Aircel

Aircel Ltd. was an Indian mobile network operator headquartered in Mumbai that offered voice and 2G and 3G data services. Maxis Communications held a 74% stake and Sindya Securities and Investments held the remaining 26%. Aircel was founded by Chinnakannan Sivasankaran and commenced operations in Tamil Nadu in 1999. It was once a market leader in Tamil Nadu and had considerable presence in Odisha, Assam and North-East telecom circles. 2G and 3G Services including voice were shut down in all circles after failure of merger talks with Reliance Communications.

This article is about the mobile network operator. For the comic book company, see Aircel Comics. For other uses, see Air cell.
Not to be confused with Airtel.

Aircel
Company typePrivate
IndustryTelecommunications
Founded1999 (1999)
(in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, India
Registered at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India)
FounderChinnakannan Sivasankaran
Defunct28 February 2018 (2018-02-28)
FateBankrupt
HeadquartersOpus Centre, 47, Central Road, MIDC, Andheri,
Mumbai, Maharashtra
,
India
ServicesMobile telephony, wireless broadband
Owners
  • Maxis Communications (74%)
  • Apollo Hospitals (Sindya Securities and Investments 26%)
Websiteaircel.com
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