Messaging in India
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Country info
| Capital | New Delhi |
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| Language | Hindi |
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| New Delhi timezone | GMT+5.5 |
| Current time | 21/11 16:52 |
| Currency | ₹ (INR) |
| VAT | 18.00% |
| Population | 1 360 939 598 |
| Cellular users | 1 219 440 000 |
| Mobile penetration | 89.6% |
| Country code | IN |
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| Calling code | +91 |
| Mobile number portability, MNP | Yes |
| Mobile country codes, MCC | 404, 405, 406 |
Major mobile carriers in India
Check the best prices on business messaging for Vodafone Idea, Loop Mobile, BSNL and other carriers in India
| MCCMNC | MCC | MNC | Carrier | Other names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 404 | 20 | Vodafone, Idea Cellular, Spice Telecom, Command, Hutch, Hutchison Maxtouch, Orange, Escotel, Fascel Vodafone and IDEA merged in March 2018 | ||
| 40401 | 404 | 01 | Vodafone India, Haryana | |
| 40404 | 404 | 04 | IDEA, Delhi & NCR | |
| 40405 | 404 | 05 | Vodafone India, Gujarat. Formerly Hutch, Fascel | |
| 40407 | 404 | 07 | IDEA, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana | |
| 40411 | 404 | 11 | Vodafone India, Delhi & NCR | |
| 40412 | 404 | 12 | IDEA, Haryana. Former Escotel | |
| 40413 | 404 | 13 | Vodafone India, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana | |
| 40414 | 404 | 14 | IDEA, Punjab. Former Spice | |
| 40415 | 404 | 15 | Vodafone India, Uttar Pradesh (East) | |
| 40419 | 404 | 19 | IDEA, Kerala. Former Escotel | |
| 40422 | 404 | 22 | IDEA, Maharashtra & Goa | |
| 40424 | 404 | 24 | IDEA, Gujarat | |
| 40427 | 404 | 27 | Vodafone India, Maharashtra & Goa | |
| 40430 | 404 | 30 | Vodafone India, Kolkata. Former Command, Hutch | |
| 40443 | 404 | 43 | Vodafone India, Tamil Nadu | |
| 40444 | 404 | 44 | IDEA, Karnataka. Former Spice | |
| 40446 | 404 | 46 | Vodafone India, Kerala | |
| 40456 | 404 | 56 | IDEA, Uttar Pradesh (West) | |
| 40460 | 404 | 60 | Vodafone India, Rajasthan | |
| 40478 | 404 | 78 | IDEA, Madhya Pradesh & Chattishgarh | |
| 40482 | 404 | 82 | IDEA, Himachal Pradesh | |
| 40484 | 404 | 84 | Vodafone India, Chennai | |
| 40486 | 404 | 86 | Vodafone India, Karnataka | |
| 40487 | 404 | 87 | IDEA, Rajasthan | |
| 40488 | 404 | 88 | Vodafone India, Vodafone Punjab | |
| 40489 | 404 | 89 | IDEA, Uttar Pradesh (East) | |
| 40566 | 405 | 66 | Vodafone India, Uttar Pradesh (West) | |
| 40567 | 405 | 67 | Vodafone India, West Bengal | |
| 40570 | 405 | 70 | IDEA, Bihar & Jharkhand | |
| 405750 | 405 | 750 | Vodafone India, Jammu & Kashmir | |
| 405751 | 405 | 751 | Vodafone India, Assam | |
| 405752 | 405 | 752 | Vodafone India, Bihar & Jharkhand | |
| 405753 | 405 | 753 | Vodafone India, Orissa | |
| 405754 | 405 | 754 | Vodafone India, Himachal Pradesh | |
| 405755 | 405 | 755 | Vodafone India, North East | |
| 405756 | 405 | 756 | Vodafone India, Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh | |
| 405799 | 405 | 799 | IDEA, Mumbai | |
