Idea Cellular
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Idea Cellular was a major Indian mobile network operator known for its nationwide GSM services and memorable advertising campaigns before merging into Vodafone Idea (Vi).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Idea Cellular canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7073261 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Idea Cellular Context triple: [Mahesh Babu, brandEndorsement, Idea Cellular]
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A.
Virgin Mobile
Virgin Mobile is a wireless communications brand offering mobile phone services in multiple countries as part of Richard Branson’s broader Virgin Group.
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B.
O2 mobile network
O2 mobile network is a major UK telecommunications provider offering mobile phone, data, and related digital services to consumers and businesses.
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C.
Telico
Telico is a small unincorporated community located in Ellis County, Texas.
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D.
LG Mobile Communications
LG Mobile Communications was the mobile phone and smartphone division of LG Electronics, known for producing a wide range of feature phones and Android devices before exiting the smartphone market.
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E.
Telenor
Telenor is a major Norwegian telecommunications company that provides mobile, broadband, and digital services across Scandinavia and multiple international markets.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Idea Cellular Target entity description: Idea Cellular was a major Indian mobile network operator known for its nationwide GSM services and memorable advertising campaigns before merging into Vodafone Idea (Vi).
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A.
Virgin Mobile
Virgin Mobile is a wireless communications brand offering mobile phone services in multiple countries as part of Richard Branson’s broader Virgin Group.
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B.
O2 mobile network
O2 mobile network is a major UK telecommunications provider offering mobile phone, data, and related digital services to consumers and businesses.
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C.
Telico
Telico is a small unincorporated community located in Ellis County, Texas.
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D.
LG Mobile Communications
LG Mobile Communications was the mobile phone and smartphone division of LG Electronics, known for producing a wide range of feature phones and Android devices before exiting the smartphone market.
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E.
Telenor
Telenor is a major Norwegian telecommunications company that provides mobile, broadband, and digital services across Scandinavia and multiple international markets.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | mobile network operator ⓘ |
| brand | Idea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competitor |
Aircel
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
BSNL NERFINISHED ⓘ Bharti Airtel NERFINISHED ⓘ Reliance Jio NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| customerBaseType |
postpaid mobile subscribers
ⓘ
prepaid mobile subscribers ⓘ |
| formerName |
Birla AT&T Communications Limited
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Birla Communications Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ Birla Tata AT&T Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
India
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maharashtra NERFINISHED ⓘ Mumbai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry | Telecommunications ⓘ |
| languageOfAdvertising |
English
ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ various Indian regional languages ⓘ |
| marketingFocus | value-based mass-market advertising ⓘ |
| mergedInto | Vodafone Idea Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mergedWith | Vodafone India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mergerAnnouncementDate | 2017-03-20 ⓘ |
| mergerBrandName | Vi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mergerCompletionDate | 2018-08-31 ⓘ |
| networkTechnology |
GSM
ⓘ
HSPA+ NERFINISHED ⓘ LTE ⓘ UMTS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
memorable advertising campaigns
ⓘ
nationwide GSM coverage in India ⓘ |
| offeredService |
SMS
ⓘ
mobile internet ⓘ value-added services ⓘ voice calls ⓘ |
| operatingArea | India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Aditya Birla Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regulatoryAuthority | Telecom Regulatory Authority of India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceType |
2G services
ⓘ
3G services ⓘ 4G LTE services ⓘ GSM mobile services ⓘ |
| slogan | An Idea can change your life ⓘ |
| spectrumBand |
1800 MHz
ⓘ
2100 MHz ⓘ 2300 MHz ⓘ 900 MHz ⓘ |
| stockExchangeListing |
Bombay Stock Exchange
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
National Stock Exchange of India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Idea Cellular Description of subject: Idea Cellular was a major Indian mobile network operator known for its nationwide GSM services and memorable advertising campaigns before merging into Vodafone Idea (Vi).
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.