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Idea Cellular: History & Companies

Idea Cellular was an Indian telecommunications company based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It was an integrated GSM operator and had 220.00 million subscribers as of June 2018.

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Idea Cellular topic overview

The analysis highlights History and Companies as prominent areas in the source structure around Idea Cellular.

Related topics
36
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
39
Extracted relationships
76
Concept neighborhoods
25
Bridge connections
39

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 23 topics
Overview · 8 topics
Operations · 5 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founded
1995; 31 years ago (1995)
Industry
Telecommunications
Owner
Aditya Birla Group (49.05%) · Axiata (19.96%) · Providence Equity Partners (10.60%)
Headquarters
Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
Area served
India
Defunct
31 August 2018; 7 years ago (2018-08-31) (as a company) 7 September 2020; 5 years ago (2020-09-07) (as a brand)

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Operations

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Idea Cellular connects Entity context

The extracted context around Idea Cellular shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Idea Cellular → Aditya Birla Group, August, Department, India, Indian, It, Jio, July, March, National Company Law Tribunal, On, On August, September, Telecommunications, The, Under, Vi, Vodafone Group, Vodafone Idea, Vodafone India Another extracted example is Idea Cellular → Aditya Birla Group, AT, Axiata, Birla Communications, Corporation, Following, Grasim Industries, GSM, Gujarat, Idea, Maharashtra, Malaysia, Spice Telecom, Tata Group, The, US. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Idea Cellular

Top relations

related to Merger with Vodafone India · 21
Idea Cellular → Aditya Birla Group, August, Department, India, Indian, It, Jio, July, March, National Company Law Tribunal, On, On August, September, Telecommunications, The, Under, Vi, Vodafone Group, Vodafone Idea, Vodafone India
related to history · 16
Idea Cellular → Aditya Birla Group, AT, Axiata, Birla Communications, Corporation, Following, Grasim Industries, GSM, Gujarat, Idea, Maharashtra, Malaysia, Spice Telecom, Tata Group, The, US
related to Radio frequency summary · 10
Idea Cellular → Delhi, For, ICR, Idea, May, MHz, Note, The, Vodafone, Vodafone Idea
Owner · 3
Idea Cellular → Aditya Birla Group (49.05%), Axiata (19.96%), Providence Equity Partners (10.60%)
related to Further reading · 3
Idea Cellular → Idea Cellular Limited, Liquidity, Profitability Tradeoff
Key people · 2
Idea Cellular → Himanshu Kapania (Managing director), Kumar Mangalam Birla (Chairman)
Traded as · 2
Idea Cellular → BSE: 532822, NSE: IDEA
Area served · 1
Idea Cellular → India
Defunct · 1
Idea Cellular → 31 August 2018; 7 years ago (2018-08-31) (as a company) 7 September 2020; 5 years ago (2020-09-07) (as a brand)
Fate · 1
Idea Cellular → Merged with Vodafone India into Vodafone Idea

Important terminology

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Important terminology

idea vodafone cellular india company 2018 merged birla group telecommunications merger tata aditya million brand axiata telecom stake maharashtra gsm

Idea Cellular relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 76 structured relationships around Idea Cellular. Examples in this analysis include Idea Cellular → Area served → India and Idea Cellular → Defunct → 31 August 2018; 7 years ago (2018-08-31) (as a company) 7 September 2020; 5 years ago (2020-09-07) (as a brand). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Idea CellularArea servedIndia1.00infobox
Idea CellularDefunct31 August 2018; 7 years ago (2018-08-31) (as a company) 7 September 2020; 5 years ago (2020-09-07) (as a brand)1.00infobox
Idea CellularFateMerged with Vodafone India into Vodafone Idea1.00infobox
Idea CellularFormerlyBirla Communications Limited (1995-1996) Birla AT&T Communications Limited (1996-2001) Birla Tata AT&T Communications Limited (2001-2002)1.00infobox
Idea CellularFounded1995; 31 years ago (1995)1.00infobox
Idea CellularFounderAditya Birla Group1.00infobox
Idea CellularHeadquartersGandhinagar, Gujarat, India1.00infobox
Idea CellularIndustryTelecommunications1.00infobox
Idea CellularISININE669E010161.00infobox
Idea CellularKey peopleKumar Mangalam Birla (Chairman)1.00infobox
Idea CellularKey peopleHimanshu Kapania (Managing director)1.00infobox
Idea CellularMembers220.00 million (June 2018)1.00infobox
Idea CellularNet income₹2,728.13 crore (US$280 million) (2016)1.00infobox
Idea CellularOperating income₹12,180.67 crore (US$1.3 billion) (2016)1.00infobox
Idea CellularOwnerAditya Birla Group (49.05%)1.00infobox
Idea CellularOwnerAxiata (19.96%)1.00infobox
Idea CellularOwnerProvidence Equity Partners (10.60%)1.00infobox
Idea CellularParentAditya Birla Group1.00infobox
Idea CellularProductsMobile telephony, wireless broadband1.00infobox
Idea CellularRevenue₹36,162.54 crore (US$3.8 billion) (2016)1.00infobox
Idea CellularSuccessorVodafone Idea1.00infobox
Idea CellularTotal assets₹98,577.16 crore (US$10 billion) (2016)1.00infobox
Idea CellularTotal equity₹27,262.46 crore (US$2.8 billion) (2016)1.00infobox
Idea CellularTraded asBSE: 5328221.00infobox
Idea CellularTraded asNSE: IDEA1.00infobox
Idea CellularTypePublic1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Idea Cellular bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Idea, Vodafone and India. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Idea Cellular
    • Idea
    • Vodafone
    • India
    • Merged
    • Tata
    • Group
    • Company
    • Brand
    • Circles
    • Corporation
    • Aditya
    • Birla
  • idea cellular
    • Idea
    • Vodafone
    • India
    • Tata
    • Group
    • Brand
    • Corporation
    • Aditya
    • Birla
    • Merged
    • Company
    • Limited
  • telecommunications company
    • Merger
    • Based
    • Maharashtra
    • Axiata
    • Billion
    • Brand
    • Telecommunications
    • Us
    • Merged
    • Mobile
    • Tata
    • Idea
  • gsm
    • June
    • Million
    • Communications
    • Gujarat
    • Frequency
    • Limited
    • Maharashtra
    • Mobile
    • Public
    • Radio
    • Subscribers
    • Axiata
  • vodafone india
    • Idea
    • India
    • Vodafone
    • Merged
    • Cellular
    • Aditya
    • Birla
    • Limited
    • Mobile
    • Group
    • Axiata
    • Brand
  • vodafone idea
    • Idea
    • Vodafone
    • India
    • Merged
    • Cellular
    • Aditya
    • Birla
    • Group
    • Tata
    • Company
    • Frequency
    • Limited
  • maharashtra
    • Telecommunications
    • Communications
    • Gujarat
    • Frequency
    • Gsm
    • June
    • Limited
    • Mobile
    • Public
    • Radio
    • Axiata
    • Billion
  • company name
    • Merger
    • Based
    • Maharashtra
    • Axiata
    • Billion
    • Brand
    • Telecommunications
    • Us
    • Merged
    • Tata
    • Idea
    • Group

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Idea Cellular, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Idea Cellular with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Idea CellularHistory · splits 16 ⟂ 24
Idea CellularOverview · splits 31 ⟂ 9
Idea CellularOperations · splits 34 ⟂ 6

Map overview Semantic statistics

Idea Cellular

Nodes40
Edges39
Triples76
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.05
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Idea Cellular to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History & Companies, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Idea Cellular · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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