uninor 15, S Tel 16, Etisalat 17 videocon