Batelco looks overseas

02 November 2007
Batelco, Bahrain's largest mobile phone operator, wants to spend $4,000 million on foreign telecoms companies or new licences over the next two to three years. Chief executive officer Peter Kaliaropoulos says Batelco is targeting the new licence in Kuwait, privatisations in Lebanon and Muscat's sale of a strategic stake in Omantel.

Batelco, Bahrain's largest mobile phone operator, wants to spend $4,000 million on foreign telecoms companies or new licences over the next two to three years. Chief executive officer Peter Kaliaropoulos says Batelco is targeting the new licence in Kuwait, privatisations in Lebanon and Muscat's sale of a strategic stake in Omantel.

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