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Articles tagged with: Idea Cellular and Tamil Nadu
India's Idea Cellular - Pressure in Many Markets as Churn Balloons
Net additions at India's fifth largest mobile player, IDEA Cellular, declined in Q2 09 compared to the first three months of the year by more than 17%, despite the launch of two new circles. Services got under way in Orissa in April and then in Tamil Nadu in May, bringing the total coverage to 15 of India's 23 telecoms circles after launches in Mumbai and Bihar in the second half of last year. The two new operations contributed 0.22m new customers in the quarter, but a crash in net adds in Mumbai from 427k in Q1 09 to 189k in Q2 limited the overall increase in the four new circles to 1.00m, down from 1.02m three months ago. Yet IDEA's 11 established circles performed worse, with net additions off in all but two circles, and by 21% in aggregate. more
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Idea Cellular to Upgrade Indian GPRS Capacity
Nokia Siemens Networks has won a contract from Indian network operator, Idea to upgrade its GPRS network capabilities. Nokia Siemens Networks will add GPRS capability to 10 IDEA telecom service areas, while the existing GPRS capability in 12 other areas will be expanded. more
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Idea Cellular Expands GSM Coverage to Two More Indian States
India's Idea Cellular has expanded its GSM network to include Bihar and Jharkhand states - making it the fifth operator in the two states after Reliance (which has both CDMA and GSM mobile service), BSNL, AirTel, and Aircel. more
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Four Indian GSM networks, BPL Mobile, Escotel, RPG Cellular and Spice Telecom, have joined together to form the MobileFirst alliance. With a contiguous pan-India footprint, the MobileFirst alliance will offer enhanced value across tariffs, roaming, long distance calling and new generation technology and services to its 3 million subscribers across 700 towns in the country. The alliance will also deliver a common customer relationship management platform to provide home network experience anywhere/anytime to its subscribers across the alliance member networks. more
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