[5] The licence to operate in Bombay circle was awarded to Hutchison Max by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in November 1994.
[8] In Delhi, Uttar Pradesh (East), Rajasthan and Haryana, Essar Group was the major partner.
By the time of Hutchison Telecommunications International's (HTIL) initial public offering in 2004, Hutchison Whampoa had acquired interests in six mobile telecommunications operators providing service in 13 of India's 23 licence areas and following the completion of the acquisition of BPL Mobile that number increased to 16.
Initially, the company grew its business in the largest wireless markets in India — in cities like Bombay, Delhi and Kolkata.
By adopting this focused growth plan, it was able to establish leading positions in India's largest markets providing the resources to expand its footprint nationwide.
In February 2007, Hutchison Telecom announced that it had entered into a binding agreement with a subsidiary of Vodafone Group Plc to sell its 67% direct and indirect equity and loan interests in Hutchison Essar for a total cash consideration (before costs, expenses and interests) of approximately $11.1 billion.
Vodafone's creative agency is O&M while Harit Nagpal was the Marketing Director during the various phases of its brand evolution.
It believes that if an Indian company, Hutchison India Ltd., conducts a financial transaction, then the government should get its tax from it.
[16] The Bombay high court on Thursday directed the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) to hear a Rs.8,600 crore transfer-pricing tax dispute relating to the Indian arm of Vodafone Group from 21 February on a daily basis till a final order is passed.
On August 30, 2018, National Company Law Tribunal gave the final nod to the Vodafone-Idea merger.
[22] YOU Broadband (formerly YOU Telecom and originally Iqara Telecom) is an Indian telecommunications company founded by British Gas and, since 2017, owned by Vodafone India, which offers fixed-line broadband (FTTH) and voice services (VoIP) in indian major cities which includes Ahmedabad, Aurangabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Kakinada, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nashik, Navi Mumbai, Navsari, Powai, Pune, Rajkot, Surat, Thane, Vadodara, Valsad, Vapi, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam.
[26][27][28][29][30][31] On 28 June 2012, Vodafone launched a new international roaming package under which the users shall have not to pay multiple rentals in the countries they are visiting.