About Us

The Aircel group is a joint venture between Maxis Communications Berhad of Malaysia and Sindya Securities & Investments Private Limited, whose current shareholders are the Reddy family of Apollo Hospitals Group of India, with Maxis Communications holding a majority stake of 74%. Aircel commenced operations in 1999 and is today the leading mobile operator in Tamil Nadu, Assam, North-East and Chennai.

In October 2010, Aircel completed its Pan India footprint, presence in all 23 telecom circles, with the launch of GSM mobile services in Rajasthan. After winning the 3G and BWA spectrum, required for high speed data and multimedia services, in 13 and 8 circles respectively, Aircel became the largest operator in India with spectrum secured for next generation wireless technologies.

Aircel democratized internet on mobile with innovative services like Aircel Pocket Internet and Aircel Pocket Apps and quickly established itself as a market leader. With over 58 million happy customers as on July, 2011, Aircel is the fastest growing mobile operator in the country.

Aircel has also been recognized for its consistent and reliable efforts. Voice and Data gave Aircel the highest rating for overall customer satisfaction and network quality in 2006 and Aircel received the same award by IDC in 2007. Aircel emerged as the top mid-size utility company in Businessworld's 'List of Best Mid-Size Companies' in 2007. Further, Tele.net recognised Aircel as the best regional operator in 2008. In 2009, CMAI INFOCOM honored Aircel for excellence in marketing of new telecom service.

About Aircel Business Solutions

Aircel Business Solutions (ABS) (the Business Unit of Dishnet Wireless Limited) is the enterprise division of Aircel, which addresses the telecom requirements of International and Indian markets with an array of industry-leading products and services. As an integrated telecom service provider, ABS leverages its rich pedigree of best-in-class solutions, partnerships and domain expertise to address service providers, enterprises, PSUs, and consumers. Its range of services includes networking, data centers, managed services, collaboration services, SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) and mobility solutions.

ABS is the pioneer of data connectivity solutions and it has demonstrated the same by being the first operator in India to launch WiMAX technology. ABS is also a registered member of WiMAX forum – both in the Indian and International Chapters.

With a pan India rollout of over dual core optical fiber backbone, over 400 IP MPLS PoPs and leveraging integrated wireline and wireless data solutions, ABS is ideally suited to provide high speed, secure, and reliable managed networking solutions across India.