Idea Cellular, one of the biggest cellular carrier of the country, is intending to expand its 4G services to 20 circles in FY17. The telecom operator is planning to erect 57,000 additional sites this year to enable the launch of 4G in 9 circles and expand wireless broadband footprint across the country.
The company has added 14.36 lakh new mobile subscribers in October, 2016. The company’s total subscriber count stood at 18.02 crore with markets share of 22.77%.
Idea Cellular, an AV Birla group company, provides Global System for Mobile communications (GSM)-based wireless service at the pan-India level, it is present in all 22 telecom circles.
