New Delhi, July 1 -- Vodafone Idea share price gained over 2% in early trade on Tuesday after the telecom company announced the next phase of its 5G network rollout in 23 cities. Vodafone Idea shares rallied as much as 2.01% to Rs.7.59 apiece on the BSE.

The debt-ridden telecom company, Vodafone Idea said it has deployed the 5G network in cities including, Ahmedabad, Agra, Aurangabad, Kozhikode, Cochin, Dehradun, Indore, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Madurai, Malappuram, Meerut, Nagpur, Nashik, Pune, Rajkot, Sonepat, Surat, Siliguri, Trivandrum, Vadodara and Vizag.

This expansion, covering all its priority circles of the country, will be executed in a phased manner, it said.

The telecom operator had previously launched its fifth-generation...