Idea Cellular, India's third-largest telecom network has announced the expansion of its 4G services to Bihar & Jharkhand circle today. Till date, Idea is offering 4G services in 10 circles out of 22 telecom circles in India and with this Idea has added yet another circle to their portfolio. The company flagged off services from Muzaffarpur today, and will rapidly expand the 4G network to cover five towns within this month.
Idea promised that they would be expanding the service to 18 towns including the major cities of Patna, Ranchi, Gaya, Sasaram, Motihari, Dhanbad, Bokaro by June 2017.
Idea also unveiled Digital Idea, a suite of digital applications for the on-the-move consumers of Dehradun city. As part of the Digital Idea offerings, the company will offer a suite of three entertainment apps – Idea Music Lounge, Idea Movie Club and Idea Game Spark for its over 1.25 crore customers in Bihar and Jharkhand circle.
According to Mr. Anish Roy, COO - Corporate, Idea Cellular said, “Idea has consistently invested in network expansion to become a pan-India wireless broadband operator, readying our 200 million customers for the Digital era. Over the last one year, Idea has more than doubled its mobile broadband network on the 4G/3G platform, and now covers over 50% of India’s population.”
Idea’s mobile broadband data services are currently available to nearly 500 million Indians across close to 100,000 towns and villages.
Mr. Monishi Ghosh – Chief Operating Officer, Bihar & Jharkhand, Idea Cellular said, “We are happy to launch our world-class, high-speed 4G services for over 1.25 crore Idea customers in Bihar & Jharkhand catering to their ever-growing infotainment needs. Idea 4G services will be further expanded to cover 18 key towns by June end.”
Further adding Mr. Monishi Ghosh said, “Idea has forayed into Digital services through the launch of Digital Idea- 3 entertainment apps for games, music, and movies. Going forward too, Idea will continue to expand its digital offerings into digital communication, digital payments, cloud & storage, digital information and much more. ‘Digital Idea’ is to empower over 1.3 billion Indians to ‘Get more out of life.”
Idea Cellular has introduced a range of attractive offers including tariff packs, bundled smartphone offers and digital content for its users in Bihar and Jharkhand. From up to 1GB 4G offer at Re.1 to handset bonanza offers and smartphone deals, Idea provides a range of products for all category of users in Bihar and Jharkhand.
