The total mobile subscriber base has increased from 56.88 million in March 2005 to 261.08 million in March 2008.The details of mobile phone subscriber base during the last three years and the current year along with the growth rate, State-wise, year-wise are given below:
Circle/State-wise details of Mobile phones for the last three years w.e.f. 31.03.2005
| Sr. No. | Name of Circle/ State | Total Mobile phones as on | Growth rate (in %) during the year | |||||
| 31.03.2005 | 31.03.2006 | 31.03.2007 | 31.03.2008 | 2005-06 | 2006-07 | 2007-08 | ||
| 1 | Andaman & Nicobar | 10740 | 32587 | 44083 | 57846 | 203.42 | 35.28 | 31.22 |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 4251239 | 7669812 | 13045794 | 20577632 | 80.41 | 70.09 | 57.73 |
| 3 | Assam | 287002 | 1128597 | 2331898 | 3913099 | 293.24 | 106.62 | 67.81 |
| 4 | Bihar | 1158534 | 3819442 | 5773370 | 10869459 | 229.68 | 51.16 | 88.27 |
| 5 | Chhattisgarh | 117951 | 191417 | 467294 | 701032 | 62.29 | 144.12 | 50.02 |
| 6 | Gujarat | 4239010 | 6775707 | 11163757 | 16968200 | 59.84 | 64.76 | 51.99 |
| 7 | Haryana | 1252666 | 2240298 | 4470606 | 6401457 | 78.84 | 99.55 | 43.19 |
| 8 | Himachal Pradesh | 354255 | 728578 | 1408876 | 2299811 | 105.66 | 93.37 | 63.24 |
| 9 | Jammu & Kashmir | 274821 | 1114652 | 1491315 | 2201912 | 305.59 | 33.79 | 47.65 |
| 10 | Jharkhand | 206372 | 403371 | 571217 | 640229 | 95.46 | 41.61 | 12.08 |
| 11 | Karnataka | 3913203 | 6890546 | 11382511 | 17043556 | 76.08 | 65.19 | 49.73 |
| 12 | Kerala | 2826014 | 5019928 | 7601981 | 11698216 | 77.63 | 51.44 | 53.88 |
| 13 | Madhya Pradesh | 1871031 | 3441142 | 6682326 | 12491306 | 83.92 | 94.19 | 86.93 |
| 14 | Maharashtra (-) Mumbai | 4657918 | 7417194 | 12788896 | 21079326 | 59.24 | 72.42 | 64.83 |
| 15 | North East | 146606 | 500935 | 1201518 | 2118532 | 241.69 | 139.86 | 76.32 |
| 16 | Orissa | 762996 | 2172208 | 2963261 | 5180156 | 184.69 | 36.42 | 74.81 |
| 17 | Punjab | 3763822 | 5461829 | 8364307 | 11715504 | 45.11 | 53.14 | 40.07 |
| 18 | Rajasthan | 1852881 | 4147323 | 8011334 | 13586738 | 123.83 | | |