NEW DELHI: Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications nowadays agreed to merge its wi-fi telecom business with smaller rival Aircel to create the rustic's 4th-biggest mobile phone operator with asset base of more than Rs 65,000 crore.
In the biggest consolidation within the nation's telecom sector, RCom and Aircel's majority proprietor, Malaysia's Maxis Communications Berhad (MCB), introduced signing of definitive documents for the merger in their Indian wi-fi businesses.
RCom and Aircel will cling 50 according to cent every within the new company. The board of the brand new company may have equivalent representation from the 2 aspects.
"The RCom-Aircel combination will create a strong operator clearly ranked amongst India's top 4 telcos by customer base and revenues, also ranking amongst the top three operators by revenues in 12 important circles," each the corporations said in a joint statement.
RCom is India's 4th-biggest telecom operator with virtually 110 million customers, while Aircel ranks fifth with 84 million subscribers.
RCom had 9.eight according to cent marketplace percentage while Aircel had eight.five% percentage. Sistema, which RCom previous merged with, had zero.7% percentage.
Both the corporations will switch Rs 14,000 crore of debt every to the joint venture, taking the entire debt of the brand new company to Rs 28,000 crore, apart from Rs 6,000 crore of spectrum payment liability.
The deal will lend a hand RCom pare its debt by Rs 20,000 crore (or 40 according to cent of the entire debt on its books).
"RCom will continue to own and operate its high growth businesses in the domestic and global enterprise space, Data Centres, optic fibre and related telecom infrastructure, besides owning valuable real estate," the statement said.
MTS (Sistema) will proceed to carry 10 according to cent stake in RCom, with out a presence at the board.
In the biggest consolidation within the nation's telecom sector, RCom and Aircel's majority proprietor, Malaysia's Maxis Communications Berhad (MCB), introduced signing of definitive documents for the merger in their Indian wi-fi businesses.
RCom and Aircel will cling 50 according to cent every within the new company. The board of the brand new company may have equivalent representation from the 2 aspects.
"The RCom-Aircel combination will create a strong operator clearly ranked amongst India's top 4 telcos by customer base and revenues, also ranking amongst the top three operators by revenues in 12 important circles," each the corporations said in a joint statement.
RCom is India's 4th-biggest telecom operator with virtually 110 million customers, while Aircel ranks fifth with 84 million subscribers.
RCom had 9.eight according to cent marketplace percentage while Aircel had eight.five% percentage. Sistema, which RCom previous merged with, had zero.7% percentage.
Both the corporations will switch Rs 14,000 crore of debt every to the joint venture, taking the entire debt of the brand new company to Rs 28,000 crore, apart from Rs 6,000 crore of spectrum payment liability.
The deal will lend a hand RCom pare its debt by Rs 20,000 crore (or 40 according to cent of the entire debt on its books).
"RCom will continue to own and operate its high growth businesses in the domestic and global enterprise space, Data Centres, optic fibre and related telecom infrastructure, besides owning valuable real estate," the statement said.
MTS (Sistema) will proceed to carry 10 according to cent stake in RCom, with out a presence at the board.
RCom, Aircel announce merger; create fourth largest telco in India
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