Sectoral Spotlight: Telecom to see further consolidation; focus shifts to Bharti Airtel ahead of Q4 results

Bharti Airtel is expected to benefit from a migration of subscribers from Vodafone India and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited in India, according to analysts. Bharti Airtel, along with Reliance Jio Infocomm, are likely to gain as the sector consolidates. The sector is moving away from three to four fights to a duopoly, the analysts from Prabhudas Lilladher said. The telecoms industry lost 1.1 million net wireless subscribers in February, according to regulator TRAI, but Jio and Bharti each gained a million.