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
Formerly
Birla Communications Limited (1995-1996) Birla AT&T Communications Limited (1996-2001) Birla Tata AT&T Communications Limited (2001-2002)
On 7 September 2020, Vodafone Idea unveiled this new brand identity, Vi, which involved the integration of the company's erstwhile separate brands Vodafone India and Idea Cellular into one unified brand.
Operations
In the 2010 3Gspectrum auction, Idea paid ₹57.68 billion (US$610million) for spectrum in 11 circles.[16] After the launch of MNP in India, Idea further strengthened its customer base because it was the mobile network with most net port-ins.[17]
Radio frequency summary
Idea Cellular owned spectrum in 900MHz, 1800MHz, 2100MHz, 2300MHz and 2500MHz bands across the country.[18]
Note: The above table contains Vodafone Idea 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.[19][20]
See also
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