Close-up on Orascom Telecom

Orascom, the prize asset of the Sawiris family and mobile phone operator of choice for 33.4 million people, will soon come under greater pressure from its regional rivals, Etisalat Misr in Egypt, Zain and Qatar's Qtel in Iraq and a forthcoming new entrant into the Algerian market.



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