IDEA Cellular Ltd.
News and overview for IDEA Cellular Ltd.
IDEA Adopts IBM Service Delivery Platform to Bring Innovative Content Service to Subscribers [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 43 days 4 hours 18 minutes ago
ARMONK, N.Y., Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Idea sees fall in margins in India, expects M&As
Total Telecom Magazine (U.K.) | 1 day 8 hours 30 minutes ago
Mobile operator comments on 'enormous overcapacity' in Indian market; sees consolidation looming.
Idea Cellular sees industry margins coming under pressure
Total Telecom Magazine (U.K.) | 17 days 9 hours 30 minutes ago
Indian operators cutting call rates in a bid to attract customers.
Light Reading Asia - Mobile/Wireless - IDEA Cellular Uses NSN - Telecom News Wire
Light Reading | 9 days 5 hours 58 minutes ago
DELHI -- Mobile operator IDEA Cellular now offers enhanced data services and improved internet connectivity to its subscribers across 20 operating circles. The operator has deployed Nokia Siemens Networks' Device Management to ensure seamless GPRS services in these circles.
Idea escalates India's mobile tariff war
Total Telecom Magazine (U.K.) | 40 days 8 hours 31 minutes ago
Operator unveils INR0.40 per minute calling plan.
Idea Q2 profit up 53%
Total Telecom Magazine (U.K.) | 26 days 8 hours 25 minutes ago
Results lower than expected despite subscriber growth.
Light Reading Asia - Mobile/Wireless - India Nears 500M Mobile Lines - Telecom News Analysis
Light Reading | 15 days 4 hours 7 minutes ago
India is set to reach the 500 million mobile line landmark well before the end of 2009 as the appetite for new connections continues unabated.
Vodafone Essar, BSNL launch low-cost plans
Total Telecom Magazine (U.K.) | 36 days 4 hours 17 minutes ago
Operators slash prices in bid to hold onto market share ahead of new market entrants.
Light Reading Asia - Broadband - AsiaWatch: M&A, FTTx, 3G & SDPs - Telecom News Analysis
Unstrung.com | 38 days 20 hours 44 minutes ago
Carriers are opening their acquisition war chests and looking to expand overseas, plus other news from Asia/Pacific
Light Reading Europe - Services Software - Telcordia: Still a $700M+ Player - Telecom News Analysis
Light Reading | 36 days 2 hours 23 minutes ago
After years of plying its trade behind closed doors, telecom software giant Telcordia Technologies Inc. has provided an update on its business, which it claims is generating more than $700 million in annual revenues, is cashflow positive, and on course for growth.
UPDATE 1-Bharti adds 2.7 mln mobile users in Oct-industry
Forbes | 10 days 7 hours 42 minutes ago
NEW DELHI, Nov 11 (Reuters) - Bharti Airtel, India's top mobile operator, added 2.7 million users in October, Article Controlsemail
Research and Markets: India Mobile Operator Forecast, 2009 - 2013: Wireless subscribers in India to reach 876.6 million in 2013 with Bharti Airtel's market share increasing to 27.4% [Press Release]
Business Wire | 17 days 13 hours 51 minutes ago
Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/1ddca7/3q09_india_mobile) has announced the addition of IE Market Research Corp.'s new report "3Q09 India Mobile Operator Forecast, 2009 - 2013" to their offering.
UPDATE 1-Bharti, Vodafone India user adds slow in September
Forbes | 40 days 4 hours 21 minutes ago
NEW DELHI, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Leading Indian GSM mobile operators Bharti Airtel and Vodafone ( VOD - news - people ) Essar saw
India telecom shares caught in tariff war - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 37 days 15 hours 38 minutes ago
Although India remains the world's fastest-growing market by subscriber additions, moves by some players to slash rates -- that were already among the lowest in the world -- are raising concerns that the price wars will be prolonged and hurt industry earnings.
OnMobile Developer Network Crosses 1.1 Lakh Subscribers With its Maiden Offering - Antakshari in Less Than 3 Months! [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 88 days 15 hours 50 minutes ago
BANGALORE, India, August 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- OnMobile Developer Network's first of its kind Speech Applications App Store product, Antakshari, has been successfully received in the market with over 1.1L users accessing the application within the first 3 months of launch. Antakshari is the first of its kind innovative Multi Lingual Speech recognition product to be offered on the Speech App Store. Mobile Antakshari has been developed by Hexolabs, a Mobile VAS product innovation and...
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Company Overview
| Company: | IDEA Cellular Ltd. |
|---|---|
| Industry: | Wireless Network Operators |
| Website: | http://www.ideacellular.com |
What's the big IDEA? Cell phone service across India, of course. IDEA Cellular provides wireless services to about 24 million subscribers in 22 service areas such as Andhra Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, and Maharashtra. The company's network covers about 60% of the country. IDEA offers contract and pre-paid cellular service options in addition to a number of value-added services such as mobile Web browsing, video streaming, and multimedia messaging. The company is controlled by Indian industrial manufacturing conglomerate Aditya Birla Group.
Key Numbers
| Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 1,010 (2007) |
|---|---|
| One-year % Growth in Sales | 50.9 (2007) |
| Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 115.6 (2007) |
| One-year % Growth in Net Income | 143.6 (2007) |
| Number of Employees | 4,662 (2007) |
| One-year % Growth in Number of Employees | 0.0 (2007) |
| Fiscal Year-End | March |