Telecom major Idea Cellular Ltd posted a fifth consecutive quarterly net loss on Wednesday, hurt by a sharp cut in interconnection fees that operators pay each other.


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Its net loss widened to Rs 1,285 crore ($202 million) in the third quarter ended December 31, versus a loss of Rs 384 crore a year earlier, Idea Cellular said on Wednesday. 


Eleven analysts, on average, expected the company to post a loss of Rs 12.80 billion, Thomson Reuters data shows.


Revenue from operations of the company, which is set to merge with Vodafone Group Plc`s Indian unit, fell about 25 percent to Rs 65.10 billion.


($1 = Rs 63.6725)