Idea launches 4G in Ranchi amid merger talks with Vodafone
Company has 1.25 crore customers in Bihar & Jharkhand catering to their ever-growing infotainment needs.
Ranchi: Idea Cellular today launched its 4G services in Ranchi, and said the company will expand 4G service to 18 more major towns in Bihar and Jharkhand by June.
These towns included Patna, Gaya, Sasaram, Motihari, Dhanbad and Bokaro, a company release said.
"We are happy to launch our world class, high speed 4G services for over 1.25 crore Idea customers in Bihar & Jharkhand catering to their ever-growing infotainment needs," Monishi Ghosh, Chief Operating Officer, Bihar & Jharkhand, said in the release.
"Idea has consistently invested in network expansion to become a pan-India wireless broadband operator, readying our 200 million customers for the Digital era," the release quoted Rajat Mukarji, Chief Corporate Affairs Officer of the
company, as saying.
Over the last one year, Idea has more than doubled its mobile broadband network on 4G/3G platform, and now covers over 50 per cent of India's population, he said.