New capital to be used to fight Algerian tax charge Represents about 49 new shares for every 10 held Shares up 3.5 percent CAIRO, Jan 13 (Reuters) - Egyptian mobile operator Orascom Telecom Holding , ...

CAIRO, May 20 (Reuters) - France Telecom (FT) has not replied to Orascom Telecom's offer of direct talks to resolve their dispute over their stakes in Egyptian mobile operator Mobinil, the chairman of ...

An Egyptian company that launched North Korea’s first 3G cellular network and attracted as many as 3 million subscribers has revealed that it lost control of the operator despite owning a majority ...

Egypt’s Orascom Telecom has agreed to a $2.2 billion joint venture with Kurdish operator Korek Telecom. Orascom will hold 70% of the venture and Korek 30%, Orascom announced yesterday. The venture ...

France Telecom and Orascom Telecom have reached a settlement – brokered by the Egyptian government – to end their year-long public dispute over the Egyptian Company for Mobile Services (ECMS, better ...

Egypt's Orascom Telecom subscriber base increases to 50mn. Egypt's Orascom Telecom on Thursday announced that its customer base has reached 50mn subscribers. Orascom Telecom subscribers have increased ...

Naguib Sawiris likes to think of himself as a Middle Eastern Richard Branson. Last year the Egyptian entrepreneur started Iraq’s first mobile-phone network. After just six months, his company, Orascom ...

ABU DHABI(Zawya Dow Jones)--Egypt's Orascom Telecom Holding (ORTE.CI) Tuesday denied it is in talks with Algeria regarding the government's first right of refusal on the telco's Algerian unit Djezzy. ...

Mobile operator Orascom Telecom confirmed that its parent firm Weather Investments is in talks with South Africa's MTN on a possible deal to take control of Orascom or its businesses. This follows ...