Where is Aircel located?

Aircel is headquartered in Chennai, India. It is registered at OPUS CENTRE, 47, CENTRAL ROAD OPPOSITE TUNGA PARADISE, MIDC, Mumbai City, ANDHERI EAST, Maharashtra, India, 400093.

How many employees does Aircel have?

As of Jun 30, 2025, the latest employee count at Aircel is 12.

Is Aircel a funded company?

Aircel is a funded company, having raised a total of $***** in its 1st and only funding round.

What is the annual revenue of Aircel?

Annual revenue of Aircel is ₹11,500Cr as on Mar 31, 2017.

Where does Aircel rank among its competitors?

Aircel ranks 28th amongst 167 active competitors, of which 3 are funded. It stands 11th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Vodafone, which secured $2M in Jan, 2025.

Who are the top competitors of Aircel?

Aircel's top competitors include AT&T, Vodafone and Verizon. Among them, Vodafone secured the most recent funding round in January, 2025.

Aircel - 2026 Company Profile, Team, Funding, Competitors & Financials

Company Details

Aircel is a mobile network operator in India. It is the fifth largest mobile service provider in India with 83 million subscribers as of 2015.Malaysian telecom company Maxis Communications bought a 74 percent stake in the company in 2005 and 26% held by Sindya Securities and Investments. It is operational in 13 circles in India.

Website: aircel.com
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Registered Address: OPUS CENTRE, 47, CENTRAL ROAD OPPOSITE TUNGA PARADISE, MIDC, Mumbai City, ANDHERI EAST, Maharashtra, India, 400093

Key Metrics

Founded Year

1999

Location

Chennai, India

Stage

Funding Raised

Investors

SBI & 1 more

Ranked

28^th among 167 active competitors

Annual Revenue

₹11,500Cr as on Mar 31, 2017

Employee Count

12 as on Jun 30, 2025

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T-Mobile & 4124 more

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Aircel is associated with 2 legal entities given below:

Legal Entity Name	Date of Incorporation	Revenue	Latest Employee Count	Documents
AIRCEL LIMITED CIN: U32201MH1994PLC284030 , India, Active	Dec 20, 1994	$1.71B (As on Mar 31, 2017)	12 (As on Jun 30, 2025)
AIRCEL CELLULAR LIMITED CIN: U74999MH1992PLC284457 , India, Active	Feb 21, 1992	$34.4M (As on Mar 31, 2017)	-

Aircel is a funded company. Aircel has 2 institutional investors.

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The founders of Aircel is Chinnakannan Sivasankaran.

Here are the details of Aircel's key team members:

Chinnakannan Sivasankaran: Founder of Aircel.

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Aircel's employee count trend

Aircel has 12 employees as of Jun 25. The total employee count is 14.0% lower than what it was in Jun 24. Here is Aircel's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Aircel include AT&T, Vodafone and Verizon. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Aircel, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	AT&T 1876, Dallas (United States), Public	Provider of wireless and internet services	-	Elliott Management, Appaloosa Management ... & 12 others	82/100
2nd	Vodafone 1982, Newbury (United Kingdom), Public	Virtual card-linked wallet for consumer payments	-	Elliott Management, Cevian & 12 others	81/100
3rd	Verizon 1983, New York City (United States), Public	Provider of wireless, internet, TV, and phone services	-	Berkshire Hathaway, Black Capital Investments ... & 16 others	81/100
4th	Telecom Italia 1994, Rome (Italy), Public	Integrated telecom service provider	-	Elliott Management, CDP Equity & 3 others	77/100
5th	Digicel Group 2001, Kingston (Jamaica), Acquired	Telecommunication services provider	-	Citi, JPMorgan Chase & 1 others	77/100
6th	Orange 1988, Issy les Moulineaux (France), Acquired	French Telecommunication major	-	Runway, BIP Investment Partners & 10 others	74/100
7th	Airtel 1995, Delhi (India), Public	Telecommunications company	$292M	Warburg Pincus, Temasek & 22 others	74/100
8th	Jio 2010, Navi Mumbai (India), Series G	Provider of telecommunication services	$20.1B	Silver Lake, ADIA & 45 others	72/100
9th	Comcast 1963, Philadelphia (United States), Public	Provider of phone, internet, and television services	-	JANA Partners, Kleiner Perkins	72/100
10th	Telefonica 1924, Madrid (Spain), Public	Provider of mobile and fixed-line telephony services	-	China Unicom, China Developement Bank & 9 others	71/100
28th	Aircel 1999, Chennai (India), Funding Raised	Aircel is a leading telecom service provider with pan-India operations.	-	SBI, SIVA Group	37/100