992: Hutchison Whampoa and MAX group establish Hutchison Max[citation needed]
2000: Acquisition of Delhi operations and entry into Calcutta (now Kolkata) and Gujarat markets through Essar acquisition[citation needed]
2001: Won auction for licences to operate GSM services in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Chennai[citation needed]
2003: Acquired AirCel Digilink (ADIL — ESSAR Subsidiary) which operated in Rajastan, Uttar Pradesh East and Haryana telecom circles and rebranded it 'Hutch'.[citation needed]
2004: Launched in three additional telecom circles of India namely Punjab, Uttar Pradesh (West) and West Bengal.[citation needed]
2005: Acquired BPL Mobile operations in 3 circles. This left BPL with operations only in Mumbai, where it still operates under the brand 'Loop Mobile'.[citation needed]
2007: Vodafone acquires a 67% stake in Hutchison Essar for $10.7 billion. The company is renamed Vodafone Essar. 'Hutch' is rebranded to 'Vodafone'.[citation needed]
2008: Vodafone acquires the licences in remaining 7 circles and starts its pending operations in Madhya Pradesh circle, as well as in Orissa, Assam, North East and Bihar.[citation needed]
2011: Vodafone Group buys out its partner Essar from its Indian mobile phone business. It paid $5.46 billion to take Essar out of its 33% stake in the Indian subsidiary. It left Vodafone owning 74% of the Indian business.[citation needed]
2014: On 11 April Vodafone acquires 100 percent stake in Vodafone India.[citation needed]
2014: On 6 August Vodafone India launches Vodafone RED 4.New Postpaid plans across India.[citation needed]
2015: On 17 January Vodafone launches its iPhone plans across India.
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