Kerala Telecommunications Circle , which was first formed as a combined Postal and Telecom Circle in the year 1961, provides services to a population of over 31 million people in the state of Kerala, Union territories of Lakshadweep Islands and major part of the Union Territory of Pondicherry. The circle comprises of 11 Major secondary switching areas  and one minor secondary switching area at Lakshadweep.

              Kerala Telecommunications has an impressive record in the growth, development and modernisation of Telecommunication facilities in the State. It has always been in the forefront in providing telecom facilities to the people of Kerala. It was the first state in India to fully automatise all telephone exchanges , the first  to link all the exchanges through the STD facility , the first to provide public telephone facilities in all Panchayat Head quarters and the first to provide Public telephones in every villages.   Kerala Telecommunications  has a large network of modern digital switches linked through reliable and high capacity optical fibre media. It has started providing Internet services in the State of Kerala in a big way.

                   BSNL's Cellular Mobile Service was launched in the circle on 23-10-2002 covering most of the major cities and towns along with 2112kms of highway in the initial stage and connections are provided both prepaid(Excel) and post paid (Cell one).The initial plan comprises are 247 BTS sites which include 183 cities and 64 highway BTS sites.The network comprises of two MSC locations at Ernakulam and Trichur and 6 BSC locations at Trivandrum,Kottayam,Ernakulam,Trichur,Kozhikode and Kannur.All National High ways and major state high ways in Kerala are covered.The project was received with ardent rendezvous due to unprecedented coverage and lucrative rates. The cellular mobile project for Kerala Circle envisages a subscriber base of 326585 in two phases with first phase comprising of 125000 lines and second phase comprising of 201585 lines.

                   Five years into its glorious inception, BSNL the No.1 Telecom Service Provider is reaching every nook and corner of this great nation rendering total telecom solution to the people and industry. It is heartening to see Kerala, progressing in leaps & bounds, making history in telecom field. Kerala Telecom Circle has a teledensity of 15.4 per 100 population including the mobile services. With 45.75 lakh lines of equipped capacity and 37.25 lakh working lines, theCircle has the 2nd largest basic service network out of the 24 telecom circles in the country.  In Kerala, BSNL is the No.1 Cellular Service Provider with a customer base of over 12 lakh . There are at present 1010 BTSs in Kerala Circle to cater the needs of these esteemed customers.Broadband Services have been made functional in 188 sites covering all SSAs with a present customer base of 12000