Monday, July 16, 2007

Etisalat unit to discuss Benin mobile network spat

(Reuters) - Emirates Telecommunications Corp. (Etisalat) said on Monday its African unit would open talks with Benin's government this week to try to resolve a dispute that forced it to suspend its mobile phone services.

Benin's telecoms regulator suspended the networks of two of the country's four mobile phone operators on Thursday, including that of Atlantique Telecom, a 70-percent-owned subsidiary of Etisalat, the third-largest Gulf Arab telecom firm by market value.


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