Vodafone India

This article is about the previous Indian mobile telecommunications company supported by Vodafone. For the successor (and current) company, see Vodafone Idea.

Vodafone India Limited
FormerlyHutchison Max Telecom Limited (1992-2005)
Hutchison Essar Limited (2005-2007)
Vodafone Essar Limited (2007-2011)
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryTelecommunications
FoundedFebruary 21, 1992; 32 years ago (1992-02-21)
Founder
DefunctAugust 31, 2018 (2018-08-31) (as company) September 7, 2020 (2020-09-07) (as brand)
FateMerged with Idea Cellular into Vodafone Idea
SuccessorVodafone Idea[1]
Headquarters
Mumbai
,
India
Area served
India
ServicesMobile telephony
Internet
OwnerVodafone (100%)
ParentVodafone Group
SubsidiariesYOU Broadband (100%)
Websitewww.vodafone.in

Vodafone India was the Indian subsidiary of UK-based Vodafone Group and was a provider of telecommunications services in India with its operational head office in Mumbai.[2]

As of March 2018, Vodafone India had a market share of 21%,[3] and with its merger with Idea, the collective Vodafone Idea network has approximately 375 million subscribers and is the third largest mobile telecommunications network in India.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference NCLT nod was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "About Vodafone India Limited - India?s Largest Telecom Company". www.vodafone.in. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  3. ^ Parbat, Kalyan (12 June 2018). "Reliance Jio third-largest telecom by revenue market share". The Economic Times. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  4. ^ Abbas, Muntazir (16 May 2018). "Vodafone India revenue drops 29% in FY18". The Economic Times. Retrieved 13 June 2018.