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2007-08 - Aditya Birla Nuvo, Ltd

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSISPerformance ReviewIdea Cellular Limited has delivered a robust performance. About 10 million subscribers were added duringthe year to reach 24 million subscribers as on 31 st March, 20<strong>08</strong>, registering a 71% rise over last year’s subscriberbase. Its all India market share has improved to 9.4% from 8.6%. Revenues grew significantly by 54% toRs. 6,720 Crores from Rs. 4,366.4 Crores in the previous year. Net profit was more than doubled to Rs. 1,042.3Crores from Rs. 502.2 Crores.Idea is a leading cellular operator in India with 16.2% market share in 11 circles under commercial operations.During the year, Idea received licences for the remaining 9 circles, for which the requisite licence fee ofRs. 684.6 Crores was deposited on 10 th January, 20<strong>08</strong>, with the Department of Telecommunications. Idea hasnow licences to operate in all 22 circles. Idea was also allotted 4.4 MHz spectrum for the Mumbai and Biharcircles in January 20<strong>08</strong>, and for the Tamil Nadu (including Chennai) and Orissa circles in April 20<strong>08</strong>. Idea istargeting to roll out in Mumbai and Bihar circles in the second quarter, and Tamil Nadu (including Chennai)and Orissa circles in the third quarter of FY 20<strong>08</strong>-09. This is a significant move towards its Pan India presence.Idea has formed a 16:42:42 joint venture for sharing the tower infrastructure with Vodafone and BhartiInfratel. The new company, named Indus Towers Limited, will cover 16 circles, which include 10 existing circlesand 6 new circles of Idea. This will give Idea a ready access to the tower infrastructure in 6 out of the 9 newcircles for speedy rollout.Business OutlookThe outlook for the telecom sector is positive. India has surpassed the United States to become the world’ssecond largest wireless network in the world after China with 261.09 million subscribers as on 31 st March,20<strong>08</strong>. Going forward also, lower cellular penetration in India provides ample growth opportunities given thefact that India is the 2 nd largest population centre in the world. With the telecom space growing rapidly, webelieve Idea Cellular is on a high growth trajectory and will continue to gain momentum.FINANCIAL SERVICESThe financial services business in India has high growth potential. Strong macro economic growth coupledwith rising savings and low penetration of investment products suggest that the sector should grow rapidlyin the years to come.The financial services business of your Company is progressing well. Currently, your Company is operating invarious financial services verticals such as Life Insurance, Mutual Fund, distribution and wealth management,non-banking finance and insurance advisory. In each of these businesses, the aim is to build leadershipposition in both quantitative and qualitative sense, through expansion of distribution infrastructure acrosschannels, launching innovative products and strengthening brand loyalty supported by strong talentedteam.The financial services business of your Company is also exploring potential entry into some new financialservices segments with a vision to become a broad-based and integrated financial services player.(14)

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