Aircel
Defunct Indian telecommunications company / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the mobile network operator. For the comic book company, see Aircel Comics. For other uses, see Air cell.
Not to be confused with Airtel.
Aircel Ltd. was an Indian mobile network operator headquartered in Mumbai that offered voice and 2G and 3G data services. Maxis Communications held a 74% stake and Sindya Securities and Investments held the remaining 26%.[4] Aircel was founded by Chinnakannan Sivasankaran and commenced operations in Tamil Nadu in 1999. It was once a market leader in Tamil Nadu and had considerable presence in Odisha, Assam and North-East telecom circles.[6] 2G and 3G Services including voice were shut down in all circles after failure of merger talks with Reliance Communications.[7]
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Company type | Private[1] |
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Industry | Telecommunications |
Founded | 1999; 25 years ago (1999) (in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, India Registered at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India)[1] |
Founder | Chinnakannan Sivasankaran |
Defunct | 28 February 2018; 6 years ago (2018-02-28)[2] |
Fate | Bankrupt |
Headquarters | Opus Centre, 47, Central Road, MIDC, Andheri, , India[3] |
Services | Mobile telephony, wireless broadband |
Owners |
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Website | aircel |
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