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Orascom Telecom sells stake in undersea cable firmOrascom Telecom Media and Technology Holding (OTMT) has executed an agreement with Network i2i, a unit of India-based Bharti Airtel, for the sale of its entire stake in its subsidiary Middle East and North Africa Submarine Cable (MENA). More… |
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Mobily seals Bharti Airtel partnership dealSaudi-based telecom operator Mobily has entered into a strategic partnership deal with Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa. The duo signed a Master Carr More… |
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Etisalat, Airtel deal to boost network servicesEtisalat, a leading telecom operator, and India-based Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecom firm, have entered into a partnership to set up a multi-service regional network infrastructure node in Etisalat’s SmartHub facility. More… |
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India's Bharti eyes $2bn from Africa towers saleIndia's Bharti Airtel plans to sell most of its transmitter towers in Africa, in a process that could raise up to $2 billion for the country's top telecom operator and help reduce its debt. Bharti, which entered Africa wit More… |
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Warid sells Congo unit to Bharti AirtelIndia's Bharti Airtel has entered into a definitive agreement with the UAE-based Warid Group to acquire its telecom operations in Congo. The acquisition will make Airtel the largest mobile operator in Congo with around 2.6 mil More… |
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Bharti Airtel eyes mobile data pushBharti Airtel said it was confident of growing its high-speed mobile data business and turning around its struggling African operations after reporting a bigger-than-expected fall in fiscal second-quarter profit, its seventh consecutive quart More… |
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Zain wins deal of year awardZain has won the TelecomFinance Middle East and Africa Deal of the Year award for the sale of its Africa assets to Bharti Airtel in June last year for $10.7 billion. The Zain-Bharti Airtel deal was shortlisted among six other deals in the More… |
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India-Europe submarine cable launchedIMEWE (India-Middle East-Western Europe), a consortium of nine partners comprising top global telecom operators, has announced the launch of a high-capacity, fibre-optic submarine cable that stretches from India to Europe. The Imewe consor More… |
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IBM wins big Bharti Africa dealIndian telecom major Bharti Airtel has selected selected global technology giant IBM to manage the computing technology and services running its newly acquired mobile networks in 16 African countries. The strategic partnership will enable More… |
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Zain cuts workforce by 70pc says reportKuwaiti telecoms firm Zain, which sold most of its African assets to India's Bharti Airtel, has lowered its workforce by 70 percent, its chief executive said in published remarks. 'The group's workforce has been lowered by 70 p More… |
