Reliance Communications, Aircel to combine mobile business

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Reuters MUMBAI
Last Updated : Sep 14 2016 | 7:07 PM IST

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's Reliance Communications Ltd has agreed to combine its mobile phone services business with smaller rival Aircel to create the nation's third-biggest cellular carrier by subscribers.

Reliance Communications and Aircel's parent Malaysia's Maxis will own half each of the merged entity, the companies said in a joint statement on Wednesday.

(Reporting by Sankalp Phartiyal, editing by Louise Heavens)

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First Published: Sep 14 2016 | 6:55 PM IST