Company Press Release:
Idea presents One India Tariff on Pre and Post Paid
 
*Local and STD calls at Re 1
 
New Delhi, March 2, 2006: IDEA Cellular, India’s leading cellular operator, today announced its One India Tariff plans for it’s pre and post paid customers, just one week after launching the revolutionary 2 Minutes Outgoing Free to any phone anywhere in India.

In the Pre Paid segment:

                    o All Local and STD calls at Re 1

                    o Zero Talk time
 
                    o One Month Validity for Tariff

                    o All local and STD calls at Re 1

                    o Rs 550 Talk time

                    o One-month validity.

In the Post Paid segment:

                    o Idea to Idea (Local) at Re 1 for 2 mins.

                    o All other Local and STD calls at Re 1.

Commenting on the offering, Mr. Vikram Mehmi, CEO, Idea Cellular Ltd said “This launch is only a reaffirmation of our commitment to pass on any and all benefits to our valued customers. I am confident that with both our 2 Minutes Outgoing Free and One India Plan, we will address the needs of Outgoing users and bring in higher ARPU customers into our fold. The two offers are unmatched in the industry presently and I am confident of it working well”



About Idea Cellular
As India’s leading GSM Mobile Services operator, IDEA Cellular has licenses to operate in 11 circles. With a customer base of over 6 million, IDEA Cellular has operations in Delhi, Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Uttaranchal, Haryana, UP- West and Kerala. IDEA Cellular’s footprint currently covers approximately 45% of India’s population and over 50% of the potential telecom-market.

As a leader in Value Added Services, Innovation is central to IDEA’s VAS Factory. It is the first cellular company to launch music messaging with ‘Cellular Jockey’, ‘Global SMS’ in over 540 networks across all technology platforms, a voice portal with ‘Say IDEA’ and a complete suite of Mobile Email Services. A frontrunner in introducing revolutionary tariff plans, IDEA Cellular has the distinction of offering the most customer friendly and competitive Pre Paid offerings, for the first time in India, with ‘Eco Talk’, ‘Flexi-charge’, ‘Super Power’, 2 Minutes Outgoing Free and other segmented offerings. ‘Lifetime Idea’ is the first and only loyalty program, for pre paid customers, introduced by a Cellular brand.
 
Customer Service and Innovation are the drivers of this Cellular Brand. Pay Easy which is bill payment through the effective use of the pre-paid channel, IDEA is the only operator in the world to launch this service With GPRS currently available on all its’ networks, for both pre and post paid customers, IDEA Cellular is the first company to commercially launch next generation EDGE technology (a 3G technology) for its Delhi circle.

The latest feather in the IDEA cap is the GSM Association Award for Bill Flash, it has recently won making it the first cellular operator in India to win an award on an international platform.

More about IDEA Cellular Ltd. at http://www.ideacellular.com