 "Airtel-Tata Tele merger gets CCI nod")
Fair trade regulator Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the merger of Tata Teleservices with Bharti Airtel as consolidation in the telecom sector becomes a reality.
Airtel, which is acquiring Tata Teleservices virtually for free, will be getting around 71 MHz of liberalised spectrum and 40 million customers to add to its kitty as it gears up to fight bigger rivals in the form of Vodafone-Idea Cellular combine and also Reliance Jio.
The telecom sector is looking forward to a scenario where there will be three big private operators along with state-run BSNL. There may be smaller operators in the form
