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Top 10 stories of the week: January 30th to February 5th 2017

In no particular order, here are MediaNama’s top 10 stories of the week ended 5th February 2017 MediaNama would like to thank its sponsors: Indian Express, Bruce Clay, Google and E2E for their support. Telangana state to get centralized database of all citizens’ data The Telangana Government is planning a database of residents in the state, which will include details like names, aliases, family details, addresses and information on various documents like Aadhaar cards, passports, and driving licenses, reports Telangana Today. The police have currently floated a tender for this, and are accepting proposals till next week. Read it here Vodafone Group is in talks with Idea Cellular for a merger Vodafone Group Plc today confirmed media reports of a potential merger deal with Idea Cellular in India. The company said in a press statement that it is currently in discussions with Aditya Birla Group, which owns the Idea brand in India for “an all-share merger of Vodafone India and Idea”. The deal, however, does not include Vodafone India’s 42% stake in Indus Towers. Read it here Ingenico buys Techprocess; Consolidation in the Payments Gateway biz? French payments company Ingenico Group has announced an agreement to acquire 100% in TechProcess, an Indian payments gateway provider, via its subsidiary EBS. TechProcess had been funded by Greylock Partners (in 2007), Nokia Growth Partners, W Capital Partners, Battery Ventures, among others. The deal is expected to close by the end of this quarter, and the value of the deal has not been disclosed.…

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