www.WirelessFederation.com/news: MTS, the Russian mobile operator, has reportedly announced its interest in 51% stake in Kazakhtelecom, the state owned fixed line operator and has submitted application for tender documents.
The Kazakhastani operator will be accepting the applications from potential buyers until 17 July, and August 31 would be the deadline for “binding offers”.
“We have submitted an application but will make the final decision after we carry out an audit in the company,” MTS spokeswoman Yelena Kokhanovskaya said.

“We will take into account high mobile phone penetration in Kazakshtan and the fact that this operator has a number three position on this market, when taking a decision about the price we may offer. We are definitely not going to overpay,” she said.