Vodafone-Wind merger will happen, thinks OTE

Canadian mobile operator Globalive Wireless (Wind Mobile) is unlikely to enter the country’s upcoming auction of ‘digital dividend’ 700MHz 4G wireless spectrum, particularly if a portion of bandwidth is not reserved for recent market entrants, according to Naguib Sawiris, the former chairman of its Egyptian backer Orascom Telecom. Wind launched 3G services in December 2009 and has expanded to six major cities but has had to overcome legal challenges to its ownership structure, and says it has encountered various other regulatory obstacles. [More]

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