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Articles tagged with: Maharashtra and Idea Cellular
Idea Cellular Subscriber Base Passes 30 Million Mark
India's Idea Cellular has reported that it half year with a subscriber base of 30.38 million, adding 6.38 million subscribers during the half year, reflecting an improvement in national market share from 9.4% to 9.8% during the period. 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
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Indian Government Close to Releasing Withheld 2G Spectrum
India's Department of Telecom (DoT) has given an in principle clearance for Idea Cellular, Vodafone Essar and Aircel to be granted the outstanding 2G spectrum where they currently hold licences, a DoT source told The Economic Times. Currently the operators all hold licenses in some circles, but have not been able to launch their services until the spectrum was released to them. more
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Mobile Phone Towers powered by Waste Vegetable Oil
Indian mobile operator Idea Cellular, Ericsson and the GSM Association's Development Fund have jointly announced that four mobile base stations powered by locally produced biofuels have extended Idea's commercial mobile network in rural India.
All four locations in the state of maharashtra are greenfield sites that have not previously had access to a mobile network and are located in areas with unreliable power supply.
The live mobile base stations follow the initial feasibility assessment of different sources of oil for biodiesel production and establishment of a local supply chain.
Biodiesel has several advantages over conventional diesel as a power source for base stations. An important factor is that it is produced locally, creating employment in rural areas while reducing the need for transportation. Biodiesel has a much lower impact on the environment than conventional diesel. The cleaner burning renewable fuel also requires fewer site visits and also extends the life of the base station generator, reducing operator costs.
The biodiesel for the base stations initially comes from fish oil and waste vegetable oil - essentially used-frying oils from local restaurants. In the long term, locally produced jatropha oil will be used. The selected sources for biodiesel have low environmental impact and follow responsible environmental practices for biodiesel production.
Tom Phillips, Chief Government and Regulatory Affairs Officer of the GSMA, the global trade association for mobile operators, says: "Exploring alternative power solutions, such as biofuels, is key to the development of cost-effective ways to extend mobile networks to the 20% of the world's population that don't have coverage today." more
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Indian circle passes one million subscriber mark
India' IDEA Cellular has achieved yet another landmark in the history of Indian telecom industry. IDEA's maharashtra circle has become the first Circle (GSM license region) to hit the 1-million subscriber mark. IDEA, maharashtra has achieved this unique distinction through increased subscriptions, in both the pre-paid and post-paid segments which have been growing consistently in all clusters of Pune, Goa, Nagpur, Nasik, Aurangabad, Kolhapur, Solhapur, Ulhasnagar and many upcountry locations that are extensively covered with IDEA's network. more
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Further consolidation in India's GSM market
India's GSM network operator, IDEA is to buy the GSM operators, Escotel Mobile (EMCL) and Escorts Telecommunications (ETL). The transaction includes 6 telecom licenses and more than 825,000 subscribers. In an all cash transaction, IDEA has entered into a share purchase agreement with the sponsors of EMCL and ETL, i.e. Escorts and First Pacific, to buy their 100% equity stake in these companies. more
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