CCI confirms acquisition of Tata Communications Limited by Panatone Finvest Limited
CIOReviewIndia Team | Tuesday, 23 February 2021, 07:09 IST
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) confirms acquisition by Panatone Finvest Limited (“Acquirer”) of Tata Communications Limited (“TCL”) under Section 31(1) of the Competition Act, 2002, today.
The Proposed Combination foresees the proposed acquisition of such shareholding not exceeding 26.12% by the Acquirer in the Target (“Proposed Combination”). As a result of the Proposed Combination, the Acquirer Group / Tata Group would increase its shareholding from 48.87% to such shareholding not exceeding 74.99%.
The Acquirer is a Systemically Important Non-Deposit Taking Core Investment Company (“CIC-ND-SI”) registered with the Reserved Bank of India and is a subsidiary of Tata Sons and belongs to the Tata Group.
TCL is part of the Tata group and is a facilities-based service provider of a broad range of integrated communications services. It creates revenue from three business segments - wholesale voice, enterprise and carrier data and others. In India, TCL is, directly and indirectly through its subsidiaries, engaged in the following activities:
- International Long-Distance services (“ILD”) – voice;
- National Long-Distance services (“NLD”) – voice;
- Undersea cable systems (“UCS”);
- Internet Service Provider (“ISP”), offering connectivity, messaging, Internet telephony; and
- Enterprise business providing valued added services
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