Vodafone is also in talks to merge with Hutchison’s Three in Britain, but it will be a race to get the deal over the line before Read leaves...

Sources said the department of telecommunications is working out the package and will hold discussions with the finance ministry before it is finalised...

The hike was fuelled by news of the meeting between Kumar Mangalam Birla, Vodafone global head Nick Read, and telecom minister Ashwini Vaishnav...

The Supreme Court is due to hear the telecom case on March 17...

He is due to meet Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman and Ravi Shankar Prasad...