| 405845 | 405 | 845 | IDEA, Assam | |
| 405846 | 405 | 846 | IDEA, Jammu & Kashmir | |
| 405847 | 405 | 847 | IDEA, Karnataka | |
| 405848 | 405 | 848 | IDEA, Kolkata | |
| 405849 | 405 | 849 | IDEA, North East | |
| 405850 | 405 | 850 | IDEA, Orissa | |
| 405851 | 405 | 851 | IDEA, Punjab | |
| 405852 | 405 | 852 | IDEA, Tamil Nadu | |
| 405853 | 405 | 853 | IDEA, West Bengal | |
| 405908 | 405 | 908 | IDEA, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana | |
| 405909 | 405 | 909 | IDEA, Delhi | |
| 405910 | 405 | 910 | IDEA, Haryana | |
| 405911 | 405 | 911 | IDEA, Maharashtra | |
| 40421 | 404 | 21 | BPL Mobile, Essar Tele Holding Ltd, ETHL | |
| 404 | 66 | CellOne, MNTL, DOLPHIN, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, महानगर टेलीफोन निगम लिमिटेड BSNL and MNTL (DOLPHIN) merged in October 2019 | ||
| 40434 | 404 | 34 | cellone, Haryana | |
| 40438 | 404 | 38 | cellone, Assam | |
| 40451 | 404 | 51 | cellone, Himachal Pradesh | |
| 40453 | 404 | 53 | cellone, Punjab | |
| 40454 | 404 | 54 | cellone, Uttar Pradesh (West) | |
| 40455 | 404 | 55 | cellone, Uttar Pradesh (East) | |
| 40457 | 404 | 57 | cellone, Gujarat | |
| 40458 | 404 | 58 | cellone, Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh | |
| 40459 | 404 | 59 | cellone, Rajasthan | |
| 40462 | 404 | 62 | cellone, Jammu & Kashmir | |
| 40464 | 404 | 64 | cellone, Chennai | |
| 40468 | 404 | 68 | DOLPHIN, Delhi & NCR | |
| 40469 | 404 | 69 | DOLPHIN, Mumbai | |
| 40471 | 404 | 71 | cellone, Karnataka (Bangalore) | |
| 40472 | 404 | 72 | cellone, Kerala | |
| 40473 | 404 | 73 | cellone, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana | |
| 40474 | 404 | 74 | cellone, West Bengal | |
| 40475 | 404 | 75 | cellone, Bihar | |
| 40476 | 404 | 76 | cellone, Orissa | |
| 40477 | 404 | 77 | cellone, North East | |
| 40479 | 404 | 79 | cellone, Andaman Nicobar | |
| 40480 | 404 | 80 | cellone, Tamil Nadu | |
| 40481 | 404 | 81 | cellone, Kolkata | |
| 404 | 92 | Bharti Airtel, Uninor, Telenor, Tata Docomo, TTSL, TTML, Tata Teleservices, Tata Teleservices Maharashtra Limited, Hexacom acquired Telenor (Uninor) in May 2018, acquired Tata Docomo in july 2019 | ||
| 40402 | 404 | 02 | AirTel, Punjab | |
| 40403 | 404 | 03 | AirTel, Himachal Pradesh | |
| 40410 | 404 | 10 | AirTel, Delhi & NCR | |
| 40416 | 404 | 16 | Airtel, North East. Former Hexacom | |
| 40431 | 404 | 31 | AirTel, Kolkata | |
| 40440 | 404 | 40 | AirTel, Chennai | |
| 40445 | 404 | 45 | Airtel, Karnataka | |
| 40449 | 404 | 49 | Airtel, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana | |
| 40470 | 404 | 70 | AirTel, Rajasthan | |
| 40490 | 404 | 90 | AirTel, Maharashtra | |
| 40493 | 404 | 93 | AirTel, Madhya Pradesh | |
| 40494 | 404 | 94 | AirTel, Tamil Nadu | |
| 40495 | 404 | 95 | AirTel, Kerala | |
| 40496 | 404 | 96 | AirTel, Haryana | |
| 40497 | 404 | 97 | AirTel, Uttar Pradesh (West) | |
| 40498 | 404 | 98 | AirTel, Gujarat | |
| 40525 | 405 | 25 | TATA DOCOMO, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana | |
| 40526 | 405 | 26 | TATA DOCOMO, Assam | |
| 40527 | 405 | 27 | TATA DOCOMO, Bihar/Jharkhand | |
