- MTN ends negotiations for $10 bn Orascom Tele deal
MTN Group ended talks with Weather Investments about acquiring $10 billion of assets of Orascom Telecom Holding.
10 Jun, 2010, 02.05 AM IST
- Govts will support any decision of RCOM and MTN
Indian and South African governments will not get involved in any deal between Reliance Communications and MTN, should the two companies on...
04 Jun, 2010, 01.14 AM IST
- MTN says talks with Egypt's Orascom continue
MTN Group Ltd, Africa's largest mobile phone company, said it is still in talks with Orascom Telecom Holding SAE.
03 Jun, 2010, 09.45 PM IST
- Any deal with MTN is fine if it meets S African laws: Minister
South Africa on Wednesday said any merger deal between MTN and any other global telecom company would have to clear its regulatory processe...
02 Jun, 2010, 09.02 PM IST
- MTN to reopen merger lines with Anil Ambani
South Africa's MTN could reopen merger negotiations with Reliance Communications in a board meeting to be held today. Top 10 telcos of the ...
01 Jun, 2010, 07.00 AM IST
- Will RCom-MTN deal be resurrected?
With the Ambani brothers deciding to smoke the peace pipe, speculation is rife on whether the deal between Anil Ambani's Reliance Communica...
31 May, 2010, 10.40 PM IST
Bharti Airtel’s yet another misadventure with MTNBharti Airtel’s second misadventure with MTN strengthens the belief that it may be easy to flirt with the South African telco, but consumma...
01 Oct, 2009, 06.28 AM IST
- MTN thanks India, South African govt for support
Telecom major MTN on Wednesday thanked the Indian and the South African governments for "co-operation and supportive approach" for the prop...
30 Sep, 2009, 10.21 PM IST
- Proposed deal with Bharti fits into emerging mkt strategy: MTN
MTN Group CEO Phuthuma Nhleko has termed as "transformational" the potential transaction with Bharti Airtel to create the world's third lar...
27 Aug, 2009, 03.56 PM IST
Bharti may rope in E&Y to advise on MTN dealBharti Airtel may ask E&Y to do a due diligence on South African telecom major MTN, the company with which it is in talks for a complex mut...
25 Jun, 2009, 02.56 AM IST
MTN bid won't trigger open offer by MTN for Bharti's sharesAs the deal is not a pure acquisition, but getting completed under a scheme, a co source said it would not trigger an open offer by MTN as ...
26 May, 2009, 10.19 AM IST
MTN's demand for majority stake derailed round oneBharti's announcement of merger with MTN comes exactly a year after India's largest mobile phone operator called off merger talks.
26 May, 2009, 04.53 AM IST
Bharti Airtel, MTN in $23 billion merger deal talksBharti and MTN have agreed to hold exclusive talks with each other till July 31, 2009.
25 May, 2009, 04.02 PM IST
- Bharti, MTN renew acquisition talks; to acquire 49%
Bharti would acquire 49% shareholding in MTN and, in turn, MTN and its shareholders would acquire an approximate 36% economic interest in B...
25 May, 2009, 10.45 AM IST
- MTN sends feelers to Bharti for fresh talks
South African telco MTN is learnt to have sent feelers to Bharti for reviving talks, if it fails to clinch a deal with Reliance Comm, accor...
15 Jul, 2008, 05.09 AM IST
- Haze over MTN deal as deadline passes
Anil Ambani-controlled Reliance Communications (RCOM) and South African telco MTN played out their own little cliffhanger. New iPhone I Por...
09 Jul, 2008, 08.00 AM IST
- RCOM, MTN try to stitch complex deal
RCOM may present its Indian minority shareholders the option of swapping their shares with MTN at the same rate as its promoters, ADAG. Hot...
30 May, 2008, 05.40 AM IST