Annual Report 2012, PDF - Axiata Group Berhad - Investor Relations

Axiata Group Berhad (242188-H) Annual Report 2012● Ranked amongst the Top10 country operators inthe world, with 1.5 billionminutes of use per day● India’s third largestnational mobile operatorAbout IDEAIdea is an Aditya Birla Group Company, India’s first trulymultinational corporation. The group operates in 36countries, with more than 136,000 employees belongingto 42 nationalities. Idea is a publicly listed company,listed on Bombay Stock Exchange & National StockExchange in India.With an annual revenue of over USD4 billion, and revenuemarket share of 14%, Idea is India’s third largest nationalmobile operator. Idea has the highest percentage ofactive subscribers on its network. Over 98% of its nearly114 million subscribers, as of end December 2012, areactive subscribers as per the visitor location register(VLR) report by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India(TRAI).Idea is a pan-India integrated GSM operator offering 2Gand 3G services, and has its own national long distance(NLD) and international long distance (ILD) operations,and internet service provider (ISP) licence. With traffic inexcess of 1.5 billion minutes of use a day, Idea ranksamong the Top 10 country operators in the world.Idea’s pan-India coverage is built on a network of over100,000 2G and 3G cell sites, spread across 4,860towns and 301,590 villages. Using the latest technologies,Idea provides world-class service delivery through themost extensive network of customer touch points,comprising of over 4,000 exclusive Idea outlets. Idea’scustomer service delivery platform is ISO 9001:2008certified, making it the only operator in the country tohave this standard certification for all 22 service areasand the corporate office. Idea’s strong growth in theIndian telephony market comes from its deep penetrationin non-urban and rural markets.149