Mobile telephone numbering in India

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has divided India into
various cellular zones such that within each zone, the call is treated as a local call, while
across zones, it becomes a long-distance call. A cellular zone (or cellular circle) is
normally the entire state, with a few exceptions like Mumbai, Chennai & Kolkata (which
are different zones than their respective states), Goa (which is a part of
the Maharashtrazone), Jharkhand (which is a part of the Bihar zone) or Uttar
Pradesh (divided into multiple zones).

From May 20, 2005, calls between Mumbai Metro and Maharashtra Telecom Circle,
Chennai Metro and Tamil Nadu Telecom Circle, Kolkata Metro and West Bengal
Telecom Circle and Uttar Pradesh (East) and Uttar Pradesh (West) Telecom Circle
Service Areas are merged in Inter service area connectivity. With the above
arrangement, calls within a State in the above-mentioned four States would be treated
as intra-service area call for the purposes of routing as well as Access Deficit Charges
(ADC). The dialing procedure for calls within a State for these States would also be
simplified i.e. dialling of mobile-to mobile subscribers and fixed-to-mobile subscribers
would be without prefixing '0'.[1]

All mobile numbers in India have the prefix 9 or 8 (This includes pager services, but the
use of pagers is on the decline). Each zone is allowed to have multiple private operators
(earlier it was 2 private + BSNL/MTNL, subsequently it was changed to 3 private +
BSNL/MTNL in GSM 900/1800, now each zone has 4-5 operators including BSNL/MTNL
in GSM, and 2 private + BSNL/MTNL in CDMA). All mobile phone numbers are 10 digits
long, split up as OO-AA-NNNNNN where OO is the operator code, AA is the zone code
assigned to the operator, and NNNNNN is the subscriber number. Recently, some
operators have been alloted "OOAA" series beginning "8". The same have begun to roll
out.
Numbering plan

 80-xx-yyyyyz - Various operators.

 81-xx-yyyyyy - Various operators.
 88-xx-yyyyyy - Various operators.
 89-xx-yyyyyy - Various operators.
 90-xx-yyyyyy - Various operators.
 91-xx-yyyyyy - Various operators.
 92-xx-yyyyyy - TATA INDICOM (soon to be allocated to all operators)
 93-xx-yyyyyy - Reliance CDMA (soon to be allocated to all operators)
 94-xx-yyyyyy - CellOne GSM (soon to be allocated to all operators)
 95-xx-yyyyyy - Various operators.
 96-xx-yyyyyy - Various operators.
 97-xx-yyyyyy - Various operators.
 98-xx-yyyyyy - Various operators.
 99-xx-yyyyyy - Various operators.

The 80 code is also the area code for landlines in Bangalore city, making it a cause for
confusion. Bangalore landlines begin with 80-2 (BSNL),80-3 (Reliance), 80-4 (Airtel)
and 80-6 (Tata). In addition, the 800 access code is for toll free numbers, making the
800 series cell phone code extremely confusing for calling parties.

