The overall spectrum capacity of the company stands at 253 MHz. 60 MHz is coming up for renewals, says Himanshu Kapania, MD, Idea Cellular.

Hope Cabinet lowers price to Trai recommended level: EY

Prashant Singhal of EY fails to understand why the DoT committee has finalised reserve price higher than the one recommended by Trai. This move will only increase the pressure on telcos, he says.

No plan to sell tower assets; don't need cash: Idea

The company remains focused on revenue growth of its mobility business and is confident of delivering strong EBITDA in FY15 as compared to FY14, said Himanshu Kapania, MD, Idea Cellular.

Idea hopes to maintain growth on customer addition

In an interview to CNBC-TV18‘s Kritika Saxena, Humanshu Kapania, Managing Director of Idea Cellular, discusses company‘s Q2 performance and the road ahead.

Extending 3G presence, can launch 4G post auction: Idea

In an interview with CNBC-TV18‘s Anuj Singhal and Ekta Batra, Idea Cellular MD Himanshu Kapania spoke about the recent spectrum auctions, the financial shape of telecom companies, especially idea and what the spectrum acquisition means for the company.

See Airtel, Voda, Idea bid intensely for 900 MHz: Ambit

If Airtel doesn‘t win the auctions, Ankur Rudra, vice president, Ambit Capital, says it will have to move its network and customers back to 1,800 MHz and that could lead to a lot of capex because the company would have to reconfigure its network significantly.

To focus more on data services in future: Idea's Kapania

Idea Cellular, the country's third largest telecom operator, reported 4.5 percent growth in net profit and 4.6 percent in revenues on sequential basis, missing analysts' expectations

New SUC regime to have minimal impact on auctions: COAI

In a bid to entice telecom companies for the upcoming 2G auctions, the empowered group of ministers (EGoM) has lowered SUC to a maximum of 5% of average revenues.

Hopeful of launching 4G services in next 2-3 yrs: Idea

Himanshu Kapania of Idea Cellular is hopeful that the government policies would help the overall growth for the sector.

Idea Cellular approves raising upto Rs 3000cr via QIP

Himanshu Kapania, MD of Idea Cellular told CNBC-TV18 that the company today also approved raising upto Rs 3000 crore through a Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP). He believes that this will be an enabler for it when the licence will come for renewal in 2015 and 2016.

Bullish on wireless biz, Idea looks to expand customer base

Idea Cellular's strategy of focusing on rural markets will pay off in the long term.

Operators' duel short-lived; Indian telecom will soar: KPMG

Speaking to CNBC-TV18, Jaideep Ghosh, telecom partner, KPMG says that the apex court‘s decision will definitely impact the revenues of Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular. "But," he adds, "the low penetration levels offer immense opportunity and regulatory clarity could go a long way towards a sustained exploitation of this opportunity."

Auction needs relook, reserve price too high: Harish Salve

The government's 2G auction plans get a blow. There are no takers for the 900 megahertz GSM spectrum in the upcoming auctions in March as Vodafone, Bharti Airtel and Idea have decided not to participate.

RIL may enter voice mkt; telecom needs consolidation: Kotak

Rohit Chordia, Kotak Institutional Equities, says that given the data off take we have seen in the last two or three years, since 3G networks was rolled out, and the limited success that Bharti has seen with its 4G rollouts in a few cities, he feels it will be logical to assume that RIL will enter the voice market.

To see strong growth in overall minutes market share: Idea

On the sidelines of the HSBC India Investor Conference, Himanshu Kapania, MD of Idea Cellular told CNBC-TV18, India continues to be a strong voice market. He further added it would be speculative right now to comment on revision of headline tariff.

Telcos declining, average price realisation may rise: Idea

Himanshu Kapania, MD, Idea Cellular, says that the number of operators in the market is declining and we expect the overall industry average price realization to go up, then only Idea price realization would go up.

Wrong to see 2G auction impact on fisc deficit: Sanjeev Aga

Sanjeev Aga, former CEO of Idea Cellular said, it is wrong to look at the impact of 2G auction on fiscal deficit. He also believes that the way the auction has panned out is not very desirable.

One-time fee indicates auction is poor fundraiser: Ambit

Ankur Rudra of Ambit Capital explains to CNBC-TV18 that the Cabinet approval of the one-time fee is an indicator that the government has realised that auction of spectrum is not a very viable route to raise revenue.

Spectrum fee: See no material impact on stocks, says IIFL

The Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today has approved a one-time spectrum charge on all existing telecom operators. GV Giri of IIFL does not see any material impact on stocks

900MHz auction between Nov'12 to May'13: Telecom Secy

Chandrashekhar further added that the reserve price for 900 MHz to be fixed by the EGoM and the auction will be first focusing on 1,800MHz. The 900 MHz auction is to held between November 2012 and May 2013, he informed.

Participation in 2G auction along predictable line: Experts

Telecom operators like Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Idea, Tata Teleservices and Telenor today submitted application for participating in the 2G spectrum auction. Gopal Jain, Senior Advocate feels the companies who have applied for auction are along predictable lines. He feels the 2G auction is unlikely to move up to the benchmark of 3G auction.

See improvement in rate realisation ahead: Idea Cellular

Himanshu Kapania, managing director of Idea Cellular says, for the last two quarters, there has been a decline in the revenue per minute. According to him, going forward, there would be improvement in the rate realisation.

Waiting for clarity on spectrum allocation: Idea

Idea posted consolidated net profits of Rs 239 crore on a sequential basis, down 2%. On the issue of licence cancellation, the management says, the company is waiting for clarity from the EGoM on the quantum of available spectrum. "The market must be allowed to determine the final price."

Idea will rebid for 2G spectrum based on pricing: MD

Himanshu Kapania, managing director, Idea Cellular believes that the current recommendations are aggressive and retrograde. They will push the growth of telecom sector far behind.

TRAI recos very arbitrary: Idea Cellular

The Idea management is taking a hardline on the TRAI's recomendations. Himanshu Kapania, managing director, Idea Cellular says that the recommendations are inconsistent and regressive. Kapania says that Idea will continue to agitate against the cancellation of its licence by the Supreme Court, reports CNBC-TV18‘s Kritika Saxena.