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Alfa Installs Fifth Solar Powered Base Station

..ight, the solar panels will continue to recharge the batteries, regardless of the worst weather conditions that Lebanon might experience during winter time. The system has been designed to operate during the rainiest and windiest days especiall more

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Orascom Telecom Q1 Down on Currency Devaluations

..ure OTH maintains a solid liquidity position that will allow it to weather the difficult credit market conditions without specific funding requirements." The company is also looking at other measures, including the possible stock market l more

Related Tags: orascom-telecom, tunisiana, mobilink, opex, Egypt


Fresh Talks Over Telekom Austria Sale

There are renewed rumours that the Austrian government is looking to sell its 27 percent stake in Telekom Austria - and named Egypt's Orascom Telecom as a potential bidder. The Egyptian firm has been named in several previous reports of a sale by the government.  more

Related Tags: orascom-telecom, telekom-austria, naguib-sawiris, oeiag, telekom, Austria


Orascom Telecom Debt Ratings Lowered on Weaker Growth in Pakistan, Bangladesh

Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has lowered its long-term corporate credit ratings on Orascom Telecom Holdings and Orascom Telecom Finance to 'B' from 'B+' following weaker growth expectations from its Pakistan- and Bangladesh-based operations.  more

Related Tags: edge, orascom-telecom, pakistan-mobile, mobilink, Pakistan


Comptel Wins Greek Number Portability Contract

Greek operator WIND Hellas has selected Comptel to provide a Provisioning and Activation Solution, as well as Mobile Number Portability (MNP) functionality. This deal follows the announcements in 2007 of Comptel being chosen as preferred supplier by Orascom Telecom, which is controlled by weather Investments - the owner of WIND Hellas.  more

Related Tags: wind, mobile-number-portability, number-portability, oss, weather-investments, wind-hellas, comptel, Greece


JP Morgan Advising on Telekom Austria Merger

The Austrian state investment company, OeIAG has reportedly hired JP Morgan to find a merger partner for Telekom Austria. The company's largest single shareholder is the Austrian government, though its holding firm, OeIAG.  more

Related Tags: orascom-telecom, naguib-sawiris, orascom-telecom-holding, oeiag, telekom, Austria


Orascom Seeking Merger with Telekom Austria - report

Egypt based Orascom Telecom Holding is reported to be in talks which could lead to it merging with Telekom Austria. The company's largest single shareholder is the Austrian government, though its holding firm, OeIAG.  more

Related Tags: elisa, orascom-telecom, telekom-austria, orascom-telecom-holding, telekom, Austria


Naguib Sawiris Open to Merging Orascom Telecom with Western Telco

Orascom Telecom's CEO, Naguib Sawiris has not ruled out the possibility that the company could merge with another operator in the future - although he has ruled out a complete sale of the company. In an interview with the Financial Times, Sawiris also said some western telecoms companies were "doomed" to lose their places among the 10 largest by market capitalisation unless they increased their emerging markets presence.  more

Related Tags: mtn, wind, orascom-telecom, naguib-sawiris, orascom-telecom-holding


Sawiris Looking to Sell 10% Stake in Weather Investments

Egypt's Naguib Sawiris says that he plans to sell a 10% stake in weather Investments, the holding company that owns the Italian mobile operator, Wind to a private equity group within the next few weeks. He declined to name the potential purchasers.  more

Related Tags: wind, orascom-telecom, naguib-sawiris, orascom-telecom-holding, Italy


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