New 7 series

 7250- AT- BR

 7259- AT- KA
 7398- UN- UE

 7399- AC- AS

 7417- VG- UW

 7550- VF- BR

 7566- VF- MP

 7567- VF- GJ

 7568- AT- RJ

 7579- CG- UW

 7587- CG- MP

 7588- CG- MH

 7589- CG- PB

 7597- CG- RJ

 7598- CG- TN

 7599- CG- UW

 7600- AT- GJ

 7602- AT- WB

 7607- ATV UE

 7631- VF- BR

 7639- VF- TN

 7654- ID- BR

 7665- VF- RJ

 7666- RG- MU

 7676- RG- KA

 7677- RG- BR

 7620- RG- WB

 7697- ID- MP

 7698- ID- GJ

 7699- ID- WB

 7620- AT- AP

 7708- AT- TN

 7709- AT- MH

 7735- RG- OR

 7738- AT- MU
  7739- AT- BR

 7742- AT- RJ

 7760- AT- KA

 7795- TD- KA

 7797- VF- WB

 7798- VF- MH

 7799- VF- AP

 7800- VF- UE

 7807- ST- HP

 7808- ST- BR

 7809- ST- OR

 7814- RG- PB

 7827- RG- DL

 7828- RG- MP

 7829- VF- KA

 7830- VF- UW

 7837- VF- PB

 7838- VF- DL

 7839- CG- UE

 7842- VG- AP

 7845- VG- TN

 7860- ID- UE

 7869- AT- MP

[edit]Abbreviations

Telecom Service Areas[2]

AP Andhra Pradesh Telecom Circle.

AS Assam Telecom Circle.

BR Bihar & Jharkhand Telecom Circle.

CH Chennai Metro Telecom Circle (includes MEPZ, Mahabalipuram & Minjur)

DL Delhi Metro Telecom Circle (includes NCR, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon & Noida)

GJ Gujarat Telecom Circle (includes Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli)

HP Himachal Pradesh Telecom Circle.

HR Haryana Telecom Circle (excludes Faridabad, Gurgaon & Panchkula)

JK Jammu & Kashmir Telecom Circle.

KL Kerala Telecom Circle (includes Lakshadweep)

KA Karnataka Telecom Circle.

Kolkata Metro Telecom Circle (includes parts of Haora, Hooghly, North & South 24
KO
Parganas and Nadia Districts)

Maharashtra Telecom Circle (includes Goa but excludes Mumbai, Navi Mumbai &
MH
Kalyan)

MP Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh Telecom Circle.

MU Mumbai Metro Telecom Circle (includes Navi Mumbai & Kalyan)

NE North East India Telecom Circle (excludes Assam)

OR Orissa Telecom Circle.

PB Punjab Telecom Circle (includes Chandigarh & Panchkula)

RJ Rajasthan Telecom Circle.

Tamil Nadu Telecom Circle (includes Pondichery except Yanam, usually excludes Chennai,
TN
MEPZ, Mahabalipuram & Minjur)

TC Tamil Nadu + Chennai

UE Uttar Pradesh (East) Telecom Circle.

UW Uttar Pradesh (West) & Uttarakhand Telecom Circle (excludes Ghaziabad & Noida)

West Bengal Telecom Circle (includes Andaman & Nicobar, Sikkim, excludes Calcutta
WB
Telecom District)

ZZ Customer Care (All Over India)

Telecom Circles of India Currently there are 22 telecom circles in India, including 'metro', 'A', 'B', and
'C'category service areas. Officially, telecom circles are now called telecom 'service areas', but both terms

used to mean the same thing.These are the officially recognized circles as stated by the India Department of

Telecommunications. India telephone companies may or may not conform to this exact usage.

Network Operators and Corporation

AC AIRCEL Aircel Ltd.

AT AIRTEL Bharti Airtel Ltd.

CC CELLONE CDMA Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.

CG CELLONE GSM Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd.

DC DATACOM Now renamed as Videocon Telecom

DP DOLPHIN Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd.

ET ETISALAT SWAN Etisalat ltd

ID IDEA Idea Cellular Ltd.

LM LOOP MOBILE Loop Telecom Ltd.

MT MTS CDMA Sistema Shyam TeleServices Ltd.

PG PING CDMA HFCL Infotel Ltd.

RC RELIANCE CDMA Reliance Communication Ltd.

RG RELIANCE GSM Reliance Communication Ltd.

SP SPICE

ST S TEL S Tel Pvt. Ltd.

TD TATA DOCOMO TATA Communication Ltd.

TI TATA INDICOM TATA Communication Ltd.

UN UNINOR Telenor Unitech Ltd.

VC VIRGIN MOBILE CDMA TATA Communication Ltd.

VG VIRGIN MOBILE GSM TATA Communication Ltd.

VF VODAFONE Vodafone Essar Ltd.