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Catégorie : Afrique du Nord

Thursday 2 July 2009

Orange, Divona make best technical bid for Tunisian licence

Tunisia’s ministry of communications has selected a bid from France Telecom and Tunisian VSAT operator Divona for a 15-year fixed and mobile telecommunications licence.
The Divona/Orange-France Telecom consortium, which was in competition with Turkcell and three local backers, presented the best technical offer, according to the ministry’s statement. The award is provisional until all conditions are met under the terms of the international tender. The winning bidder is expected to start (...)

Friday 19 June 2009

Telefonica picks advisor for Meditel stake sale

Telefonica has selected investment bank Lazard as advisor for the sale of its 32.18 percent stake in Morocco’s mobile operator Meditel. Telefonica and Portugal Telecom each have 32.2 percent of Meditel, and in May PT hired Morgan Stanley to look for a buyer for its stake. At mid-May, press reports said that Telefonica was willing to sell its 32 percent stake in Meditel, if fellow shareholder Portugal Telecom (PT) succeeded in its attempt to find a buyer for its stake of equal size. (...)