Tunisie Telecom takes Mattel off the block

News Wireless Mauritania 20 JAN 2014
Tunisie Telecom takes Mattel off the block
Tunisie Telecom has taken Mauritanian mobile subsidiary Mattel off the block, Agence Ecofin reports, citing a statement by Habib Dababi, an advisor to Tunisia's ICT minister. Instead, the Tunisian operator will reinvest in its affiliate. Mattel will receive TND 30 million (USD 18 million), some of it coming from its parent's non-distributed profits and the remainder from other financing sources. Mattel is 51 percent owned by TT, 24.5 percent by Telecom BSA and 24.5 percent by Comatel. It competes against Etislat's Mauritel and Sudatel's Chingitel.

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Mobile

Companies:

Tunisie Telecom,  Mattel

Countries:

Mauritania

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Voice services, Data services, Messaging, Wireless, Consumer, Enterprise, Financial funding, M&A buyouts & divestments

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