The statement comes after several news reports during the weekend stated that US telecom majors -- Verizon, Amazon and Starlink are in the race to acquire the debt-ridden telecom company.
The said instalments had an interest rate of 10% and have been prepaid by Airtel, leveraging much lower cost financing available to it, says the telecom major.
The proposed transaction envisages Airtel being granted a stake in Dialog, representing the fair value of Airtel Lanka.
Vodafone-Idea shares opened a tad lower at ₹8.53, against the previous closing price of ₹8.57 on the BSE.
