Telecom market now down to nearly 2.5 players: Bharti Airtel chairman Sunil Mittal

NEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel chairman Sunil Mittal on Thursday said the Indian telecom market is now down to nearly 2.5 operators as one player is increasingly becoming “a question mark”. Mittal added that Airtel weathered three-four big crises, including disruption caused by launch of Jio in 2016, and has emerged out of market adversities in a healthy shape.

Speaking at the Amazon Smbhav event, Mittal said that Airtel had encountered “several near death experiences” in the past and had demonstrated that it is a company which will thrive even in crisis.