MARKET TRENDS

| Last week, India’s largest telecom operator Bharti Airtel announced the acquisition of Telenor’s Indian unit | Bharti Airtel’s revenue market share will rise to 35.6 per cent after the acquisition | Vodafone and Idea are considering a merger of their Indian businesses, a move that would create the biggest telecom operator in the country with about $12 billion in sales | Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications has signed a pact to merge its wireless business with smaller rival Aircel