Mobile phone companies of India

The Mobile phone industry in India is covered in this article. Mobile phones are usually called "mobile phones" or "cell phones" in India.

History

• The first mobile phone was launched in India on 5 August 1995.
• The first mobile handset production made by Micromax
• First Mobile service provider was Modi Groups in 1995 and started in Kolkata, somewhere it was signed that mobile service provider was launched in 1994.^{[citation needed]}

Mobile phone service operators

• Aircel

Aircel, headquartered in Chennai, India has absorbed Cingular Wireless, and offers 2G service using GSM technology and 3G service using UMTS technology.

• Airtel

Airtel, with its head offices in both Mumbai and Berhampur, India provides 2G service using GSM and 3G service using UMTS/HSPA technology

• BSNL

BSNL, headquartered in New Delhi, is a public listed company and is state-owned. It offers 2G service using GSM and 3G service using UMTS. It was the first service provider to introduce 3G services in India.

• Emirates Telecommunications Corporation (formerly SWAN Telecom)

In 2009, Etisalat has announced that its Indian unit, erstwhile Swan Telecom (owned by Dynamix Balwas Realty and Reliance Communications), headquartered in Mumbai, is renamed to Etisalat DB Telecom India Pvt. Ltd.

• Idea Cellular

Idea Cellular, headquartered in Mumbai, has absorbed Cingular Wireless, and offers 2G service using GSM technology and 3G service using UMTS technology.

• Loop Mobile India (Formerly BPL Mobile)

Loop Mobile India, is a mobile phone service provider in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• MTNL

MTNL, headquartered in Mumbai is a public listed company and is state-owned and offers 2G service using CDMA and 3G service using GSM.

• MTS India
• Ping Mobile
• Reliance Communications

Reliance Communications, with its head offices in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra provides CMDA 2G service using cdmaOne and CDMA 3G service using CDMA2000 EVDO technology. It also provides GSM 2G services & 3G GSM HSDPA Services.

• S Tel
• Spice Telecom
• Tata DoCoMo

Tata DoCoMo is joint venture company of Tata Teleservices and NTT DoCoMo

• Uninor
• Videocon Mobile Service (Formerly Datacom Solutions)
• Virgin Mobile CDMA and GSM
• Vodafone Essar (Formerly Hutchison Essar/Hutch Orange/Hutch Pink)

Handset Companies available in India

1. AASTHA mobile
2. ACER MOBILE
3. Airnet
4. Airphone
5. Ajanta Mobile
6. Akai mobiles
7. Alcatel
8. Anconn Mobile
9. Apple
10. AROMA Mobiles
11. Asiatelco
12. AZ LINK +
13. AZ Link Anycool mobiles
14. Beetel
15. BlackBerry
16. BLEU
17. BPL Group
18. Beyond tech
19. CAPLIGHT
20. celkonmobile
21. Colors mobile
22. c-Tel
23. Cheers Mobiles
24. Daya
25. Dell
26. Dhusia mobiles
27. Digibee Mobiles
28. eTouch
29. Fly
30. Fortune
31. Fujezone
32. G-Five
33. GEEPEE Mobiles
34. gfone
35. GlobyTalky
36. Haier
37. Hansum Mobiles
38. Hawkman Mobile
39. Hitech Mobiles
40. Hp
41. HTC
42. Huawei
43. i-ball
44. ICube
45. iNQ
46. Intex
47. Ion
48. I-Tel
49. JMD MOBILE
50. Karbonn Mobiles
51. KOPPERR
52. Kuantum
53. Lava Mobiles
54. Lemon
55. Lexus
56. LG
57. Logitec
58. LONGTEL
59. Magicon
60. Maxwood Mobiles
61. Maxx
62. Melbon
63. Micromax Mobile
64. Mobell
65. Motorola
66. Movil
67. Munoth Mobiles
68. MVL
69. M-Tech
70. Nelson
71. Nokia
72. Nova mobiles
73. NXG Electronics
74. Olive
75. Onida
76. Orion Mobiles
77. Orpat
78. pagaria
79. Philips
80. Philiray
81. Pride Mobiles
82. QUBA mobile
83. Rage
84. Ray
85. RichTel Mobiles
86. RK Mobile
87. SAGEM
88. Samsung
89. San Mobile
90. Sansui
91. Siemens
92. Simcom Mobiles
93. Simoco
94. Sony Ericsson
95. Speed Mobile
96. Spice Telecom
97. ST Mobile
98. Swissvoice India
99. Technotouch
100. Tekshiv
101. T-Series
102. Ultra Mobile
103. UNITEL
104. UNIX Mobiles
105. Unixell
106. Usha-Lexus
107. X Electron
108. Videocon
109. Vodafone Essar
110. ViP Mobile
111. Voice
112. VOX
113. Winncom
114. Xcite
115. Zen Mobiles
116. Zopo(Shenzhen ZOPO Communications-equipment Limited Company)

See also

• Mobile Telephone Service
• Communications in India