The proposed merger is the latest in a series of deals that will see consolidation in the highly competitive Indian mobile industry, a market thrown into even more turmoil last year thanks to the entry of 4G operator Reliance Jio. In January Vodafone said it was in talks with Idea Cellular, and last year Aircel and Reliance Com-munications – usually known as RCom and unrelated to Reliance Jio – said they were merging.