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1. Airtel Malawi targets US$37.5m via IPO
(Malawi)
Part of a series of steps by Bharti Airtel to raise funds and reduce debt. Telecoms group Airtel aims to raise about US$37.5-million via an initial public offering (IPO) of shares of its Malawi ...
Created on 08 January 2020
2. Nigeria's operators keeping mum on 5G
(Nigeria)
... may limit its participation in 5G auction, attributing this to the "expensive spectrum and limited business case of 5G in the short to medium term". It noted that Bharti Airtel has raised a total of ...
Created on 12 August 2019
3. Airtel Nigeria's listing gives company's strategy a boost
(Nigeria)
... that will be used to pare debt and free up cash in order to better position Bharti Airtel in India's highly competitive market. In a statement released to the media, Airtel Africa chairman Sunil Mittal ...
Created on 09 July 2019
4. GSMA: Forty CEOs Back Launch of Digital Declaration at Davos
(Business Wire)
... industry and governments. The 40 business leaders who have already committed to the declaration span several industry sectors and include representatives from: Bharti Airtel, China Mobile, China Telecom, ...
Created on 24 January 2019
5. Is 2018 Africa's year for tech-driven FDI?
(Africa)
... with international telecoms industry investors such as Bharti Airtel eager to leverage opportunity in the continent's communications and FinTech industries. Econet Wireless in Zimbabwe has invested in ...
Created on 31 October 2018
6. Telecel Mali completes first phase of network deployment
(Mali)
... venture established by Monaco Telecom and local holding company Planor Afrique. The venture outbid Bharti Airtel and Viettel Corporation to secure the country's third telecom's license in 2012 for an amount ...
Created on 28 September 2018
7. Uganda wants MTN to list locally before licence extension
(Uganda)
... unit of India's Bharti Airtel and other smaller players. According to the group's financial results last year, MTN Uganda has a subscriber base of 10.7 million while its revenue for the year surged 10% ...
Created on 17 August 2018
8. Telecom Egypt moves to monetise US$90 million MENA cable
(Africa)
Bharti Airtel pens new agreement with Egyptian telco for long-term use of cable, along with other infrastructure. Bharti Airtel plans to enter into a permanent agreement with Telecom Egypt to secure ...
Created on 07 August 2018
9. Anger as Uganda's social media tax takes hold
(Uganda)
... including a unit of South Africa's MTN Group and India's Bharti Airtel until access is granted upon payment of the tax. Payment of the 200 shillings ($0.0541) per-user-per-day levy is made via the telecoms' ...
Created on 31 July 2018
10. SA ICT firms add to Kenya's US$672 million FDI in 2017
(Africa)
... Uber, Facebook and India's Bharti Airtel into that economy.  ...
Created on 13 June 2018
11. Uganda's telecoms regulator to probe MTN on mobile money policies
(Uganda)
... have a mobile money account. The firm is Uganda's biggest telecom concern, followed by India's Bharti Airtel. The Twitter criticism was set off on Sunday by a university lecturer who tweeted that he ...
Created on 31 May 2018
12. Airtel secures Niger Republic's first 4G license
(Niger)
... since it was acquired in 2010 by Bharti Airtel. The company has been Niger's leading operator since the liberalisation of the telecoms sector in 2001.  ...
Created on 03 May 2018
13. Tanzania govt, Bharti Airtel go head-to-head over Airtel Tanzania
(Tanzania)
Claims of irregularities in switching shares of TTCL in 2001 when the company was operating as Celtel Tanzania. Talks have started between the Tanzanian government and India's Bharti Airtel over ...
Created on 16 March 2018
14. New deadline for sale of Nigeria's 9mobile
(Nigeria)
... Teleology Holdings Limited, promoted by Adrian Wood, the pioneer CEO of MTN Nigeria; Smile Telecoms Holdings; and Helios Investment Partners LLP, as well as Bharti Airtel and Globacom. NCC favours consolidation ...
Created on 08 January 2018
15. It's a go for Mali's new telco
(Mali)
Atel-SA aims to raise and invest over US$200m to service the market. Alpha Telecommunications Mali (Atel-SA) operating as Telecel has tested the reliability of its network and is now offering telecoms ...
Created on 05 January 2018
16. Bharti Airtel pursues Tigo Rwanda deal
(Rwanda)
Latest development in Millicom's exit strategy in Africa. Following the successful merger of Airtel and Tigo in Ghana, Bharti Airtel and Millicom International Cellular SA have extended their partnership ...
Created on 26 December 2017
17. The last thing MTN Nigeria needs right now
(Nigeria)
... the firm and exit Nigeria. Other top bidders for the company are India's Bharti Airtel and ntel - formerly NITEL/ MTel. Going by progress recorded, a new claim of non-deactivation of SIMs is the least ...
Created on 06 November 2017
18. Alpha Telecom Mali ready to engage market
(Mali)
... Afrique. The venture outbid Bharti Airtel and Viettel Corporation to secure the country's third telecom's license in 2012 for an amount of XOF55 billion. It signed the concession for the acquisition ...
Created on 01 November 2017
19. Vodacom Tanzania IPO opened up to foreigners
(Tanzania)
... 12.7 million active subscribers as at 31 March 2017. Tigo Tanzania − a subsidiary of Swedish telecoms and media group Millicom − and the local unit of India's Bharti Airtel are also planning listings ...
Created on 11 July 2017
20. Telekom Networks Malawi expects 50% growth in after-tax profit
(Malawi)
... with Bharti Airtel for market share within Malawi's population of 17 million. TNM's investment of approximately US$12 million in the 2016 full year period paid off say experts and has also contributed ...
Created on 31 May 2017