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February 12th, 2018 5:50 PM 0 COMMENTS

Idea Cellular Reduces Debt by Raising Rs 3,250 Crore Through Preferential Allotment to Promoters

Idea Cellular today said that it had completed the allotment 326,633,165 equity shares to the Aditya Birla Group entities, at an issue price of Rs 99.50 per share (including premium of Rs 89.50 per share) aggregating to Rs 3,250 Crore. As a result of this preferential allotment, the aggregate shareholding of the Promoter Group in Idea has increased from 42.4% to 47.2%. This preferential allotment was subsequently approved by Idea’s... Read More

February 7th, 2018 1:03 PM 62 COMMENTS

Idea Cellular Suspends Interconnect Services With Aircel Due to Non-Payment of Dues

Idea Cellular has suspended interconnect services with Aircel due to non-payment of dues. Idea has sent out a media release stating the same. The telco also confirmed that it sent out several reminders for releasing the dues since November 2017, but Aircel has failed to meet the payment commitments, which forced Idea to suspend interconnect services. This essentially means that Aircel customers won’t be able to make a voice call... Read More

February 3rd, 2018 3:48 PM 55 COMMENTS

Idea Cellular Revises Rs 398 Prepaid Tariff Plan With Better Validity to Match Reliance Jio

Idea Cellular revised its Rs 398 prepaid plan for its subscribers in Andhra Pradesh & Telangana circle. Under the new tariff plan, Idea will be offering benefits for 84 days, instead of the previous 70 days validity period. Apart from the increased validity, the Rs 398 plan gives the same benefits. Also, do make a note that this change is applicable to select Idea prepaid customers in the said circle.... Read More

February 2nd, 2018 7:02 AM 0 COMMENTS

Idea Cellular’s Fiber Broadband Plans Start at Rs 699, Offering Maximum Download Speed of Up to 200 Mbps

Idea Cellular has started offering high-speed wired broadband services in Pune. Dubbed as Idea Broadband, the company is providing both Home Broadband and Ultra Fast Fiber broadband plans. While the Home Broadband Plans start at Rs 449 and go all the way up to Rs 949 with a maximum speed of 4 Mbps and 600GB FUP, the Ultra FastFiber Broadband plans start at Rs 699 and go all the way... Read More

January 30th, 2018 1:57 PM 2 COMMENTS

Idea Cellular Intros Rs 169 and Rs 145 Prepaid Tariff Plans, Announces Partnership with Karbonn

Telecom operator Idea Cellular today announced its partnership with domestic handset brand Karbonn to offer up to Rs 2,000 cashback on select Karbonn 4G smartphones and feature phones. Starting February 1, 2018, the Karbonn A41 Power and A9 Indian smartphone buyers will receive up to Rs 1,500, while the Karbonn Yuva 2 users will get up to Rs 2,000 cashback. This will bring down the price of the smartphones. Also,... Read More

January 26th, 2018 8:18 PM 39 COMMENTS

Idea Cellular Prepaid Users Can Now Recharge With Rs 149 Plan to Avail 1GB 4G Data, Unlimited Voice, 100 SMS Per Day for 21 Days

Idea Cellular has silently revised the Rs 149 tariff plan for its prepaid subscribers across the country. India's third largest telecom operator is providing 1GB of 2G/3G/4G data, unlimited voice calls and 100 SMS per day for 21 days. This offer is available across all the circles in the country, unlike Airtel' segmented offers. Idea prepaid customers can head over to the company's website or MyIdea application to get the... Read More

January 25th, 2018 8:16 PM 28 COMMENTS

Idea Cellular Says Making Efforts to Push Customers to Upgrade to Higher Tariff Plans

Idea Cellular, India's third-largest telecom operator, said that it is making efforts to push its customers to upgrade to higher tariff plans with unlimited voice and bundled data offers, a move which would help it raise average revenue per unit (APRU) level. In the third quarter, Idea ARPU declined to Rs 114 from Rs 157 in a year earlier period. Voice ARPU declined to Rs 86 in the quarter from... Read More

January 24th, 2018 6:51 PM 25 COMMENTS

Idea Cellular Reports Rs 1285.6 Crore Net Loss, Revenue Down 24.9%

Idea Cellular's net loss widened to Rs 1285.6 crore for the October-December quarter as compared to Rs 385.6 crore net loss in a year earlier period, and Rs 1107.7 crore in the second quarter of the ongoing fiscal. The telco said that the regulator, Trai's regulation to cut the IUC rates by 57% negatively impacted its revenue and EBITDA for this quarter. "The new domestic MTC rate and recently announced... Read More

January 24th, 2018 4:29 PM 30 COMMENTS

Idea Inks 4G ICR Agreement With Vodafone to Avoid Duplication of Capex; To Rollout VoLTE in March

Idea Cellular, the Aditya Birla-led telco said that it entered into a 4G ICR arrangement with Vodafone India during the last quarter to avoid duplication of spends and make the best use of capital expenditure. The move, it said, has resulted in expanded coverage across over 12,500 new towns and neighbouring villages, where one of the operators was not previously present. Both the companies already have active infrastructure sharing arrangements.... Read More

January 24th, 2018 2:22 PM 12 COMMENTS

Idea Cellular Revises Rs 199, Rs 449 and Rs 509 Prepaid Tariff Plans With 1.4GB Data Per Day On Offer

This is very much predicted. Idea Cellular, the third largest Indian telecom operator, has revised its unlimited prepaid combo plans today. Much like Airtel, Idea also revised three prepaid tariff plans- Rs 199, Rs 449, and Rs 509, and all the three plans now offer 1.4GB data per day, up from the earlier 1GB data per day offering. Alongside the data benefit, these three plans also offer unlimited voice calls... Read More

January 23rd, 2018 7:51 PM 4 COMMENTS

Idea Cellular Launches Seamless Recharge Feature on its Website and Application

Idea Cellular today introduced a new feature named as 'Seamless Recharge,' and the telco says that it's first Indian telecom operator to implement such feature. This Seamless Recharge feature can be accessed on Idea Cellular's website and mobile application, and according to Idea, this feature will take the recharge experience for customers to a whole new level. Aforementioned, Idea Cellular is the first Indian telecom operators, this feature enables Seamless... Read More

January 22nd, 2018 1:08 PM 8 COMMENTS

From Newly Introduced Sachets to Refreshed Packs, Here’s an Overview of Unlimited Packs Offered by Idea Cellular

Idea Cellular, has recently refreshed its line of Unlimited packs in sync with the current market scenario. As reported earlier on TT, Idea Cellular has already revamped it's monthly and trimonthly Combo offerings. Now, Idea Cellular has introduced Unlimited offerings and made those packs available in every validity and price segment to match with those of the packs available in the market. These refreshed plans are already live across most... Read More

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