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Tata Teleservices And Bharti Airtel Merger: Shares of Tata Teleservices Rise By 17 Percent

Lawstreet Journal 10 Feb 2020 5:32pm

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After the announcement of the merger of Bharti Airtel and Tata Teleservices approved by the Department of Telecommunications (DOT) which is consumer mobile business undertaking of the company into Bharti Airtel Limited, there was a rise in the shares of Tata Teleservices by 17 per cent. The announcement of the merger was made almost a year ago and National Company Administrative Tribunal (NCLAT) approved the order in December 2019. There was a press release made by Tata Teleservices regarding the approval by the Department of Telecommunications (DOT) which says, “The Department of Telecommunications vide their letter dated February 6, 2020, has conveyed approval of the Competent Authority in DoT for taking on record demerger of Consumer Mobile Business Undertaking of the Company into Bharti Airtel Limited in terms of the Composite Scheme of Arrangement between the Company and BAL which was approved by the respective Shareholders and Creditors”

Before the merger was announced by the Bharti India Limited, DoT had asked for a guarantee of Rs. 8,000 crores before taking deal on record. Later, The Disputes Settlement and Appellant Tribunal (TDSAT) gave directions to DoT to accept the merger and take it on record. Bharti Airtel will exercise control over Tata Services’ CMB service in 19 telecom circles- 17 under TTSL and 2 under Tata Services (Maharashtra) Limited and has agreed to take over a small portion of the unpaid spectrum liability of Tata Teleservices. The merger reinforces Airtel’s radio-waves pool with supplementary 178.5 MHz spectrum in 1800, 2100 and 850 MHz bands, widely used for 4G services.… Continue Reading...


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