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21.07.2008« [telecommunications — телекоммуникация — telekommunikation]
south africa — mtn-reliance talks ended
MTN of South Africa and India’s Reliance Communications have ended their merger negotiations. The two firms have been discussing a possible combination since late June, but have found legal and regulatory issues blocking the way to a tie-up. The combined MTN-Reliance would have controlled around 120 million cellular subscribers across Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
Source: TeleGeography's CommsUpdate
mtn group
MTN Group Limited (MTN Group) is a provider of communication services, offering cellular network access and business solutions. The Company operates in 21 countries in Africa and the Middle East. During the year ended December 31, 2006, it recorded more than 40 million subscribers across its operations. MTN Groups operating regions in South and East Africa includes MTN South Africa, MTN Swaziland, MTN Zambia, MTN Uganda, MTN Rwanda and Mascom Botswana. Its operating regions in West and Central Africa includes MTN Nigeria, MTN Cameroon, MTN Congo-Brazzaville, MTN Cote dIvoire, MTN Benin, MTN Ghana, MTN Guinea Bissau, MTN Guinea and MTN Liberia. The Companys operating regions in Middle East and North Africa MTN Irancell and MTN Afghanistan, MTN Cyprus, MTN Sudan, MTN Syria, MTN Yemen and Mednet. MTN Group holds 49% of MTN Irancell with the balance held by the Iran Electronic Development Company. This Greenfield operation was launched on October 21, 2006.
reliance communications
Reliance Communications Limited is an integrated telecommunications service provider. Reliance Communications Limited has established a pan-India, next generation, integrated (wireless and wireline), convergent (voice, data and video) digital network that is capable of supporting services spanning the entire infocomm value chain, covering over 15,000 towns and 400,000 villages. Reliance Communications owns and operates a next-generation Internet protocol (IP)-enabled connectivity infrastructure, comprising over 165,000 kilometers of fiber optic cable systems in India, United States, Europe, Middle East and the Asia Pacific region. The Company has a customer base of 50 million, including over 1.5 million individual overseas retail customers. Its corporate clientele includes 1850 Indian and multinational corporations, and over 250 global carriers. The Company is the flagship company of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. In April 2008, the Company acquired a 90% in eWave World Ltd.
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