Bharti Airtel soars on entering into strategic partnership with Telecom Egypt

06 Aug 2018 Evaluate

Bharti Airtel is currently trading at Rs. 386.65, up by 11.95 points or 3.19% from its previous closing of Rs. 374.70 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 374.80 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 387.65 and Rs. 374.80 respectively. So far 196020 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 5 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 565.00 on 03-Nov-2017 and a 52 week low of Rs. 331.20 on 18-Jul-2018.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 398.55 and Rs. 353.20 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 153979.85 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 67.14%, while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 30.86% and 1.99% respectively.

Bharti Airtel has entered into strategic partnership with Telecom Egypt, Egypt’s first integrated telecom operator, wherein, Airtel will get IRUs (Indefeasible Right of Use) on Middle East North Africa Submarine Cable (MENA Cable) and TE North Cable Systems. In addition, Airtel will also take large capacities on a long-term basis on two new state-of-the-art Cable Systems (SMW5 & AAE1).

The partnership grants Airtel the right to use fiber pairs of MENA Cable from Egypt to India with access to Saudi Arabia and Oman, and other fiber pairs from Egypt towards Italy. It also extends beyond MENA Cable, where Airtel will get the right to use a fiber pair from Egypt to France on TE North along with capacities on SMW5 and AAE1 cable systems.

Bharti Airtel is a leading integrated telecommunications company with operations across Asia and Africa.

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