Articles tagged with: Essar and Asia Pacific

Eyes turn to Africa and Mid-East for telecoms M&A deals as private equity stalls

Africa and the Middle East are poised for increased M&A activity and consolidation in the telecoms industry following a global decline in deal value and volumes in 2007 - says a report from PricewaterhouseCoopers. The report reveals that the total disclosed deal value globally fell from ¢â€š¬332 billion in 2006 to ¢â€š¬185 billion in 2007, while deal volumes declined from 1,260 in 2006 to 1,190 in 2007.  more

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India's Essar Group Invests in Kenyan Operator

Africa's Econet Wireless International (EWI) has sold a 49% stake in the company to India's essar Communications Holdings (ECHL). The companies said that the move would significantly benefit Econet Wireless Kenya (EWK), which is 70% owned by EWI, from a rollout as well as product offering perspective. essar says that it will actively participate with EWI in the network rollout of EWK.  more

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UPDATE: Vodafone India Unveils Cost Cuts, IBM Deal

(Adds detail and comment).  more

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Vodafone's First Half Results - An in Depth Study

This article, supplied by The Mobile World contains more charts and data in their subscription service.  more

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