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Mittal, Ambani set for knockout in 2020 heavyweight telco champion's title

It's been a bruising battle but Mittal has managed to remain standing without conceding much market share to his rival and keeping his debt under control

Sunil Mittal, Sunil Mittal
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The opportunity for the two men — Bharti Airtel’s Sunil Mittal (right) and Reliance Jio’s Mukesh Ambani — to realise their ambitions will unfurl next year when the finances of the third player, Vodafone Idea which has over 300 million customers, are

Surajeet Das Gupta New Delhi
In the bout for the 2020 undisputed heavyweight champion’s title, there are no prizes for guessing who the contenders are. In one corner of the ring is Sunil Mittal, the undisputed star for decades whose company Bharti Airtel has been ousted from the top slot — in terms of revenue market share — this year.
 
It’s been a bruising battle but Mittal has managed to remain standing without conceding much market share to his rival and keeping his debt under control, even though it could be high in the red (a loss of over Rs 23,000 crore) if he