Vodafone Idea emerges from AGR storm: Kumar Mangalam Birla calls it ‘an idea whose time has come’ by Live mint | January 28, 2026 4:04 pm | Indian Stocks, Market, News Vodafone Idea, created following the merger of UK-based Vodafone and India’s Idea Cellular in 2018, has weathered a long-period of uncertainty in India’s telecom history.