BSNL launches Wimax

State-owned telecom player Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has become the first company in India to launch wireless Internet services. See below the video clip from NDTV

The 4G Network behind Sprint's EVO

A look by CNN at how Sprint is deploying its 4G network as it prepares to release the first 4G phone in the U.S.

Indian Operators in Partnership with 3GPP

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) became a Partner in 3GPP during the 3GPP Partners meeting on the 22nd April.

T.R. Dua, Officiating Director General, addressed the meeting and accepted Market Representation Partner status in 3GPP on behalf of the COAI. He said:

"We have closely followed the work done by 3GPP in evolving the GSM technology towards LTE…the work is of key importance to Indian Operators, all of which place high importance on the need for India’s market requirements to be taken in to account during the standardization process”.

Source: 3GPP

India - Subscriber Figures for Mar-2010

See All India Subscriber Figures for Mar-2010 below

	City/Circle	Operators	Feb'2010	Mar'2010	% Growth over previous month
Metros	Delhi	Bharti Airtel	5885129	5915225
		Vodafone Essar	4919056	5066868
		MTNL	2226355	2263620
		IDEA	2540849	2590843
		Aircel Ltd	967991	1119338
Delhi			16539380	16955894	2.52%
	Mumbai	Loop Mobile	2776234	2844583
		Vodafone Essar	5042226	5110911
		MTNL	2470678	2520833
		Bharti Airtel	3015034	3045394
		IDEA	1432489	1537515
		Aircel Limited	862325	903357
Mumbai			15598986	15962593	2.33%
	Chennai	Aircel Cellular Ltd	3043655	3115585
		Bharti Airtel	2633828	2664481
		Vodafone Essar	1783511	1804813
		BSNL	1208304	1251371
Chennai			8669298	8836250	1.93%
	Kolkata	Bharti Airtel	2764181	2784299
		Vodafone Essar	3478485	3539014
		BSNL	1740654	1795019
		Reliable Internet	1429839	1429839
		Aircel Cellular Ltd	1207999	1252931
		IDEA	461892	553099
Kolkata			11083050	11354201	2.45%
All Metros			51890714	53108938	2.35%
A' Circle	Maharashtra	Vodafone Essar	6908481	7172127
		IDEA	9146389	9356847
		Bharti Airtel	6601480	6628989
		BSNL	4309810	4447039
		Aircel Limited	279055	370577
			27245215	27975579	2.68%
	Gujarat	Vodafone Essar	10334374	10824674
		IDEA	5400195	5401625
		Bharti Airtel	5270747	5456615
		BSNL	2818459	2947716
			23823775	24630630	3.39%
	A.P.	IDEA	6127109	6329768
		Bharti Airtel	12636758	12994687
		Vodafone Essar	5615937	5816985
		BSNL	4133959	4245500
		Aircel Limited	862175	975622
		Uninor	575628	638758
			29951566	31001320	3.50%
	Karnatka	Bharti Airtel	12363209	12643329
		Spice Comm.	2551144	2632640
		Vodafone Essar	5001887	5167390
		BSNL	3278746	3512741
		Aircel Limited	699911	766765
		Uninor	592514	621091
			24487411	25343956	3.50%
	T.N.	Vodafone Essar	7003272	7204058
		Aircel Limited	11286487	11794653
		BSNL	4140273	4302489
		Bharti Airtel	8172888	8252947
		IDEA	743347	787849
		Uninor	522189	636523
			31868456	32978519	3.48%
A' Circle			137376423	141930004	3.31%
B' Circle	Kerala	IDEA	5232148	5361123
		Vodafone Essar	4125889	4211260
		Bharti Airtel	3102380	3131680
