Bharti Airtel considering bid for Millicom SL
Bharti Airtel CEO, Manoj Kohli told reporters in India that Airtel may bid for Millicom’s Sri Lankan operation. Bharti already operates in SL.
Wireless Federation had earlier reported that Millicom/Tigo Laos has been sold to Russia’s Vimpelcom.
Bharti is actively considering acquisitions in Africa and the world over after the talks with MTN collapsed.
Bharti group CEO Sunil Mittal has said that the company won’t engage in dialogue with MTN for a third time, after inconclusive talks twice.
Nasdaq-listed Millicom provides prepaid cellular telephony services to over 30 million customers in 16 emerging markets in Latin America, Africa and Asia.
Asked if Bharti Airtel was also interested in Kuwait’s Zain Telecom, Kohli said they will continue to explore international acquisitions. (Airtel-Zain, See Here)
Dialog Telecom launches 3g service in Colombo
Telekom Malaysia-owned Sri Lankan operator Dialog Telekom has launched 3G services in
Colombo, following the assignment of spectrum from the regulator on 16 August. Three other mobile operators were assigned with 3G spectrum from the TRC. Dialog paid USD 5 million for the 10MHz of FDD Duplex spectrum and 5 MHz of TDD spectrum in the UMTS band. Dialog already operated a trial network consisting of 12 base stations in the city of
Colombo, with equipment being supplied by Alcatel, Ericsson and Huawei.
Source- TP
Technorati : Alcatel, Dialog Telecom, Ericsson, Huawei, Sri Lanka
Ice Rocket : Alcatel, Dialog Telecom, Ericsson, Huawei, Sri Lanka
