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Tata Tele Business Services Limited (TTBSL), formally known as Tata Tele Services Limited (TTSL), is an Indian
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,
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s and cloud service provider based in
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. It is a subsidiary of the
Tata Group The Tata Group () is an Indian multinational conglomerate headquartered in Mumbai. Established in 1868, it is India's largest conglomerate, with products and services in over 150 countries, and operations in 100 countries across six continent ...
, an Indian conglomerate. It operated fixed line services under the brand name Tata Tele Broadband in various telecom circles of India. Tata Teleservices used to provide mobile services under
Tata DoCoMo Tata Docomo was an Indian mobile network operator, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Teleservices. In October 2017, Bharti Airtel announced a merger deal with Tata Teleservices and the acquisition of Tata Docomo. As of 21 July 2019, all Tata ...
(GSM mobile operator, wireless broadband). In August 2017, Tata Teleservices sought to exit mobile network division due to large losses and debt, then sold its unit to
Bharti Airtel Bharti Airtel Limited, commonly known as (d/b/a) Airtel, is an Indian multinational telecommunications services company based in New Delhi. It operates in 18 countries across South Asia and Africa, as well as the Channel Islands. Currently, ...
in a debt free and cash-free deal and described as virtually free;
Airtel Bharti Airtel Limited, commonly known as (d/b/a) Airtel, is an Indian multinational telecommunications services company based in New Delhi. It operates in 18 countries across South Asia and Africa, as well as the Channel Islands. Current ...
will only pay a part of Tata Teleservices's unpaid spectrum payment liability. In November 2017, Tata Teleservices customers transitioned to the Airtel mobile network under an Intra Circle Roaming (ICR) arrangement.
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s and billing plans remained the same. The consumer mobile businesses of Tata Docomo, Tata Teleservices (TTSL) and Tata Teleservices Maharashtra Limited (TTML) have been merged into
Bharti Airtel Bharti Airtel Limited, commonly known as (d/b/a) Airtel, is an Indian multinational telecommunications services company based in New Delhi. It operates in 18 countries across South Asia and Africa, as well as the Channel Islands. Currently, ...
from 1 July 2019. The Key Managerial Personnel (KMP) at Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Limited India are Kush Swatantra Bhatnagar as Cfo(Kmp), Harjit Singh as Manager and Vrushali Neelesh Dhamnaskar as Company Secretary. Narendra Damodar Jadhav, Thambiah Elango, Ramanathan Kumar and 3 other members are presently associated as directors.


History

In February 2008, TTSL announced that it would provide
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mobile services targeted towards the youth, in association with the
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on a franchisee model basis. In November 2008, Japanese telecom giant NTT Docomo picked up a 26 per cent equity stake in Tata Indicom, a subsidiary of Tata Teleservices, for about or an
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of . NTT DoCoMo announced on 25 April 2014 that they would sell 100% of their shares in Tata Indicom to Tata Teleservices and exit Indian market. The company had reported a loss of $780 million during financial year ending 31 March 2014. By 1 April 2015, all Virgin Mobile CDMA &
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customers have been migrated into the umbrella Tata Indicom brand (Tata Indicom for Mumbai NCR). On 9 October 2017 Tata Teleservices announced it is preparing an exit plan for most of its 5,000-odd employees, which includes a notice of three to six months, severance packages for those willing to leave earlier, a voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) for elders, while transferring only a small part of its employees to other group companies. On 12 October 2017, Bharti Airtel announced that it would acquire the consumer mobile businesses of Tata Teleservices Ltd (TTSL) and Tata Teleservices Maharastra Ltd (TTML) in a debt-free cash-free deal. The deal will essentially be free for Airtel which will only incur TTSL's unpaid spectrum payment liability. TTSL will continue to operate its enterprise, fixed line and broadband businesses and its stake in tower company Viom Networks. The deal received approval from the
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(CCI) in mid-November 2017. On 29 August 2018, Bharti Airtel, got its shareholders approval for the merger proposal with Tata Teleservices. On 17 January 2019 NCLT Delhi gave final approval merger between Tata Docomo and Airtel. Department of Telecom (DoT), and Competition Commission of India (CCI) gave green signals for merger deal between
Bharti Airtel Bharti Airtel Limited, commonly known as (d/b/a) Airtel, is an Indian multinational telecommunications services company based in New Delhi. It operates in 18 countries across South Asia and Africa, as well as the Channel Islands. Currently, ...
and Tata Teleservices. The consumer mobile businesses of Tata Docomo, Tata Teleservices (TTSL) and Tata Teleservices Maharashtra Limited (TTML) have been merged into
Bharti Airtel Bharti Airtel Limited, commonly known as (d/b/a) Airtel, is an Indian multinational telecommunications services company based in New Delhi. It operates in 18 countries across South Asia and Africa, as well as the Channel Islands. Currently, ...
from 1 July 2019.


See also

* Mobile phone companies of India *
VSNL Tata Communications Limited (previously known as Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited) is an Indian telecommunications company. It was previously a government- owned-telecommunications service provider and under the ownership of Department of Teleco ...


References

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