8. Uninor
Ownership: Privately-held by Unitech Group and Telenor Group
Date of Establishment: 3rd December 2009
Market Share: 4.2 percent

Brief Description: Uninor is an Indian telecom service provider that is jointly held by two companies: a Norway-based telecommunication company Telenor and an Indian real-estate company Unitech. Telenor holds a major stake of 67.25 percent in the company. Uninor is headquartered in Gurgaon (NCR Delhi) and provides its services in all of India’s 22 telecom circles. It offers voice and a data service based on the GSM technology and is commercially available in the 13 circles across India. Its major target is the youth and is a pioneer in charging as per day time and geographic location. During its launch, Uninor was available in 8 circles and 6 other circles were added in the initial six months. It follows a lean operational model and its network infrastructure is outsourced to its business partners. It is targeting 8 percent market share in the coming years.

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