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Reliance Jio's free offers caused 'unprecedented disruption' in telecom,says Kumar Mangalam Birla

Idea Cellular owner Billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla in his letter to shareholders on Thursday blamed rival Reliance Jio for causing "unprecedented disruption" in the telecom industry by offering free voice and data. 

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Reliance Jio's free offers caused 'unprecedented disruption' in telecom,says Kumar Mangalam Birla
Without naming Jio, Kumar Mangalam Birla in a letter to shareholders of Idea Cellular said flourishing telecom industry witnessed a 2% decline in annual revenues in 2016-17 fiscal. Image Source: Aditya Birla Group/Twitter
Written By: PTI
Updated: Fri, Jun 09, 2017
12:26 pm
New Delhi , PTI
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Billionaire Kumar Mangalam Birla has blamed rival Reliance Jio for causing "unprecedented disruption" in the telecom industry by offering free voice and data but hoped the sector would return to growth in 2017-18.

Without naming Jio, Birla in a letter to shareholders of Idea Cellular said flourishing telecom industry witnessed a 2% decline in annual revenues in 2016-17 fiscal.

The industry honcho's commentary in the latest annual report of Idea Cellular comes at a time when the telecom industry is facing a squeeze on revenue and profitability on account of competition intensified by the entry of

Reliance Jio is owned by billionaire Mukesh Ambani.

ALSO READ: Reliance Jio's free services hit Idea Cellular's Q4 margins; posts net loss of Rs 328 crore

"It has been a 'Period of Telecom Discontinuity', permanently changing mobility business parameters," Birla said adding that financial parameters for all mobile operators have sharply declined.

However, Birla said that the recovery is expected in 2017-18 with the new entrant starting to charge for its services, "albeit very slowly".

In spite of short term challenges, the Aditya Birla Group telecom company remains committed to the process of building world-class broadband services, Birla asserted.

On the mega merger of Vodafone's India unit with Idea, he said a joint merger notification has been filed with the Competition Commission of India (CCI) and the Scheme of Arrangement has been filed with Sebi and stock exchanges for their approvals.

The two companies will combine their operations in India (excluding Vodafone's 42% stake in Indus Towers) to create India's largest telecom operator.

"The combined company would become the leading communication provider in India with about 400 million customers, 35% customer market share and 41% Revenue Market Share...," he said in Chairman's letter to shareholders.

Birla exuded confidence that Idea will capitalise on the emerging opportunities in mobile voice, digital content, mobile banking and wireless data business as telecom market invariably moves towards consolidation with five major providers. 

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