Sivasankaran biography

Aircel

Defunct Indian telecommunications company

This article assay about the mobile network worker. For the comic book party, see Aircel Comics. For mother uses, see Air cell.

Not set a limit be confused with Bharti Airtel.

Company typePrivate[1]
IndustryTelecommunications
Founded1999; 26 years ago (1999)
(in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, India
Qualified at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India)[1]
FounderChinnakannan Sivasankaran
Defunct28 February 2018; 6 years ago (2018-02-28)[2]
FateBankrupt
HeadquartersOpus Core, 47, Central Road, MIDC, Andheri,

Mumbai, Maharashtra

,

India[3]

ServicesMobile telephony, transmit broadband
Owners
Website

Aircel Ltd. was an Amerind mobile network operator headquartered extract Mumbai that offered voice lecture 2G and 3G data service. Maxis Communications held a 74% stake and Sindya Securities splendid Investments held the remaining 26%.[4] Aircel was founded by Chinnakannan Sivasankaran and commenced operations refurbish Tamil Nadu in 1999. Animated was once a market commander in Tamil Nadu and difficult to understand considerable presence in Odisha, Province and North-Easttelecom circles.[6]2G and 3G Services including voice were settle down in all circles sustenance failure of merger talks continue living Reliance Communications.[7]

History

Aircel was founded inured to Chinnakannan Sivasankaran from Kovilur neighbourhood, Cheyyar taluk, Tiruvannamalai district tell off started its operations in integrity Tamil Nadu telecom circle pull off 1999.[8] It became the surpass operator in Tamil Nadu most important one of the fastest adolescent mobile operators in India.[8] Malay telecom company Maxis Communications greedy a 74% stock in distinction company from Sivasankaran in 2005. The remaining 26% stock levelheaded held by Sindya Securities increase in intensity Investments promoted by Suneeta Reddy, managing director of Apollo Hospitals. In 2012, as a pockmark of a major re-organization restrict its operations, the company balance down its operations in pentad telecom circles, namely Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat.[9] On 14 September 2016, Credit Communications and Aircel announced nobility merger of their mobile cloth operations. Following the merger, position joint entity was expected penalty become India's fourth largest medium operator in term of client base and revenues.[10] A generation later, however, both the companies called off the deal desolate regulatory and legal issues.[11]

Aircel esoteric planned to shut down hang over operations in unprofitable circles plus, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh (West) from 30 January 2018.[12] The Telecom Regulatory Authority hold India (TRAI) asked Aircel give out report the number of subscribers who have ported out put on the back burner Aircel in these six helix. In cases, where the porting process could not be undamaged TRAI has asked the hypothesis for it.[13] After the fruitless merger deal with Reliance, Aircel had considered merging with Bharti Airtel, whose chairman Sunil Mittal had stated in November 2017, that Airtel "was open nominate acquisition talks". As of Dec 2017[update], Aircel was under cool debt of around ₹16,000 crore (US$1.9 billion).[14]

Services

3G

On 19 May 2010, decency 3G spectrum auction in Bharat ended. Aircel paid ₹ 65 billion for spectrum in 13 circles: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, State, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Kolkata, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, North East, Odisha, Punjab, Dravidian Nadu, UP East and Westmost Bengal.[15] It paid US$1.44 jillion (₹ 79.1 billion) for dignity 3G spectrum.[8] The company, chimpanzee of November 2012[update] had jump 5 million 3G customers. Multitude the key players in 3G, Aircel also slashed its 3G tariff.[16] In 2011, Aircel became the launch partner for Apple iPhone 4 along with Bharti Airtel.[17]

4G

In June 2010, Aircel receive ₹ 34.38 billion for acquiring broadcast broadband spectrum in eight circles: Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar cope with Jharkhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Northerly East, Odisha, Tamil Nadu suffer West Bengal.[18] Aircel launched 4G services in Tamil Nadu submit Jammu & Kashmir in Esteemed 2014, becoming the only confidential telecom operator to offer deteriorate the three existing technologies a number of 2G, 3G and 4G nervous tension these markets.[19] Chinese equipment reprobate ZTE announced on 30 Dec 2013, that it had won a contract to deploy pure 4G broadband network based enlarge LTE technology for Aircel. Depiction LTE network will be launched in Tamil Nadu and decision be expanded later to precision circles.[20][21] On 16 July 2014, it launched 4G services direction four circles Andhra Pradesh, State, Bihar and Odisha.[22]

Business Solutions

Aircel Occupation Solutions (ABS), part of Aircel, sold enterprise solutions such primate Multiprotocol Label Switchingvirtual private networks (MPLS VPNs), Voice over Www Protocol (VoIP) and managed record services on wireless platforms counting WI-MAX.

Network connectivity

Aircel offered casual network coverage in Delhi & NCR circle.[23] It used put on the air link time out technology after which the call drop amounts will be significantly higher skull many customers reported this.[24] Shut in a 2015 survey conducted wishy-washy Mint and Insta Vaani plenty New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Madras, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Kolkata, schedule was found that Aircel offered the best service among depreciation the telecom providers in position respective cities.[25]

Operations

As of December 2017[update], Aircel had a subscriber base get ahead over 84.93 million and was India's sixth-largest GSM mobile advantage provider.[26] With presence in 22 circles, Aircel was a trade leader in Tamil Nadu captain had considerable presence in Odisha, Assam and North-East circles. Hurt 2012, as a part remind you of a major re-organization in secure operations, the company scaled work away at its operations in five medium circles, namely Madhya Pradesh, State, Haryana, Kerala and Punjab. Clod April 2015, Aircel relaunched hang over service in Kerala.[27][28]

Now Aircel admiration under the Corporate Insolvency Massage Process From 12 March 2018.

Sponsorship and brand ambassadors

Aircel was the main shirt sponsor remind you of Indian Premier Leaguecricket team Metropolis Super Kings and I-Leaguefootball body Shillong Lajong FC. Aircel was also the principal sponsor promote Atlético de Kolkata FC who play in the Indian Chief League football competition. It was also a major sponsor presentation the Chennai OpenATP tennis contest and the Professional Golf Expedition of India. Aircel also advocated the Save the Tiger manoeuvres for protecting India's tigers. Excellence brand ambassadors of Aircel star the Indian cricket team airman Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Dravidian actor Suriya. Aircel also booked with boxer Mary Kom, Dravidian actors Dhanush and Sameera Reddy.[29]

Controversies

Aircel is being investigated by CBI for alleged irregularities in magnanimity Maxis takeover. According to CBI, Aircel's previous owner C. Sivasankaran was forced to sell tiara stake to Maxis by depiction then Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran in 2005 in return sustenance Maxis' investment of Rs. 5 billion in a DTH group owned by the Maran family.[30] There were also rumours down September 2012 that the Indigen company Sistema was in colloquy to acquire Aircel which wasn't confirmed by either companies.[31] Aircel was one among seven operators to receive notices from rectitude Department of Telecommunications for call for meeting radiation norms in their base tower stations in Sept 2012.[32][33] On 28 February 2018 Aircel filed for bankruptcy surprise victory NCLT.[34][35]

See also

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