India's total mobile subscriber base in March 2008 to 261.08 million. The details of mobile phone subscriber base, including fixed-line WLL during the last three years from March 2005, when the subscriber base was 56.88 million, till March 2008 along with the growth rate, state-wise, year-wise are: 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 | 93.17 | 69.59 | | 19 | Tamil Nadu (-) Chennai | 3624160
| 5957147
| 10553554
| 18284050
| 64.37
| 77.16 | 73.25 | | 20 | Uttarakhand | 156467
| 321779 | 544882
| 685565
| 105.65 | 69.33 | 25.82 | | 21 | Uttar Pradesh | 4442433
| 9907365
| 17561905
| 28366704
| 123.02
| 77.26
| 61.52 | | 22 | West Bengal (-) Kolkata | 895338
| 2732985
| 5040111 | 9381095
| 205.25 | 84.42
| 86.13 | | 23 | Kolkata | 2019998
| 3502096 | 5030986
| 7844469
| 73.37
| 43.66 | 55.92 | | 24 | Chennai | 2228248
| 3246131 | 4637124
| 7061200
| 45.68
| 42.85 | 52.28 | | 25 | Delhi | 6073819
| 8869702
| 12083283
| 16282949
| 46.03 | 36.23 | 34.76 | | 26 | Mumbai | 5501404 | 8116905
| 9877466
| 13631670
| 47.54 | 21.69 | 38.01 | | Total
| 56888928
| 101809676
| 165093655
| 261081713
| 78.96 | 62.16 | 58.14 |
Responding a to parliamentary query, minister of communications and information technology A Raja said that private operators provide data service area wise only and not separately in Andaman & Nicobar, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand, Chhattishgarh and NE-II which are included in West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and North East – I respectively. He said that Bharti Airtel provides landline figures separately for Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.
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