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This article is about the current Indian mobile telecommunications company supported by Vodafone. For the predecessor company, see Vodafone India and Idea Cellular.

Vodafone Idea or Vi (stylised as V!) is an Indian mobile network operator with its headquarters based in Mumbai and Gandhinagar.^[12][13] It is an all-India integrated GSM operator offering 2G, 3G, 4G, LTE Advanced, Voice Over LTE, and VoWiFi service.^[14] As of 31 January 2023, Vi has a subscriber base of 239 million,^[15] making it third largest mobile telecommunications network in India and 10th largest mobile telecommunications network in the world.^[16]The company was created on 31 August 2018 by the merger of Vodafone India and Idea Cellular, to form a new entity named Vodafone Idea.

Vodafone Idea

Type	Public
Traded as	BSE: 532822 NSE: IDEA
ISIN	INE669E01016
Industry	Telecommunications
Predecessors	Vodafone India Idea Cellular[1]
Founded	31 August 2018; 4 years ago
Headquarters	Mumbai (Corp.)[2][3]  Gandhinagar (Reg.)
Key people	Ravinder Takkar  (Chairman) Akshaya Moondra  (CEO) Kumar Mangalam Birla  (Non-Executive Director) [4][5]
Products	Mobile telephony Wireless broadband Internet services
Revenue	₹38,644.90 crore(US$4.8 billion)[6] (2022)
Operating income	₹16,036.1 crore(US$2.0 billion)[6] (2022)
Net income	₹28,245.40 crore(US$3.5 billion)[6] (2022)
Total assets	₹194,029 crore(US$24 billion)[7] (2022)
Total equity	₹−94,088 crore (US$−12 billion)[7] (2022)
Owners	Government of India(32.09%) Vodafone (31.27%) Aditya Birla Group(17.49%) Private Equity (15.97%) American Tower Corporation(3.18%) [8][9]
Number of employees	8760 (2022)[10]
Subsidiaries	YOU Broadband Limited[11]
Website	vodafoneidea.com

In 2020, Vodafone and Idea rebranded as Vi^[17][18][19]

History

In March 2017, it was announced that Idea Cellular and Vodafone India would merge. The merger got approval from the Department of Telecommunications in July 2018. On 30 August 2018, National Company Law Tribunal gave the final nod to the Vodafone-Idea merger^[20] It was completed on 31 August 2018, and the new entity was named Vodafone Idea Limited.^[21][22][16] Under the terms of the deal, the Vodafone Group held a 45.2% stake in the combined entity, the Aditya Birla Group held 26% and the remaining shares were to be held by the public.^[16] Vi lost a significant number of gross and active subscribers in the month of August 2020 after the merger.^[23]

Until 7 September 2020, Vodafone Idea Limited operated two separate brands:^[24] Vodafone and Idea who both operated pre-paid and post-paid GSM service.^[25][26]

On 3 February 2023, the Government of Indiaordered the company to convert its interest dues worth 161.33 billion Indian Rupees ($1.96 billion) to equity at the rate of 10 rupees per share, thus making the government the single biggest shareholder in the company.^[27]

NetworkEdit

Spectrum frequency holding summaryEdit

Vi owns spectrum in 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz, 2300 MHz, 2500 MHz, 3500 MHz and 26 GHz bands across the country.^[28]

Telecom circlecoverage	E-GSM/ FD-LTE 900MHz Band 8	GSM / FD-LTE 1800MHz Band 3	UMTS / FD-LTE 2100MHz Band 1	TD-LTE 2300MHz Band 40	TD-LTE 2500MHz Band 41	TD-NR 3500MHz Band n78	TD-NR 26GHz Band n258
Delhi
Mumbai
Kolkata
Andhra Pradesh & Telangana
Gujarat
Karnataka
Maharashtra& Goa
Tamil Nadu
Haryana
Kerala
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh
Punjab
Rajasthan
Uttar Pradesh (East)
Uttar Pradesh (West)
West Bengal
Assam
Bihar & Jharkhand
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir & Ladakh
North East
Odisha

This table contains Vi (Vodafone & Idea) radio frequency details because they had integrated their networks with each other and using one anchor network for both brands in all respective telecom circles. For example, Idea has started 4G services in Delhi and Kolkata telecom circle from May 2018 where the Vodafone is anchor network vice versa Vodafone has Started 4G services in Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh, Bihar & Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh & Telangana, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir telecom Circle's where Idea is Anchor network.^[29][30]

Network consolidationEdit

By March 2019, Vi announced its network consolidation across major circles, easing network issues faced by consumers and also enhancing its 4G coverage. Announcements of Network Consolidation were made as below

Enhanced Unified (2G, 3G, and 4G) coverage details 

State	No of Towns Covered	No of Villages Covered	Coverage area %/km
Haryana[31]	145	6520	99.5%
ROWB[32]	878	37585	97%
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh[33]	664	53130	60%
Jammu and Kashmir[34]	110	3301
AP & Telangana[35]	391	19700	92.5%
Bihar & Jharkhand[36]	431	43503	79%
HP[37]	59	11929
NESA & Assam[38]	439	17850	41%

Enhanced LTE (4G) coverage details

State	No of Towns Covered	No of districts Covered	No of Villages Covered	Population %
Haryana[31]	137	22		76.08%
ROWB[32]	838	27		78%
Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh[33]	633	77		52%
Jammu and Kashmir[34]	48	9	526	23.6%
AP & Telangana[35]	381	23	8500	67%
Bihar & Jharkhand[36]	343	56	19931	45.3%
HP[37]	45	8	6082	43%
NESA & Assam[38]	340	83	4200	70%
Punjab[39]	227	24	10162	90%

See also

• Vodafone
• Aditya Birla Group
• Telecommunications in India
• List of telecom companies in India
• List of mobile network operators

ReferencesEdit

1. ^ "Vodafone India and Idea Cellular successfully merged". Telecom Talk. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
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3. ^ investor support, Vodafone Idea Limited
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External linksEdit

• Official website

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