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Idea Cellular emerges as biggest beneficiary of MNP

01 Dec 2011 Evaluate

Idea Cellular, India's fourth-biggest cellular carrier has garnered maximum number of subscribers from other companies via the mobile number portability (MNP) route. The telecom service provider has reported a net gain of 15.72 lakh users as on November 15, 2011. Other two major telecom operators, Vodafone and Bharti Airtel followed Idea Cellular with net gains of 12.06 lakh and 2.95 lakh customers, respectively.

Recently, the company has ventured into the mobile handset space with the launch of two 3G smartphones.At a price starting at Rs 5,850, the company has claimed its phones to be the cheapest 3G smartphones available in the country.Targeted at Idea customers in urban and semi-urban parts, the company is providing a data-bundling offer for 3G customers who buy the smartphone.

Peers
Company Name CMP
Bharti Airtel 1809.00
Vodafone Idea 13.20
Indus Towers 388.80
Tata Communications 1681.15
Railtel Corp. India 257.80
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