• Aircel to have Pan-India Footprint

    Aircel to have Pan-India Footprint

    Techtree News Staff, May 05, 2008 1857 hrs IST

    Aircel holds license and spectrum for service roll-out in all 23 telecom circles in the country, of which Kolkata has been the tenth and latest addition.

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GSM operator Aircel, which is 74 percent owned by Malaysia-based Maxis Communications and 26 percent by our very own Apollo Hospitals will launch operations across the country, and to this effect will invest up to five billion dollars by 2010, the company said.

Aircel holds license and spectrum for service roll-out in all 23 telecom circles in the country, of which Kolkata has been the tenth and latest addition -- effectively completing Aircel's eastern region footprint. Apparently, the company has 13 more circles to cover to have a pan-India presence.

The mobile operator already boasts a total subscriber base of 10.8 million, and a market share of 18.2 percent; it is optimistic on the Kolkata circle as mobile penetration is lowest in that city among all metro circles. Statistically speaking, the penetration in Kolkata is 45 percent while in Delhi it is 105 percent, Mumbai 93 percent, and Chennai 87 percent.

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(6) Comments
jdb
,kolkata, on May 14, 2008 09:58 AM
can u comment on network coverage of aircel in kolkata? how is the signal?
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krishna
,Nuerol, on May 06, 2008 05:46 PM
Somebody complaining about monopoly here well dont worry ur dreams are gonna come true there are gonna be min 3 more competitors in your area
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parlapalli ragh
,yemmiganur-518360, kurnool(dt.)a.p., on May 06, 2008 02:23 PM
india is a beeautiful contry.
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techgeek
,bangalore, on May 05, 2008 11:43 PM
any new entrants in banglore/ karnataka,??? that wiill be a good news to hear ....as m frustrated over monopoly of existing vodafone n airtel
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ramesh
,bikaner, on May 05, 2008 09:11 PM
heading for a big mess
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rahul
,delhi, on May 05, 2008 07:59 PM
The mobile operator already boasts a total subscriber base of 10.8 million, and a market share of 18.2 percent; well those are wrong figures considering Airtel has 65 Million subscribers and a base of just 24%
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