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Idea Cellular says adds 1 mln 3G users since March launch

Telecom service provider Idea Cellular Thursday said it has registered one million third generation (3G) subscribers within the first month of it launching the service in the country.

‘One million Idea users are now enjoying superior quality voice, text and data services including high speed internet browsing up to 21.1 Mbps, video calling, mobile TV, multi player gaming and many more applications on the 3G platform,’ the company said in a statement.

Starting with 3G network in nine cities in March, Idea now covers over 400 towns across the country.

The telecom company had started off its 3G services from three circles – Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh on 28 March, thereafter expanding to six other circles of UP East, UP West, Maharashtra & Goa, Kerala, Haryana, and Andhra Pradesh.

It is now looking at progressively expanding its 3G services to cover 750 towns by mid 2011, and 4,000 towns by the end of FY12.

Aircel 3G India

Telecom service provider Aircel said it would spend over $500 million to roll out its third generation (3G) service in India in the January-March quarter of 2011.

While interacting with the media on the sidelines of the launch function of Aircel-Apollo Mobile Healthcare here today, Aircel COO Gurdeep Singh said that it would cover top ten cities in each circle where it is present.

Initially the company will launch 3G in top 10 cities of each circle and then will cover the rest of the states in which it has received spectrum.

The company had won spectrum for 13 new circles across India. These include Delhi (Metro), Mumbai (Metro), Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra & Goa, Rajasthan, Punjab, UP (West) and UP (East).

Aircel is a joint venture between Maxis Communications of Malaysia and Apollo Hospital Enterprise Ltd of India. UTSB has a 74% stake in Aircel and the remaining 26% is with Apollo Hospitals.