Idea Vodafone Merger

Idea-Vodafone merger comes closer as DoT clears Rs 4,000 cr Idea-ATC mobile tower deal

The standalone tower businesses of Vodafone and Idea have a combined portfolio of nearly 20,000 towers, which included around 10,200 towers of Vodafone and the rest of Idea.

Lower IUC rate eats into Idea Cellular's Q3 profit; firm posts Rs 1,284.5-cr loss, says merger with Vodafone in final leg

Idea Cellular said the work on merger with Vodafone is in final leg of regulatory approval and expected to complete in first half of 2018

Idea-Vodafone deal: Decks cleared for merger as NCLT gives nod, new firm to have 40 cr customers

Vodafone is expected to hold around 47.5 percent stake in the merged entity and rest will be owned by Idea and promoter Aditya Birla Group.

2017: Year of turmoil for India's telecom sector; GST, market disruption bleed companies' balance-sheets

Reliance Jio continued to disrupt telecom market with its free or low-priced offers while three or four majors fought for the pie tooth and nail

Vodafone and Idea Cellular merger likely to complete by March in 2018

The combined entity of Vodafone India and Idea Cellular, which are currently India's number two and three, respectively, would dislodge Bharti Airtel to counter the fierce price war in the world's second-largest telecom market.

Vodafone and Idea merger to be completed by March 2018; delayed due to regulatory approvals

Vodafone and Idea Cellular merger deal is expected to be completed by March next year, as all regulatory approvals are likely to be obtained by that time.

Vodafone urges India to reduce interest rates for spectrum payment

Vodafone mentioned it has invested over Rs 1,340 billion in India to build its mobile network.

Idea-Vodafone merger: Sebi, exchanges give conditional go-ahead to $23 bn deal

The "no-objection" as per Sebi's regulations will enable Idea-Vodafone to file the draft scheme with the NCLT.

Idea Cellular shares end 6.5% up on CCI nod to Vodafone India merger

Idea Cellular's stock price surged 6.48 percent to close at Rs 97.80 on BSE.

Idea-Vodafone merger: Why the $23 bn deal throws up a humongous integration challenge

Equal partnerships are a big challenge to manage. On top of it, Idea-Vodafone will also have to deal with the fierce market competition