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India's largest telecoms operator, Bharti Airtel, has shelved plans to sell a large stake in its direct-to-home (DTH) business Airtel Digital TV after talks failed with financial and strategic investors, sources directly familiar with the matter told TOI.
Sunil Mittal-led Bharti was negotiating to sell at least 25% in the DTH unit valuing it about $1.5 billion, however, the telecoms-to-retail group was unable to get the desired valuation from prospective buyers, which included Los Angeles-based investment firm Saban Capital, PE firm Carlyle and Liberty Media. The stake sale move was part of Bharti's deleveraging plan after being saddled with billion dollars of debt accumulated after the acquisition of Zain's African operations and spends on 3G spectrum bidding.
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Sunil Mittal-led Bharti was negotiating to sell at least 25% in the DTH unit valuing it about $1.5 billion, however, the telecoms-to-retail group was unable to get the desired valuation from prospective buyers, which included Los Angeles-based investment firm Saban Capital, PE firm Carlyle and Liberty Media. The stake sale move was part of Bharti's deleveraging plan after being saddled with billion dollars of debt accumulated after the acquisition of Zain's African operations and spends on 3G spectrum bidding.
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