DoT allots 4.4 MHz of spectrum to Idea Cellular

Idea Cellular has announced that WPC Wing of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has on Dec. 05, 2008 allotted 4.4 MHz Spectrum in 1800 MHz band in respect of Kolkata Metro service area.

Idea Cellular is part of the Aditya Birla group which holds a 98.3% share in the company. Kumar Mangalam Birla is the chairman and Sanjeev Aga is the managing director of the company.

Recently, the company tied up with Taiwan-based HTC Corp to offer two touch phone models in India targeted at the premium segment