The top place among the mobile operators in India is acquired by the brand AIRTEL followed by BSNL.AIRTEL is a privete venture and BSNL is a government of India venture.
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1. Bharti Airtel
Bharti Airtel retained its leading position among telecom service providers and posted a growth of five per cent to end 2009-10 fiscal with revenues of Rs 38,800 crore (Rs 388 billion).
The company is structured into four strategic business units -- mobile, telemedia, enterprise and digital TV.
The company has with operations in 18 countries with a footprint covering 1.8 billion people. Sunil Bharti Mittal is the chairman and managing director of the company.
In March 2010, Bharti Airtel bought the African operations of Kuwait-based Zain Telecom for $10.7 billion.
Recently, it has joined a consortium of global telecom operators to announce the launch of the EASSy cable system -- the 10,000 km undersea cable connecting Africa to Europe.
2. BSNL
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited saw a drop in its revenue for the second consecutive year to post Rs 30,240 crore (Rs 302.4 billion), a drop of 14 per cent, even though it retained the number two position among telecom players.
BSNL offers both fixed line and mobile services with broadband connections.
With over 71.68 million subscribers, BSNL currently is the largest wireline service provider in India.
The company has reported around 6 crore (600 million) 2G connections and 9,73,378 3G connections since February 2010. All major towns and cities are covered through BSNL network.
Gopal Das is the new chairman and managing director of BSNL.
3. Vodafone Essar
The Indian subsidiary of Vodafone Group, Vodafone Essar recorded 13.7 per cent growth to emerge as the third largest player with revenue of Rs 23,200 crore (Rs 232 billion).
The company commenced operations in 1994 when its predecessor Hutchison Telecom acquired the cellular license for Mumbai.
It has operations across the country with over 106.34 million customers.
It is the world's leading international mobile communications group with approximately 347 million proportionate customers as on 30 June 2010 and has around 40 partner networks worldwide.
Vittorio Colao is Vodafone chief executive, and Marten Pieters is managing director and CEO, Vodafone Essar.
4. Reliance Communications
Reliance ADA Group's flagship company, Reliance Communications reported a negative growth of 3.5 per cent with revenue of Rs 22,130 crore (Rs 221.3 billion).
It is India's largest private sector information and communications company, with over 100 million subscribers.
It has established a pan-India, high-capacity, integrated (wireless and wireline), convergent (voice, data and video) digital network, to offer services spanning the entire infocomm value chain.
Anil D Ambani is the chairman of the company.
5. Idea Cellular
Idea Cellular is part of the Aditya Birla Group and has bagged fifth position with a revenue of Rs 11,390 crore (Rs 113.9 billion).
It is a leading GSM mobile services operator in India with 67 million subscribers. Idea offers both prepaid and post paid services.
It is a pan-India operator with services being made available in all parts of the country.
Idea was the first cellular service provider to launch General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) and Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE) in the country.
Kumar Mangalam Birla is the chairman of the group
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