The Likely Bharti Airtel & Mtn Merger
THE LIKELY MERGER BETWEEN BHARTI AIRTEL AND MTN
Let me start of by giving a brief introduction on the background of the two companies involved, that is Bharti Airtel & South Africa’s MTN, about whom we will be talking at length later on in the discussion.
COMPANY PROFILES:
Bharti Airtel: Bharti Airtel is the flagship company of Bharti enterprises. It is India’s largest and first private telecom service provider with a footprint in all three 23 telecom circles. Bharti Airtel since its inception has been at the forefront of technology and has steered the course of the telecom sector in the country with its world class products and services. The businesses at Bharti Airtel have been structured into three individual strategic business units (SBU’s) - Mobile Services, Airtel Telemedia Services & Enterprise Services. The mobile business provides mobile & fixed wireless services using GSM technology across 23 telecom circles while the Airtel Telemedia Services business offers broadband & telephone services in 95 cities and has recently launched India's best Direct-to-Home (DTH) service, Airtel digital TV. The Enterprise services provide end-to-end telecom solutions to corporate customers and national & international long distance services to carriers. All these services are provided under the Airtel brand.
MTN Group Limited: MTN Group Ltd, together with its subsidiaries, provides communication services. The company principally offers cellular network access and business solutions. It also offers convenience services, including ATM TopUp, voicemail, voicemail lite, WASP, and wakeup call; messaging services comprising SMS, MMS, Email2SMS, and SMS2Email; mobile banking services; and broadband services. MTN Group serves approximately 40 million subscribers in 21 countries, principally Botswana, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Nigeria, the Republic of Congo, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia, Iran, Afghanistan, Benin, Cyprus, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, the Guinea
Let me start of by giving a brief introduction on the background of the two companies involved, that is Bharti Airtel & South Africa’s MTN, about whom we will be talking at length later on in the discussion.
COMPANY PROFILES:
Bharti Airtel: Bharti Airtel is the flagship company of Bharti enterprises. It is India’s largest and first private telecom service provider with a footprint in all three 23 telecom circles. Bharti Airtel since its inception has been at the forefront of technology and has steered the course of the telecom sector in the country with its world class products and services. The businesses at Bharti Airtel have been structured into three individual strategic business units (SBU’s) - Mobile Services, Airtel Telemedia Services & Enterprise Services. The mobile business provides mobile & fixed wireless services using GSM technology across 23 telecom circles while the Airtel Telemedia Services business offers broadband & telephone services in 95 cities and has recently launched India's best Direct-to-Home (DTH) service, Airtel digital TV. The Enterprise services provide end-to-end telecom solutions to corporate customers and national & international long distance services to carriers. All these services are provided under the Airtel brand.
MTN Group Limited: MTN Group Ltd, together with its subsidiaries, provides communication services. The company principally offers cellular network access and business solutions. It also offers convenience services, including ATM TopUp, voicemail, voicemail lite, WASP, and wakeup call; messaging services comprising SMS, MMS, Email2SMS, and SMS2Email; mobile banking services; and broadband services. MTN Group serves approximately 40 million subscribers in 21 countries, principally Botswana, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Nigeria, the Republic of Congo, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia, Iran, Afghanistan, Benin, Cyprus, Ghana, Guinea Bissau, the Guinea