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
Company type
Public
Traded as
BSE: 532822
NSE: IDEA
Industry
Telecommunications
Founded
1995; 29 years ago (1995)
Defunct
31 August 2018; 5 years ago (2018-08-31)
Fate
Merged with Vodafone
Successor
Vi[1]
Headquarters
Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India[2]
Key people
Kumar Mangalam Birla (Chairman)
Himanshu Kapania (Managing Director)
Products
Mobile telephony, wireless broadband
Revenue
₹36,162.54 crore (US$4.3 billion) (2016)[3]
Operating income
₹12,180.67 crore (US$1.5 billion) (2016)[3]
Net income
₹2,728.13 crore (US$330 million) (2016)[3]
Total assets
₹98,577.16 crore (US$12 billion) (2016)
Total equity
₹27,262.46 crore (US$3.3 billion) (2016)
Members
220.00 million (June 2018)
Parent
Aditya Birla Group
Website
myvi.in
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.[4] Idea Cellular merged with Vodafone and is now known as Vodafone Idea or Vi.[5]
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^"Idea Cellular – Cell Phone Services". Retrieved 28 June 2012.[permanent dead link]
^ abc"Consolidated Result 2016-17".
^"Press Release No. 23/2018" (PDF). Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. 16 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
^"Idea-Vodafone say merger complete, now India's largest telco with 408 million active users". Indiatimes. 31 August 2018.
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concerts abroad. This season of the show was produced by Prathap Nair. In 2007, Idea Star Singer returned with an improved show format and was hosted by Ranjini...
the Indian telecom sector. It was announced in March 2017 that even IdeaCellular and Vodafone India would be merged. The merger got approval from Department...
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on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021. "IOC, IBHFL to replace Idea, BHEL in NSE Nifty50 from March 31". Business Standard India. 16 February...
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consumers. For the rural market, Eveready developed low-cost lanterns. IdeaCellular, launched Behtar Zindagi, a VAS rural areas. Philips introduced smokeless...
Express credit cards, Videocon DTH, Motorola mobiles, Ford Fiesta and IdeaCellular. Bachchan was announced the winner of the "Best Brand Ambassador of...
Teleservices, Unitech Wireless (Tamil Nadu), Etisalat DB Telecom and IdeaCellular. 12 April: The government requests an advisory opinion from the Supreme...
mobile network operators (MNO). It partnered with companies including IdeaCellular, Lanka Bell, and Arab Financials Services for providing messaging services...
January 2016). "ErosNow enters into content distribution deal with IdeaCellular". @businessline. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved...
Piyush (14 September 2016). "RCom-Aircel merger a strong challenger to IdeaCellular". The Hindu. Retrieved 9 January 2018. "RCom, Aircel hang up on merger...
The 54th Idea Filmfare Awards ceremony, presented by The Times Group and IdeaCellular, was one of India's most prestigious awards ceremony, honoring...
in Telugu with same title and in Tamil language as Priya oh Priya. IdeaCellular used the tune of Naguva Nayana as their theme music for some of their...
major industry players such as Tata Steel, Tata Motors, ICICI Bank, IdeaCellular and Future Group. Over the last decade, company has diversified its...
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station "Voice of Xavier's". Major cellular service operators include Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Essar, IdeaCellular (merged with Vodafone in 2018), Telenor...
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₹36,162.54 crore (US$4.3 billion) (2016)[3]