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Article: Strategy Analytics: Mobile Operator MTN Faces Challenging Future in Africa.
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- China Weekly News
- Article date:
- November 10, 2009
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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 strategy will focus on building its African base, as described in its recent report, "MTN: Sticking to Africa After Failed Bharti Deal?" MTN faces strong competition in Africa from international giants like Vodafone, active in key markets like South Africa, Ghana, Kenya, and Egypt, and Orange, which has ...