Amazon may buy 5% stake worth $2 billion in Bharti Airtel


Published On: Thursday, June 4, 2020 | By:

Amazon may buy 5% stake worth $2 billion in Bharti Airtel

Amazon.com is in early-stage talks to buy a stake worth at least $2 billion in mobile operator Bharti Airtel, according to sources. The planned investment, if completed, would mean Amazon acquiring a roughly 5% stake based on the current market value of Bharti, which is India's third-largest telecoms company with more than 300 million subscribers. The discussions between Amazon and Bharti come at a time when global players are placing major bets on the digital arm of Reliance Industries, which owns Bharti's telecom rival Jio. Reliance's digital unit has raised $10 billion in recent weeks from Facebook, KKR, and others. The talks between Bharti and Amazon are at an early stage and the deal terms could change, or an agreement may not be reached, according to the sources.

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