February 15th, 2017 5:21 PM 9 COMMENTS

Telecom consolidation in India will lead to massive layoffs: Report

The ongoing consolidation drive will lead to massive layoffs in the Indian telecom industry with as many as a third of over three lakh employees becoming redundant in the next 18 months as consolidation plays out, according to an ET report. The Economic Times, citing various experts and executives, reported that massive job losses are inevitable as telecom operators merging operations will streamline their respective businesses to remove redundancy and... Read More

May 15th, 2016 9:46 PM 15 COMMENTS

Consolidation to further help telcos like Airtel: Report

Brokerage CLSA, in a note, said that the consolidation drive will further accelerate as Norwegian operator Telenor's India unit is expected to either merge its operations or sell its spectrum, which will help bigger telcos like Bharti Airtel, which has been chipping away the revenue market share from players such as Telenor India. "Smaller operators like Telenor may either have to merge, curtail their operations further or trade their spectrum... Read More

November 22nd, 2015 4:20 AM 20 COMMENTS

What does telecom consolidation mean for you and me?

Well, there’s too much of buzz around consolidation in the telecom industry with cash-rich Reliance Jio’s entry, but what does it actually mean for a mobile user like you and me? Firstly, the good news for mobile users is that with consolidation there would be some improvement in the quality of services. When there are too many players in the sector, the resources gets badly divided and which means limited... Read More

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