Idea Cellular, part of the Aditya Birla Group, is one of the oldest players in the Indian telecom industry. It is the 3rd largest mobile services operator in India. With traffic in excess of a billion minutes a day, Idea ranks among the Top 10 operators in the world. It operates across all 22 service areas with 2G services, and 3G services are being progressively rolled out. Idea’s strong growth in the Indian telephony market comes from its deep penetration in non-urban & rural markets.

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1. Getting Started: How to get the service activated?
2. Installation: How to install the application on phone?
3. Subscription: How to register?
4. Unsubscription: How to unregister?
5. General: What are the access points to choose for downloading and streaming?

Getting Started: How to get the service activated?

• Send an SMS by typing "IDEATV" to 55456 (Rs 3/sms) or SMS 3GTV to 54777 (toll free).
• You will receive a wap link message saying "Click here to download".
• Click on the link (or) go to Options > Download Message.
• As soon as you click on the link, web browser will be opened and download the client.
• Once downloaded, it will ask for Installation.
• Click "Yes" to Install and it will ask for Phone Memory / Memory Card.
• Once you select the Memory, it will start Installing.
• Once Installation is complete, it will automatically open the IDEATV App.
• If App doesn't open automatically, close the browser and open Menu > Applications > My Own Folder. You can find IDEATV App there, click on the icon to open it.
• You can also use Idea WAP portal for the same.

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Installation: How to install the application on phone?

After getting the download link. Please download the application form Idea fresh APN in your handset, for Android devices please select idea internet APN. While installing it will ask where to install the application in phone memory or Memory card. Always select Phone memory to install the application.Post installation the application will open kindly wait till the application gets opened usually it will take 5 min to open for the first time.
If it is a WAP enabled device then it will directly display the categories in your phones browser.
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Subscription: How to register?

Download and install IDEA TV Application. Open the application in your phone Applications Folder. Available Channels will be displayed.
Click on any Channel, available Packages with Weekly and Pay-Per-View Plans will be displayed and select the Package you want to register.
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Unsubscription: How to unregister?

You can either unsubscribe or switch from one plan to any other plan at any point of time.
To unsubscribe please follow the below steps:
Open IDEA TV > Select Options > Unsubscribe
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General: What are the access points to choose for downloading and streaming?

Following are the details:

• To download the client in non Android devices – IDEAFRESH.
• To download the client in Android devices - IDEAINTERNET.
• Client access –IDEAMOBILE (this APN is pre-burnt with the application)
• WAP version – IDEAFRESH

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IDEA TV ushers in a new way to watch television. It puts TV in your pocket and gives you instant access to breaking news, TV shows, music videos, live sports and the best entertainment on the move.

With IDEA TV you can tune in to nearly 120 Live TV channels including Sony, Star Plus, Sab TV, Zoom, Life OK, UTV Bindaas, Star Utsav, UTV Movies, Aaj Tak, Star News, NDTV India, Maa TV, TV 9 Kannada, TV 9 Telegu, Star Majha, and Cartoon Network etc…

All Channels Pack Include:
9X Tashan, 9XM, Aajtak, Aastha Bhajan, Aastha TV, Animal Planet, Asianet, Asianet News, Asianet Plus, Australia TV, BBC World, Cartoonn Network, Channel UFX, Channel V, CNBC Awaaz, CNBC TV18, CNN, CNN IBN, Darshan 24, Discovery Bangla, Discovery Channel, Discovery Science, Discovery Telugu, Discovery Turbo, Disney English, Disney Hindi, Disney Juniors (English), Disney Juniors (Hindi), Disney XD English, Disney XD Hindi, DW-TV Asia, E24, ET Now, ETV 2, ETV Bangla, ETV Bihar, ETV Gujarati, ETV Kannada, ETV Madhya Pradesh, ETV Marathi, ETV Oriya, ETV Rajasthan, ETV Telugu, ETV Urdu, ETV Uttar Pradesh, Food First, God TV, Hamar TV, Headlines Today, History, IBN Lokmat, IBN7, Imagine TV, India News, India Vision, Jaihind TV, Jaya Plus, Jaya TV, Jeevan TV, Kairali, Life Ok, Live India, Maa Music, Maa TV, Makkal TV, Manorama News, NDTV 24X7, NDTV Good Times, NDTV India, NDTV Profit, NE Bangla, NE Hi Fi, NE TV, News 9, News 24, News Live, OTV News, Raj Digital Plus, Raj Musix, Raj Musix Kannada, Raj News, Raj TV, Rang Channel, Sab, Sakshi TV, Sarthak TV, Smaran TV, Sony, Sri Sankara TV, Star Ananda, Star Jalsa, Star Majha, Star News, Star Plus, Star Pravah, Star Utsav, Star Vijay, Suvarna, Suvarna News, SVBC, Tarang, Tarang Music, Time TV, Times Now, TLC, TV 1, TV 9 Kannada, TV 9 Mumbai, TV 9 Telugu, UTV Bindass, UTV Movies, UTV Stars, Vasanth TV, Vissa TV, Zoom