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Articles tagged with: Idea Cellular and Towers
Idea Cellular Gets Approval for Tower Separation
India's Idea Cellular has received approval from its shareholders to split off its tower assets into a separate company, Idea Cellular Towers Infrastructure. The new company, which will manage Idea's 11,000 towers will now be merged with Indus Towers, the three-way joint venture with Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Essar. 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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Private Equity Group Invests in Indian Mobile Operator
The private equity group, Providence Equity Partners has taken a twenty percent stake in Aditya Birla Telecom (ABTL) - a wholly-owned subsidiary of India's Idea Cellular - for US$640 million. ABTL owns the telecom mobile license for the Bihar service area and will hold a 16 per cent stake in Indus Towers, the company's tower subsidiary which is co-owned by Vodafone Essar and Bharti Airtel. more
Related Tags: bharti, maharashtra, essar, vodafone-essar, passive-infrastructure, jharkhand, bihar, India
Indian Operator Planning $250 Million Network Expansion Spend
India's Idea Cellular says that it plans to spend Rs 1000 crore (US$250 million) expanding its network in the western state of Gujarat. Idea, part of Aditya Birla Group, operates in 11 of India's 23 telecom circles. more
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UPDATE: Vodafone India Unveils Cost Cuts, IBM Deal
(Adds detail and comment). more
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Vodafone, Bharti and Idea Confirm Merging Indian Tower Ops
As has been widely rumoured over the past few weeks, India's Vodafone Essar, Bharti Infratel and Idea Cellular have confirmed plans to merge their tower operations into a single company. The new company, Indus Towers will provide passive infrastructure services in India to all operators on a non-discriminatory basis. more
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