| 40528 | 405 | 28 | TATA DOCOMO, Chennai | |
| 40529 | 405 | 29 | TATA DOCOMO, Delhi | |
| 40530 | 405 | 30 | TATA DOCOMO, Gujarat | |
| 40531 | 405 | 31 | TATA DOCOMO, Haryana | |
| 40532 | 405 | 32 | TATA DOCOMO, Himachal Pradesh | |
| 40533 | 405 | 33 | TATA DOCOMO, Jammu & Kashmir | |
| 40534 | 405 | 34 | TATA DOCOMO, Karnataka | |
| 40535 | 405 | 35 | TATA DOCOMO, Kerala | |
| 40536 | 405 | 36 | TATA DOCOMO, Kolkata | |
| 40537 | 405 | 37 | TATA DOCOMO, Maharashtra & Goa | |
| 40538 | 405 | 38 | TATA DOCOMO, Madhya Pradesh | |
| 40539 | 405 | 39 | TATA DOCOMO, Mumbai | |
| 40541 | 405 | 41 | TATA DOCOMO, Orissa | |
| 40542 | 405 | 42 | TATA DOCOMO, Punjab | |
| 40543 | 405 | 43 | TATA DOCOMO, Rajasthan | |
| 40544 | 405 | 44 | TATA DOCOMO, Tamil Nadu including Chennai | |
| 40545 | 405 | 45 | TATA DOCOMO, Uttar Pradesh (E) | |
| 40546 | 405 | 46 | TATA DOCOMO, Uttar Pradesh (W) & Uttarakhand | |
| 40547 | 405 | 47 | TATA DOCOMO, West Bengal | |
| 40551 | 405 | 51 | AirTel, West Bengal | |
| 40552 | 405 | 52 | AirTel, Bihar & Jharkhand | |
| 40553 | 405 | 53 | AirTel, Orissa | |
| 40554 | 405 | 54 | AirTel, Uttar Pradesh (East) | |
| 40555 | 405 | 55 | Airtel, Jammu & Kashmir | |
| 40556 | 405 | 56 | AirTel, Assam | |
| 405818 | 405 | 818 | Uninor, Uttar Pradesh (West) | |
| 405819 | 405 | 819 | Uninor, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana | |
| 405820 | 405 | 820 | Uninor, Karnataka | |
| 405821 | 405 | 821 | Uninor, Kerala | |
| 405822 | 405 | 822 | Uninor, Kolkata | |
| 405824 | 405 | 824 | Videocon Datacom, Assam | |
| 405827 | 405 | 827 | Videocon Datacom, Gujarat | |
| 405834 | 405 | 834 | Videocon Datacom, Madhya Pradesh | |
| 405844 | 405 | 844 | Uninor, Delhi & NCR | |
| 405875 | 405 | 875 | Uninor, Assam | |
| 405880 | 405 | 880 | Uninor, West Bengal | |
| 405927 | 405 | 927 | Uninor, Gujarat | |
| 405929 | 405 | 929 | Uninor, Maharashtra | |
| 405029 | 405 | 029 | TATA DOCOMO | |
| 405 | 874 | IBSL, RJIL, Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited | ||
| 405840 | 405 | 840 | Jio, West Bengal | |
| 405854 | 405 | 854 | Jio, Andhra Pradesh | |
| 405855 | 405 | 855 | Jio, Assam | |
| 405856 | 405 | 856 | Jio, Bihar | |
| 405857 | 405 | 857 | Jio, Gujarat | |
| 405858 | 405 | 858 | Jio, Haryana | |
| 405859 | 405 | 859 | Jio, Himachal Pradesh | |
| 405860 | 405 | 860 | Jio, Jammu & Kashmir | |
| 405861 | 405 | 861 | Jio, Karnataka | |
| 405862 | 405 | 862 | Jio, Kerala | |
| 405863 | 405 | 863 | Jio, Madhya Pradesh | |
| 405864 | 405 | 864 | Jio, Maharashtra | |
| 405865 | 405 | 865 | Jio, North East | |
| 405866 | 405 | 866 | Jio, Orissa | |
| 405867 | 405 | 867 | Jio, Punjab | |
| 405868 | 405 | 868 | Jio, Rajasthan | |
| 405869 | 405 | 869 | Jio, Tamil Nadu (incl. Chennai) | |
| 405870 | 405 | 870 | Jio, Uttar Pradesh (West) | |
| 405871 | 405 | 871 | Jio, Uttar Pradesh (East) | |
| 405872 | 405 | 872 | Jio, Delhi | |
| 405873 | 405 | 873 | Jio, Kolkata |
MCCMNC in India
There are 4 MVNOs (Mobile virtual network operators) in India. Virtual operators might either obtain dedicated MCCMNC code, or just a white-label from one of the carriers, without mobile network code.
