List of Bangalore telecom companies

The city has basic landline operators as well as Cell phone operators. Land line numbers are 8 digits long, whereas GSM / CDMA cellular operators are 10 digits.

Landline Operators

Following companies provide landline services in Bangalore.

*BSNL: The largest and oldest operator in the telephone business in the government owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). It has 2.5 million suscribers. Its suscriber base is high as it was a monopoly till the late 90's. BSNL phone numbers start with the prefix '2'.

*Tata Indicom (formerly Hughes Telecom): A new entrant, it has garnered about 200,000 suscribers. Tata Indicom is a relatively new player taking over Hughes Telecom in 2002. Its numbers start with '6'.

*Reliance Infocomm: Is the latest entrant in the landline space. Its numbers start with '3'.

*Airtel: (formerly TouchTel): This is Bangalore's most popular telephone service.. Its numbers start with '4'.

In some cases, landline carriers use CDMA facilities to provide 'last mile' access via Wireless Local Loop (WLL).

Mobile Operators

Following companies provide either GSM or CDMA mobile services in Bangalore.

GSM Operators

*Vodafone: It has a large user base, though not as large as Airtel. and has a large network. Hutch numbers start with '9819' or '9820' or '9833' or '9999' and are 10 digits long.

*Airtel: It is Banagalore's largest telecom company. Airtel is owned by Bharti Group. Airtel numbers start with '9892' or '9867'or '9810'or '9967' and are 10 digits long.

*Spice Communications: A smaller carrier serving Karnataka state.

*BSNL: BSNL provides GSM mobile services in Karnataka state and across much of India.

*Aircel: Aircel is a rapidly growing provider that acquired GSM licenses in 2007 and expects to begin operations in Bangalore and Karnataka in 2009.

CDMA Operators

*Reliance Infocomm: Reliance Infocomm is one of the largest mobile operators in India. It has a huge user base and extends to small towns. Operations started in 2003. Numbers start with '93' and are 10 digits long.

*Tata Indicom: Tata Indicom, like Reliance also offers CDMA connections. Tata now has operations on a national scale. Numbers start with '92' and are 10 digits long.

CDMA operations were launched in 2002.

Other

Tata Indicom and Reliance also offer Fixed Wireless Telephone Services. The phone connects to the base station on the network using wireless technology, instead of last mile copper wires. This cuts down on the need to dig up roads for laying out copper wires. This significantly reduces installation costs, speeds up the installation time and also reduces public inconvenience through less dug-up roads. It is also possible to connect to the Internet through Fixed Wireless Phones, either through captive broadband services or through dial-up connection to another ISP (Internet Service Provider).

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* TRAI

External links

* [http://www.dot.gov.in/ Department of Telecommuincations, Government of India]
* [http://www.trai.gov.in Telecom Regulatory Authority of India]
* [http://www.coai.in/ Cellular Operators Association of India]
* [http://www.wpc.dot.gov.in Wireless Planning & Coordination Wing]
* [http://www.bsnl.co.in Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd]
* [http://www.pluggd.in/tag/indian-telecom-industry/ Telecom Industry Coverage]
* [http://www.itiltd-india.com Indian Telephone Industries Limited]
* [http://www.callingbangalore.com Calling Bangalore, India]