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India: RCom, Sistema in talks to merge telecom businesses

By  |  June 15, 2015

Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communication has said it is in talks with AFK Sistema to merge the Russian conglomerate’s Indian telecom operations through a cashless stock swap.

“Reliance Communications and AFK Sistema have entered into exclusive discussions on a potential merger between the Indian telecom business of Sistema Shyam TeleServices and RCom through a stock swap,” the company said in a statement.

The discussions, it said, are “indicative and non-binding in nature, and remain subject to due diligence, definitive documentation and approvals, as may be necessary.”

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