Bharti Airtel to announce acquisition of Loop Mobile shortly: Report

17 Feb 2014 Evaluate

At a time when industry is gearing for consolidation, Bharti Airtel, reportedly, is likely to announce acquisition of Loop Mobile shortly. The deal is likely to be finalized for about Rs 700 crore. Loop Mobile has a debt of Rs 400 crore, which is likely to be included in the final transaction. Further, although government is about to announce new M&A guidelines, the deal can go through even under the existing rules.

Loop's licence is set to expire in the last quarter of this year. As per present rules, Loop which holds 8 mhz of airwave frequency in 900mhz band was required to participate in auction that concluded on February 13 to win back its spectrum for continuing operations. The company, however, did not participate in the auction.

On the other hand, Airtel participated in the 2G spectrum auctions and bought premium 900mhz spectrum in Mumbai service area for about Rs 2,800 crore, which amounts to 70 per cent premium over the base price.

Bharti Airtel is a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa. In India, the company's product offerings include 2G, 3G and 4G wireless services, mobile commerce, fixed line services, high speed DSL broadband, IPTV, DTH, enterprise services including national & international long distance services to carriers.

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