		BSNL	3500087	3593995
		Aircel Limited	1051163	1216806
		Uninor	203404	254158
			17215071	17769022	3.22%
	Punjab	Spice Comm.	3193901	3271439
		Bharti Airtel	4656941	4789971
		BSNL	3475383	3569819
		Vodafone Essar	3024403	3122802
			14350628	14754031	2.81%
	Haryana	IDEA	2080513	2159583
		Vodafone Essar	2802394	2914333
		Bharti Airtel	1524339	1533936
		BSNL	2330316	2466994
			8737562	9074846	3.86%
	U.P.(W)	IDEA	5653815	5848086
		Bharti Airtel	3777607	4040155
		BSNL	3055309	3215159
		Vodafone Essar	6214740	6403482
		Aircel Limited	703183	752398
		Uninor	403934	520743
			19808588	20780023	4.90%
	U.P.(E)	Vodafone Essar	9561217	10002619
		BSNL	7401995	7721939
		Bharti Airtel	8643635	9048192
		IDEA	3613016	3688675
		Aircel Limited	814571	901538
		Uninor	608050	765256
			30642484	32128219	4.85%
	Rajasthan	Vodafone Essar	7273081	7476607
		Bharti Airtel	10231123	10302531
		BSNL	3860777	4180414
		IDEA	2268543	2342491
			23633524	24302043	2.83%
	M.P.	IDEA	7150431	7251972
		Reliance Telecom	4046062	4046062
		Bharti Airtel	6429341	6640488
		BSNL	3091160	3294635
		Vodafone Essar	1662332	1845230
			22379326	23078387	3.12%
	W.B. & A & N	Reliance Telecom	2453950	2453950
		BSNL	2165125	2234280
		Bharti Airtel	5404559	5566158
		Vodafone Essar	6981789	7292177
		Dishnet Wireless	2148329	2229930
		IDEA	609243	634001
			19762995	20410496	3.28%
B' Circle			156530178	162297067	3.68%
C' Circle	H.P.	Bharti Airtel	1295571	1317893
		Reliance Telecom	819596	819596
		BSNL	1199256	1218836
		IDEA	250765	265079
		Dishnet Wireless	431110	467276
		Vodafone Essar	161150	169632
		STel	134384	176544
			4291832	4434856	3.33%
	Bihar	Reliance Telecom	3632185	3632185
		BSNL	4320548	4344237
		Bharti Airtel	10672516	11003161
		Dishnet Wireless	2947032	3205641
		ABTL (IDEA)	3002878	3047161
		Vodafone Essar	3019255	3171530
		STel	365490	470413
		Uninor	465007	594414
			28424911	29468742	3.67%
	Orissa	Reliance Telecom	1806501	1806501
		BSNL	2164808	2285999
		Bharti Airtel	3936925	4134100
		Dishnet Wireless	1644137	1700160
		Vodafone Essar	963561	1071216
		IDEA	559334	601268
		STel	217225	359870
		Uninor	184754	233093
			11477245	12192207	6.23%
	Assam	Reliance Telecom	1624838	1624838
		BSNL	1030741	1048889
		Bharti Airtel	2263841	2405418
		Dishnet Wireless	2460675	2521187
		Vodafone Essar	740912	806624
		IDEA	69454	82932
			8190461	8489888	3.66%
	N.E.	Reliance Telecom	498235	498235
		Bharti Airtel	1384827	1432364
		BSNL	896470	936441
		Dishnet Wireless	1656676	1710812
		Vodafone Essar	452136	488702
		IDEA	17289	26277
			4905633	5092831	3.82%
	J & K	BSNL	882055	872827
		Bharti Airtel	1952346	1887301
		Dishnet Wireless	1794519	1856598
		Vodafone Essar	159786	175304
		IDEA	38885	54415
			4827591	4846445	0.39%
C' Circle			62117673	64524969	3.88%
			Feb'2010	Mar'2010
All India			407914988	421860978	3.42%
	Additions		13011739	13945990

*Reliance Telecom subscriber figures for Mar'10 is not yet reported

Reliance Telecom subscriber figures shown in Mar'10 is same as of Jan'10

Note: Figures of Reliance include Reliance Telecom. Ltd.(RTL) figures only