sentences:  On 2 January 2017, "The Economic Times" reported that Airtel had entered into discussions with Telenor India to acquire the latter.On 23 February 2017, Airtel announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Telenor.As part of the deal, Airtel will acquire Telenor India's assets and customers in all seven telecom circles that the latter operates in - Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh (East), Uttar Pradesh (West) and Assam.