(a) the total number of Mobile Phone Service providers operating
in India as on date;
(b) the total number of connections provided by each of them to
the public till date;
(c) whether there is capacity ceiling prescribed for the cell
services providers restricting them to a maximum limit;
(d) if so, the details thereof;
(e) whether there is any violation of overstepping the limit was
noticed; and
(f) if so, its details thereof?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (DR. SHAKEEL AHMAD)
(a) The total number of Mobile phone service providers operating
in India is 26, as on 31.01.2006.
(b) As per reports of Cellular Operators Association of India
(COAI) and Association of Unified Telecom Service Providers of
India (AUSPI), the number of Mobile connections provided by each
service provider, as on 31.01.2006, is given in the Annexure.
(c) No, Sir.
(d) to (f) Does not arise in view of (c) above.
ANNEXURE
MOBILE PHONE SERVICE PROVIDERS OPERATING IN INDIA AS ON
31.01.2006
Service Provider Service Area Mobile Connections as on 31.01.2006
AIRCEL CELLULAR LTD. CHENNAI 677,815 AIRCEL DIGILINK INDIA LTD HARYANA 344,998 AIRCEL DIGILINK INDIA LTD RAJASTHAN 527,136 AIRCEL DIGILINK INDIA LTD UTTAR PRADESH(EAST) 1,209,445 AIRCEL LTD. TAMIL NADU 1,602,380 BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED ANDHRA PRADESH 1,053,728 BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED ASSAM 308,346 BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED BIHAR 782,889 BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED CHENNAI 509,118 BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED GUJARAT 827,750 BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED HARYANA 482,490 BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED HIMACHAL PRADESH 210,166 BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED JAMMU & KASHMIR 426,384 BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED KARNATAKA 1,112,005 BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED KERALA 1,425,438 BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED KOLKATA 403,538 BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED MADHYA PRADESH 387,966 BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED MAHARASHTRA 1,056,053 BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED NORTH EAST 176,853 BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED ORISSA 476,399 BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED PUNJAB 383,020 BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED RAJASTHAN 953,830 BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED TAMIL NADU 1,339,658 BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED UTTAR PRADESH 1,581,512 (EAST) BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED UTTAR PRADESH 892,797 (WEST) BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED WEST BENGAL, 583,060 ANDAMAN & NICOBAR BHARTI CELLULAR LTD ANDHRA PRADESH 1,534,879 BHARTI CELLULAR LTD BIHAR 665,241 BHARTI CELLULAR LTD CHENNAI 610,968 BHARTI CELLULAR LTD DELHI 1,895,680 BHARTI CELLULAR LTD GUJARAT 791,524 BHARTI CELLULAR LTD HARYANA 384,948 BHARTI CELLULAR LTD HIMACHAL PRADESH 332,955 BHARTI CELLULAR LTD JAMMU & KASHMIR 240,893 BHARTI CELLULAR LTD KARNATAKA 2,001,370 BHARTI CELLULAR LTD KERALA 529,444 BHARTI CELLULAR LTD KOLKATA 604,661 BHARTI CELLULAR LTD MADHYA PRADESH 403,769 BHARTI CELLULAR LTD MAHARASHTRA 1,211,226 BHARTI CELLULAR LTD MUMBAI 1,135,954 BHARTI CELLULAR LTD ORISSA 364,527 BHARTI CELLULAR LTD PUNJAB 1,542,103 BHARTI CELLULAR LTD TAMIL NADU 698,659 BHARTI CELLULAR LTD UTTAR PRADESH (EAST) 543,207 BHARTI CELLULAR LTD UTTAR PRADESH (WEST) 519,132 