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Egypt's Orascom gives up India hopes

Essar finds unlikely ally in Orascom

Naguib Sawiris, CEO of Orascom, which is open to acquire Hutch-Essar, said during his India visit that "they (Essar) felt bad because they thought they were not consulted before (the Egyptian firm) came on board.

Orascom threat to India? Pak wonders

Amid reports of security concerns over Egypt's Orascom acquiring indirect stake in Hutch-Essar, Pakistan telecom regulator Shahzada Alam Malik wondered on Friday how a mobile operator working in his country could be a threat to India.

Orascom may part-sell Hutch stake

Egyptian mobile operator Orascom has said it was open to sell a part of its 19.3 per cent stake in Hutchison Telecom International Ltd, a promoter of Indian cellular joint venture Hutch-Essar.

Hutch not to sell majority pie to Orascom

Orascom's Hutch stake gets DoT okay

Orascom chief exits HTIL board; eyes Brazilian buy

Egyptian telecom firm Orascom's CEO Naguib Sawiris has resigned from the board of Hong Kong-based Hutchison Telecom, days before its shareholders are scheduled to consider the sale of its stake in Indian mobile venture Hutch-Essar to Vodafone.

World View: No passage to India

For Orascom, the real jewel in HTIL's crown was Hutchison Essar, India's fourth largest mobile phone company and a natural complement to its existing operations in Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Egypt telecom major buys Hutch pie

Mortality rate high for foreign JVs

A day after Vodafone announced its $11.1 billion acquisition of Hutchison's equity holding in Hutch-Essar, India's fourth largest mobile service provider, it received an unsolicited advice from the Egyptian CEO of Orascom, Naguib Sawiris.

Hutchison Essar gets nod for 68% FDI

The Foreign Investment Promotion Board on Friday cleared 68 per cent foreign shareholding in cellular company Hutchison Essar, including the 10 per cent indirect stake held by Egyptian telecom operator Orascom.

Reliance, Bharti eye Qatar mobile market

Reliance Telecom and Bharti Airtel have entered the second round of qualifying process for a GSM-based mobile license in Qatar that the Gulf country plans to award by October this year.

FIPB seeks data on Hutch's shareholding pattern

Race to acquire Hutch hots up

The race for acquiring India's third largest mobile services provider Hutch, has hotted up with Reliance Communications backed by an US equity funder

Ruias hold stronger hand in Hutch stake sale game

Hutchison holds a 52 percent stake in Hutchison Essar and the Ruias-promoted Essar group 33 percent, while the rest is held by Analjit Singh of Max India and Hutchison Essar CEO Asim Ghosh.

Dealing with North Korea: What are the world's options?

After Pyongyang tests a missile potentially capable of reaching the US, Dr Rajaram Panda explores the realistic -- and peaceful -- options before Donald Trump and the international community at large.