Idea Cellular

This article is about the previous Indian mobile telecommunications company supported by Aditya Birla Group. For the successor (and current) company, see Vodafone Idea.
Idea Cellular Limited
FormerlyBirla Communications Limited (1995-1996)
Birla AT&T Communications Limited (1996-2001)
Birla Tata AT&T Communications Limited (2001-2002)
Company typePublic
ISININE669E01016
IndustryTelecommunications
Founded1995; 29 years ago (1995)
FounderAditya Birla Group
DefunctAugust 31, 2018 (2018-08-31) (as company) September 7, 2020 (2020-09-07) (as brand)
FateMerged with Vodafone India into Vodafone Idea
SuccessorVodafone Idea[1]
HeadquartersGandhinagar, Gujarat, India[2]
Area served
India
Key people
ProductsMobile telephony, wireless broadband
RevenueIncrease ₹36,162.54 crore (US$4.3 billion) (2016)[3]
Increase ₹12,180.67 crore (US$1.5 billion) (2016)[3]
Increase ₹2,728.13 crore (US$330 million) (2016)[3]
Total assetsIncrease ₹98,577.16 crore (US$12 billion) (2016)
Total equityIncrease ₹27,262.46 crore (US$3.3 billion) (2016)
Owner
Members220.00 million (June 2018)
ParentAditya Birla Group
Websitewww.ideacellular.com

Idea Cellular was an Indian telecommunications company based at Mumbai, Maharashtra.[4] It was an integrated GSM operator and had 220.00 million subscribers as of June 2018.[5]

In 2018 Idea Cellular merged with Vodafone India into Vodafone Idea.[6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference NCLT nod was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Idea Cellular – Cell Phone Services". Retrieved 28 June 2012.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ a b c "Consolidated Result 2016-17".
  4. ^ "Idea Cellular – Cell Phone Services |3G, Prepaid, Postpaid & Wireless Internet". www.ideacellular.com. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  5. ^ "Press Release No. 23/2018" (PDF). Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Idea-Vodafone say merger complete, now India's largest telco with 408 million active users". Indiatimes. 31 August 2018.