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Article: Strategy Analytics: Mobile Operator MTN Faces Challenging Future in Africa; Failure of Bharti Deal Leaves South African Operator Up Against Strong Multinational Competition.
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- October 27, 2009
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M2 PRESSWIRE-27 October 2009-STRATEGY ANALYTICS: Strategy Analytics: Mobile Operator MTN Faces Challenging Future in Africa; Failure of Bharti Deal Leaves South African Operator Up Against Strong Multinational Competition(C)1994-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS
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Boston, MA -- MTN's second attempt at a merger with India's Bharti Airtel collapsed at the end of September, leaving the world's 13th largest mobile operator competing with regional and global operators for share in the rapidly consolidating African and Middle Eastern markets. Strategy Analytics predicts that MTN will ultimately need to expand outside of the region, but its near-term ...