The Aircel Group is a joint venture between Maxis Communications Berhad of Malaysia and Apollo Hospital Enterprise Ltd of India, with Maxis Communications holding a majority stake of 74%.
Aircel commenced operations in 1999 and became the leading mobile operator in Tamil Nadu within 18 months. In December 2003, it launched commercially in Chennai and quickly established itself as a market leader – a position it has held since.Aircel is currently operational in 22 telecom circles of India.
Aircel began its outward expansion in 2005 and met with unprecedented success in the Eastern frontier circles. It emerged a market leader in Assam and in the North Eastern provinces within 18 months of operations. During this period, the company gained a foothold in 9 circles including Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Assam, North East, Orissa, Bihar, Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and West Bengal.
The Company has currently gained a momentum in the space of telecom in India post the allocation of additional spectrum by the Department of Telecom, Govt. of India 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 has won many awards and recognitions. Voice and Data gave Aircel the highest rating for overall customer satisfaction and network quality in 2006. Aircel emerged as the top mid-size utility company in Businessworld’s ‘List of Best Mid-Size Companies’ in 2007. Additionally,Tele.net recognised Aircel as the best regional operator in 2008.
With over 41million customers in the country, Aircel, the fastest growing telecom company in India, a full-fledged national operator.
Aircel has won 3G spectrum across 13 circles and BWA spectrum in 8 circles in recently spectrum auction .Aircel holds the highest amount of next generation spectrum amongst all telecom operators in India.
Specialties
Pioneer in Mobile Technology and Mobile Services, Business Solutions
New hires at Aircel
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Assistant Manager
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KPMG, Executive (Advisory), Governance, Risk & Compliance Services.
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Circle Business Controller
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Head Financial Reporting, Airtel as Sr Finance Manager
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Vertical Head (Marketing) - Brand & Strategy
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United Spirits Limited, General Manager -Sales
Aircel Activity on LinkedIn
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Aircel has a new Zonal Marketing Executive
Deepak Bhargava is now Zonal Marketing Executive
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Aircel has a new Management Trainee
Kushagra Goswami is now Management Trainee
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Aircel has a new fos marketing
Kumar Abhi is now fos marketing
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Aircel has a new Junior officer
alaghappan madasamy is now Junior officer, was student at college of karunya
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Aircel has a new Marketing Intern
Apoorv Soni is now Marketing Intern
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Aircel has a new Trainee
KHUSHBOO SETHI is now Trainee
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Aircel has a new Management Trainee- Finance
Jainil Sanghvi is now Management Trainee- Finance
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Aircel has a new Showroom In charge
Genteel Kalra is now Showroom In charge
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Aircel has a new Management Trainee
Siddharth P. Bijlani is now Management Trainee