BHARTI CELLULAR LTD WEST BENGAL, 291,642 ANDAMAN & NICOBAR BHARTI HEXACOM LTD NORTH EAST 22,999 BHARTI HEXACOM LTD RAJASTHAN 918,233 BHARTI TELE-VENTURES LTD ASSAM 129,156 BPL MOBILE CELLULAR LTD KERALA 431,102 BPL MOBILE CELLULAR LTD MAHARASHTRA 683,651 BPL MOBILE CELLULAR LTD TAMIL NADU 467,216 BPL MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS LTD MUMBAI 1,334,272 BTA CELLCOM LTD MADHYA PRADESH 649,095 DISHNET WIRELESS LTD ASSAM 34,992 DISHNET WIRELESS LTD JAMMU & KASHMIR 2,445 DISHNET WIRELESS LTD NORTH EAST 36,427 DISHNET WIRELESS LTD ORISSA 19,469 DISHNET WIRELESS LTD WEST BENGAL, 7,522 ANDAMAN & NICOBAR FASCEL LTD GUJARAT 2,012,797 HFCL INFOTEL LTD PUNJAB 65,704 HUTCHISON ESSAR MOBILE DELHI 1,742,136 SERVICES LTD HUTCHISON ESSAR SOUTH LTD ANDHRA PRADESH 756,395 HUTCHISON ESSAR SOUTH LTD CHENNAI 375,328 HUTCHISON ESSAR SOUTH LTD KARNATAKA 964,612 HUTCHISON ESSAR SOUTH LTD PUNJAB 605,837 HUTCHISON ESSAR SOUTH LTD UTTAR PRADESH (WEST) 501,369 HUTCHISON ESSAR SOUTH LTD WEST BENGAL, 417,158 ANDAMAN & NICOBAR HUTCHISON MAX TELECOM LIMITED MUMBAI 1,838,818 HUTCHISON TELECOM EAST LTD KOLKATA 869,113 IDEA CELLULAR LTD ANDHRA PRADESH 850,858 IDEA CELLULAR LTD DELHI 832,183 IDEA CELLULAR LTD GUJARAT 914,163 IDEA CELLULAR LTD MAHARASHTRA 1,631,574 IDEA MOBILE COMMUNICATION LTD HARYANA 273,456 IDEA MOBILE COMMUNICATION LTD KERALA 768,101 IDEA MOBILE COMMUNICATION LTD UTTAR PRADESH 813,111 (WEST) MAHANAGAR TELEPHONE NIGAM DELHI 742,647 LIMITED MAHANAGAR TELEPHONE NIGAM MUMBAI 888,027 LIMITED RELIABLE INTERNET SERVICES KOLKATA 19,191 LTD RELIANCE INFOCOMM LTD ANDHRA PRADESH 1,336,578 RELIANCE INFOCOMM LTD BIHAR 481,648 RELIANCE INFOCOMM LTD CHENNAI 492,658 RELIANCE INFOCOMM LTD DELHI 1,445,307 RELIANCE INFOCOMM LTD GUJARAT 769,038 RELIANCE INFOCOMM LTD HARYANA 239,235 RELIANCE INFOCOMM LTD HIMACHAL PRADESH 13,648 RELIANCE INFOCOMM LTD KARNATAKA 900,328 RELIANCE INFOCOMM LTD KERALA 641,281 RELIANCE INFOCOMM LTD KOLKATA 669,471 RELIANCE INFOCOMM LTD MADHYA PRADESH 696,844 RELIANCE INFOCOMM LTD MAHARASHTRA 1,027,303 RELIANCE INFOCOMM LTD MUMBAI 1,258,925 RELIANCE INFOCOMM LTD ORISSA 185,076 RELIANCE INFOCOMM LTD PUNJAB 537,975 RELIANCE INFOCOMM LTD RAJASTHAN 630,043 RELIANCE INFOCOMM LTD TAMIL NADU 710,554 RELIANCE INFOCOMM LTD UTTAR PRADESH (EAST) 914,837 RELIANCE INFOCOMM LTD UTTAR PRADESH (WEST) 596,035 RELIANCE INFOCOMM LTD WEST BENGAL, 272,390 ANDAMAN & NICOBAR RELIANCE TELECOM LTD ASSAM 185,053 RELIANCE TELECOM LTD BIHAR 502,281 RELIANCE TELECOM LTD HIMACHAL PRADESH 62,030 RELIANCE TELECOM LTD MADHYA PRADESH 500,159 RELIANCE TELECOM LTD NORTH EAST 53,818 RELIANCE TELECOM LTD ORISSA 179,906 RELIANCE TELECOM LTD WEST BENGAL, 227,410 ANDAMAN & NICOBAR SHYAM TELELINK LTD RAJASTHAN 27,193 SPICE COMMUNICATION LTD KARNATAKA 366,263 SPICE COMMUNICATION LTD PUNJAB 1,351,215 TATA TELESERVICES LTD ANDHRA PRADESH 461,078 TATA TELESERVICES LTD BIHAR 83,135 TATA TELESERVICES LTD CHENNAI 86,556 TATA TELESERVICES LTD DELHI 606,280 TATA TELESERVICES LTD GUJARAT 215,451 TATA TELESERVICES LTD HARYANA 164,781 TATA TELESERVICES LTD HIMACHAL 17,151 TATA TELESERVICES LTD KARNATAKA 306,005 TATA TELESERVICES LTD KERALA 127,541 TATA TELESERVICES LTD KOLKATA 221,320 TATA TELESERVICES LTD MADHYA PRADESH 124,060 TATA TELESERVICES LTD MAHARASHTRA 338,241 TATA TELESERVICES LTD MUMBAI 362,203 TATA TELESERVICES LTD ORISSA 42,528 TATA TELESERVICES LTD PUNJAB 192,372 TATA TELESERVICES LTD RAJASTHAN 171,485 TATA TELESERVICES LTD TAMIL NADU 113,431 TATA TELESERVICES LTD UTTAR PRADESH (EAST) 164,117 TATA TELESERVICES LTD UTTAR PRADESH (WEST) 187,203 TATA TELESERVICES LTD WEST BENGAL, 76,266 ANDAMAN & NICOBAR Total 79,992,419