View SMS pricing in India40420, 40421, 40466, 40492, 405029, 40515, 405805, 405874, 405881, 405916
- 2FA (Two factors authentification)
- OTP (One time password)
- A2P (Application to persons)
- P2A (Persons to application)
- RBM (Rich business messaging)
MVNO Mobile virtual network operators in India
| MCCMNC | MCC | MNC | MVNO | Other names | Base network |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 404 | – |
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| – | 404 | – |
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| – | 404 | – |
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| – | 404 | – |
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MVNO is an addition to a regular telecom operator, which is a different on the same physical network.
The biggest difference between the different MVNOs is that they don’t have their own dedicated base stations, cell towers, or transmitters.
There are 2 different types of MVNOs: independent networks with their own network code and call routing, or a network with only a base operator SIM card with a different design.
MVNOs have their own autonomous network for sending shorter messages (including RCS and SMS), and utilize their operator’s parent network.
Users usually don’t understand the difference between MVNO and the main operator brands – they just compare the rates.
MVNO tariffs are very profitable locally, but even more expensive are the roaming tariffs that are pricier than the parent operator.
MVNOs also change brands a lot, and in the column of the “Other Names” table you’ll see the prior names of the virtual operator (if there are any).
Sometimes the operator purchases a MVNO company based solely on its network. They then merge their own brand with this new one they’ve purchased. When this happens, the MVNO no longer exists as a separator operator, and a brand-new entry is added to the MCCMNC networks that the operator has.
Obsolete, inactive and special types of mobile operators in India
| MCCMNC | MCC | MNC | Carrier | Other names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 404999 | 404 | 999 | Indian Airforces | Military network |
| 40515 | 405 | 15 | Reliance Mobile | RCom, R.Comm, Digicable, MTS, SSTL, Sistema Shyam TeleServices, Reliance Communications defunct; acquired MTS in 2016; bankruptcy in February, 2019 |
| 405805 | 405 | 805 | Aircel | RPG, Dishnet Wireless defunct, bankruptcy in February, 2018 |
| 405881 | 405 | 881 | S Tel | defunct, license withrawn in Fevruary, 2012 |
| 405916 | 405 | 916 | Etisalat | Etisalat DB Telecom India defunct, license withrawn in Fevruary, 2012 |
There are cases when mobile network codes are occupied not by mobile carriers, but government structures (military, railway, landline phone authorities), fixed and broadband internet providers, scientific organisations, etc. Some MCCMNCs belong to obsolete legal entities, acquired by other market players or went to bankruptcy, but codes are kept for a certain period for legacy purposes.
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