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Bharti and Zain agree $10.7 billion deal

Indian telecom company Bharti Airtel signs definitive agreements to buy the African operations of Zain, in a deal backed by $7.5 billion in debt financing provided by a host of banks led by Standard Chartered and Barclays.
March 31, 2010

Bharti makes another play for MTN

The leading Indian telecom company proposes a share swap estimated at $23 billion to combine its operations with those of South African telecom major MTN.
May 25, 2009