Английская Википедия:Idea Cellular

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Idea Cellular (commonly referred to as Idea (stylised as !dea) was an Indian mobile network operator based at Mumbai, Maharashtra. Idea was a pan-India integrated GSM operator and had 220.00 million subscribers as of June 2018. Idea Cellular merged with Vodafone and is now known as Vodafone Idea or Vi.

History

Idea Cellular was incorporated as Birla Communications Limited in 1995 after GSM licenses were won in Gujarat and Maharashtra circles. The company name was changed to Idea Cellular and the brand Idea was introduced in 2002 after a series of name changes following mergers and joint ventures with Grasim Industries, AT&T Corporation and Tata Group. Following the exit of AT&T Corporation and Tata Group from the joint venture in 2004 and 2006 respectively, Idea Cellular became a subsidiary of Aditya Birla Group. Malaysia based Axiata had bought around 20% stake in the company in 2008 for US$2 billion.

Idea previously bought a 40.8% stake in Spice Communications Ltd, operating as Spice Telecom, for over Шаблон:INR2,700 crore.

Merger of Vodafone and Idea (Vi)

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Manhole cover for Idea in Delhi

The entry of Jio in 2016 had led to various mergers and consolidations in the Indian telecom sector. It was announced in March 2017 that even Idea Cellular and Vodafone India would be merged. The merger got approval from Department Of Telecommunications in July 2018. On August 30, 2018, National Company Law Tribunal gave the final nod to the Vodafone-Idea merger The merger was completed on 31 August 2018, and the newly merged entity was named Vodafone Idea (Vi). The merger created the largest telecom company in India by subscribers and by revenue. Under the terms of the deal, the Vodafone Group holds a 45.2% stake in the combined entity, the Aditya Birla Group holds 26% and the remaining shares will be held by the public.

After merge, Vodafone and Idea became known as Vi. It was a biggest combination between two telecom companies in the world.

On 7 September 2020, Vodafone Idea (Vi) unveiled this new brand identity, Vi, which involved the integration of the company's erstwhile separate brands Vodafone and Idea into one unified brand.

Operations

In the 2010 3G spectrum auction, Idea paid Шаблон:INRConvert for spectrum in 11 circles. After the launch of MNP in India, Idea further strengthened its customer base because it was the mobile network with most net port-ins.

Radio frequency summary

Idea Cellular owned spectrum in 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz, 2300 MHz and 2500 MHz bands across the country.

Telecom circle coverage	E-GSM 900MHz Band 8	GSM / FD-LTE 1800MHz Band 3	UMTS 2100MHz Band 1	TD-LTE 2300MHz Band 40	TD-LTE 2500MHz Band 41
Delhi	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Na	Шаблон:Ya
Mumbai	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Na	Шаблон:Ya
Kolkata	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Na	Шаблон:Ya
Andhra Pradesh & Telangana	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Na	Шаблон:Ya
Gujarat	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Na	Шаблон:Ya
Karnataka	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Na	Шаблон:Na
Maharashtra & Goa	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya
Tamil Nadu	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Na	Шаблон:Na
Haryana	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Na	Шаблон:Ya
Kerala	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya
Madhya Pradesh
Punjab	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Na	Шаблон:Ya
Rajasthan	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Na	Шаблон:Ya
Uttar Pradesh (East)	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Na	Шаблон:Ya
Uttar Pradesh (West)	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Na	Шаблон:Ya
West Bengal	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Na	Шаблон:Ya
Assam	Шаблон:Na	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Na	Шаблон:Ya
Bihar & Jharkhand	Шаблон:Na	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Na	Шаблон:Ya
Himachal Pradesh	Шаблон:Na	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Na	Шаблон:Ya
Jammu and Kashmir	Шаблон:Na	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Na	Шаблон:Ya
North East	Шаблон:Na	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Na	Шаблон:Ya
Odisha	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Ya	Шаблон:Na	Шаблон:Ya

Note: The above table contains Vodafone-Idea (merged entity) radio frequency details because they used to share their networks with each other via ICR (intra-circle roaming agreement) in some circles. For example, Idea had started giving its customers in Delhi access to 4G services in May 2018 via the Vodafone network.

Further reading

• Liquidity and Profitability Tradeoff (a study of Idea Cellular Limited)

External links

• Шаблон:Official website