Bharti Airtel surges on inking definitive agreement to acquire Warid’s Congo Brazzaville Operations

06 Nov 2013 Evaluate

Bharti Airtel is currently trading at Rs 361.85, up by 2.20 points or 0.61% from its previous closing of Rs 359.65 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs 359.60 and has touched a high and low of Rs 364.50 and Rs 352.90 respectively. So far 327768 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs 5 has touched a 52 week high of Rs 373.50 on 01-Nov-2013 and a 52 week low of Rs 266.95 on 05-Apr-2013.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs 373.50 and Rs 335.00 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs 145505.36 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 65.23% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 24.76% and 10.01% respectively.

Bharti Airtel, a leading global telecommunications services provider with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa, has entered into a definitive agreement with the Warid Group (Warid) to fully acquire Warid Congo SA. The agreement is subject to regulatory and statutory approvals. The agreement marks the second in-country acquisition by Airtel in Africa. It had acquired Warid’s Uganda operations earlier this year. The latest acquisition will make Airtel the largest mobile operator in Congo Brazzaville with around 2.6 million customers. At present, Airtel is the second largest operator in the country with over 1.6 million customers, while Warid is the third largest with around one million customers.

The agreement aims to bring together the strengths of Airtel and Warid in Congo Brazzaville and benefit customers in the form of affordable tariffs, superior 2G/ 3G network, affordable voice and data services and superior customer care. In addition, existing Warid customers in Congo Brazzaville will join Airtel’s global network of over 280 million customers and enjoy the benefits of ‘One Airtel’ network with affordable roaming rates across Africa and South Asia, besides other exciting bouquet of innovative 2G and 3G services.

Bharti Airtel is a leading integrated telecommunications company with operations in 20 countries across Asia and Africa. The company ranks amongst the top 5 mobile service providers globally in terms of subscribers.

 

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