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With the entry of new players in Karnataka telecom circle, there is lots of activity going. With the number of mobile phones exploding with low price handset, Indian is now the faster growing mobile phone market in the world. And karnataka with its forward looking policies and people here looking for better service always, has made it a playground of new players. Lets check the all the payers in Karnataka who provide mobile phone service.

1. Airtel: Airtel is the largest mobile service provider in India. It is run by the Bharati group. It is the second mobile service provider in karnataka.

Website: http://www.airtel.in/

2. Vodafone: Vodafone was earlier known as Hutch and was a joint venture between Hutchinson and Essar. However, in 1998 Hutch was bought by Vodafone of UK.

Website: http://www.vodafone.in

3. Idea: Idea cellular is a part of the Aditya Birla group. In Karnataka Idea bought Spice group and renamed Idea Cellular.

Website: http://www.ideacellular.com/

4. Aircel: Aircel was predominantly confined to Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu. However, recently it has expanded to karnataka, Maharashtra and other parts of India. It is a joint venture of Maxis Communications Berhad of Malaysia and Sindya Securities & Investments Private Limited, whose current shareholders are the Reddy family of Apollo Hospitals Group of India, with Maxis Communications holding a majority stake of 74%.

Website: www.aircel.in

5. BSNL: It is India’s state run telecommunication company.

Website: http://www.bsnl.co.in/

5. Tata Docomo: Tata Docomo is a GSM service from the Tata group in a joint venture with NTT DOCOMO of Japan. It has introduced for the time 1 paisa/sec tarrif in GSM. Very nice tariff for STD users.

Website: http://www.tatadocomo.com/

6. Reliance GSM: It is GSM service from Reliance Anil Ambani group which started as CDMA with the name Reliance India mobile.

Website: www.reliancemobile.com

7. Uninor: Uninor is a new mobile operator with pan India license. It is a joint venture between Telenor of Norway and Unitech of India.

Website: http://www.uninor.in

CDMA

1. BSNL: BSNL also provides CDMA and WLL.

2. Tata Indicom: CDMA service from Tata group.

Website: http://www.tataindicom.com/

3. Reliance CDMA: CDMA service from Reliance

Website: http://www.relianceinfo.com/

4. MTS: Sistema Shyam TeleServices (SSTL) is the owner of the service. It is a joint venture between Sistema of Russia and Shyam group of India. They roped in the MTS brand name of Russia for their service India. Sistema is the owner of the MTS brand. Check MTS tariff.

Website: http://www.mtsindia.in/