The Andhra Pradesh circle generated the maximum revenue for Telecom Operators, for the three months ended June 20th 2010. According to gross revenue information provided by Indian telecom operators to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (used for determining the license fees paid by each operator to the Indian Government), the Andhra Pradesh circle generated Rs. 2368.39 crore, with Bharti Airtel accounting for 40.43% of this money. Andhra Pradesh was followed by Delhi (Rs. 2357.8 crore), Maharashtra (2161.36 crore) and Karnataka (Rs. 2103.25 crore). Among telecom operators, Bharti Airtel accounted for the most gross revenue at Rs. 9319.59 crore, up 6.6% quarter on quarter, with a 32.63% revenue marketshare. Given India's multi-SIM environment, Indian telecom operators have been pointing analysts towards the revenue marketshare figures, instead of subscriber/connection marketshare. Note that a few quarters ago, Reliance Communications had clarified to investors on its earnings conference call that the difference between their reported revenues and the amount reported to the TRAI, is on account of handset revenues not being included in its gross revenue reporting to TRAI. Reliance Communications also retails handsets to its CDMA customers. Operator Results: Bharti Airtel had the most gross revenue for the quarter ended June 30th, 2010, at Rs. 9,319.59 crore, a 6.6% increase QoQ. Airtel's revenue marketshare was 32.63% Vodafone held 21.47% share of the total revenue at Rs. 6,133.18 crore, a QoQ rise of 21.47%. Idea Cellular ranked third in terms of revenue, with a total of Rs. 3,740.42 crore, 6.83% rise QoQ and a market…
