so further 3 million users left RCOM in March 17
Bringing total down to 84 Million (VLR 81% Feb)
Aircel subscriber March 17 at 90 Million (VLR 61% Feb)
Assuming merger formality to be completed in few months (Total Subscriber around 170 Million, 122 Million as per VLR)
Combined entity still distance 4th(or may be 5th by the time merger gets completed),
With Huge debt and no key selling point(Probably except for AIRCEL strong n/w down south), combined entity is going to closed/sold soon
Jio is a threat to everyone. Teleco's need to make profit to stay in the game. Teleco's need high ARPU customer. Customer having ARPU of less than 50 is in true sense liability (loss making customer). Having 100 Million voice customer with ARPU of 50 means monthly revenue of 500 Crore. yearly revenue 6000 Crore.. Make 200 million of such customer yearly revenue is just 12000Cr..Pan India Telco cant survive with such low revenue. So if someone is saying that RCOM/AIRCEL combo will survive with just 2G services....they are completely wrong.