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Idea Cellular's antecedents date back to 1995, when the Aditya
Birla Group and AT&T (through Birla AT&T Communications
– Maharashtra & Gujarat circle) and the Tata Group
(through Tata Cellular - Andhra Pradesh circle) set up cellular
networks. Both the above company were amongst the first company
to commercially start operation in circles other than metros
and achieve financial closure in Indian Telecom industry.
In the year 2000, the historic path-breaking merger of Tata
Cellular with Birla AT&T Communications
and the subsequent acquisition of RPG Cellular - (Madhya Pradesh
circle) in the year 2001 - helped take the company to aim even
further and led to the formation of Birla Tata AT&T
Limited.
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In
year 2001, company won fourth cellular license for Delhi metro
circle and in year 2002 company introduced common brand "!dea"
and changed the name to IDEA Cellular Limited.
Since then, there has been no looking back for IDEA Cellular.
The company launch Delhi operations in year 2002 and added a
record 100,000 subscriber within one month
of launch.
In 2003, the company achieved the largest financial closure
in Indian Telecom for all its circle. In 2004, the company entered
into definitive agreement to acquire Escotel Mobile Communications
(existing operator in Haryana, Kerala and
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