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Loop Mobile, usually referred to as LOOP and formerly known as BPL Mobile, was an Indian mobile network operator. On 18 February 2014, Bharti Airtel announced that it had agreed to acquire Loop Mobile for . At its peak, Loop offered both prepaid and postpaid GSM cellular phone coverage in Assam, Kolkata, North East, Mumbai, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan after receiving a license to operate across 21 telecom circles from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). ==History== BPL Mobile Communications, established in 1994, was India's first mobile network operator. It began commercial operations in 1995. The Khaitan Holdings Group purchased a 99% stake in the company at a cost of in 2005. BPL Mobile was renamed to Loop Mobile in March 2009.〔 Having consistently met and exceeded TRAI benchmarks, Loop Mobile was ISO 9001:2008 certified in 2009, in accordance with the TUV NORD CERT auditing and certification procedures. On 18 February 2014, Bharti Airtel announced that it was acquiring Loop Mobile for , prior to that, a Chennai based Information Technology Company, Zeesta IT Services MD Hemanth Raj, evaluated to acquire, however the deal did not materalize . The two companies had been in talks since mid-2013. Loop Mobile's 20 year licence in the 900 MHz band was due to expire in the last quarter of 2014, and the company did not participate in the 2014 spectrum auction. However, on 5 November 2014, Bharti announced that it was dropping plans to acquire Loop Mobile, after the former failed to gain regulatory approval from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for the acquisition.〔http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/bharti-calls-off-rs-700-cr-deal-to-buy-loop-mobile-114110600045_1.html〕〔http://www.livemint.com/Companies/RDMdCDjHO2wluCzuYWT2bN/Bharti-Airtel-pulls-out-of-deal-says-Loop-Mobile.html〕 The acquisition would have increased Airtel's total customer base in Mumbai to more than 7 million customers〔 and increased the size of their network to 6,500 cell sites.〔 Airtel also would have acquired electronic equipment, optic fibre and the 8 megahertz of spectrum in the 900 MHz band held by Loop in Mumbai. However, Airtel had no plans to acquire Loop Mobile's 550 employees.〔 The announcement of the acquisition had prompted most Loop Mobile subscribers to switch mobile operators, and the operator had approximately 1 million customers by the first week of November 2014, down from 3 million subscribers when the deal was first announced in February 2014. Loop Mobile's licence to operate mobile services in Mumbai expired on 29 November 2014, bringing an end to its operations.〔http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/bharti-calls-off-rs-700-cr-deal-to-buy-loop-mobile-114110600045_1.html〕〔http://www.livemint.com/Companies/RDMdCDjHO2wluCzuYWT2bN/Bharti-Airtel-pulls-out-of-deal-says-Loop-Mobile.html〕 As on 8 June 2015 status from Indian Court Essar Group promoters Ravi Ruia and Anshuman Ruia, Loop Telecom promoters Kiran Khaitan, her husband I P Khaitan and Vikash Saraf are facing trial in the case along with three companies -- Loop Telecom Ltd, Loop Mobile India Ltd and Essar Tele Holding Ltd (ETHL). 〔http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/2g-scam-case-court-pulls-up-essar-groups-anshuman-ruia-denies-permission-to-go-abroad/articleshow/47585201.cms〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Loop Mobile」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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