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10 Communication Services Companies
Rank Company

(Rs crore)

Turnover 2001-02

1 BSNL 23,500
2 VSNL 6,508
3 MTNL 6,147
4 Idea

Cellular Ltd
600
5 Hutchison

Max Telecom Ltd
556
6 Bharti

Cellular Ltd
537
7 Spice

Communications Ltd
487
8 Bharti

Mobile Ltd
480
9 BPL Mobile

Communications Ltd
467
10 Sterling

Cellular Ltd
387
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Basic Service Providers (In Subscriber Terms)

Rank

Company No

of Subscribers
Net

Addition
Growth



(%)

2001-02*

2000-01**

1 BSNL 33,415,197 28,109,179 5,306,018 19
2 MTNL 4,542,928 4,334,729 208,199 5
3 Bharti

Telenet
160,000 125,000 35,000 28
4 Hughes Tele 159,500 69,599 89,901 129
5 Tata Tele 150,000 58,709 91,291 155
6 HFCL

Infotel
65,000 13,326 51,674 388
7 Shyam Tele 30,000 13,000 17,000 131
8 Reliance

Tele
NA 160 NA NA
Market

Size
Basic

Services

Cellular Subscriber Growth in Metros

Circle Service

Provider
Brand

Name
Mar-00 Mar-01 Mar-02

Growth (%)

2000-01 2001-02
Delhi Bharti

Cellular Ltd
Airtel 184,110 328,390 582,837    
Sterling

Cellular Ltd
Hutch 148,220 218,070 390,640    
Mahanagar

Telephone Nigam Ltd
Dolphin NA 10,211 94,199    
Total   332,330 556,671 1,067,676 67.5 91.79
Mumbai BPL Mobile

Communications Ltd
BPL Mobile 173,017 258,453 443,693    
Hutchison

Max Telecom Ltd
Orange 146,292 252,053 424,040    
Mahanagar

Telephone Nigam Ltd
Dolphin NA 8,032 106,348    
Total   319,309 518,538 974,081 62.39 87.85
Kolkata Usha Martin

Telekom Ltd
Command 41,558 71,591 154,188    
Bharti

Mobitel Ltd
Airtel 48,478 90,453 102,660    
Bharat

Sanchar Nigam Ltd
Bfone     8,915    
Total   90,036 162,044 265,763 79.97 64
Chennai RPG

Cellular Services Ltd
RPG

Cellular
29,097 69,215 120,217    
Bharti

Mobitel Ltd
Airtel 25,159 56,124 140,020    
Total   54,256 125,339 260,237 131.01 107.62

Subscriber

Base-wise Ranking

Company

Circles

Subscriber

Base

Rank

Growth



(%)

2001 2002
Idea

Cellular
4 343,606 808,676 1 135
Bharti

Cellular
1 328,390 582,837 2 77
Bharti

Mobiles
3 199,129 510,971 3 157
Escotel

Mobile Comm.
3 306,968 500,805 4 63
Spice

Communications
2 270,628 473,924 5 75
BPL

Cellular
3 386,232 454,883 6 18
BPL

Mobile Comm.
1 258,453 443,693 7 72
Hutchison

Max Telecom
1 252,053 424,040 8 68
Sterling

Cellular
1 218,070 390,640 9 79
Reliance

Telecom
7 186,938 380,133 10 103
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