Bharti Airtel appoints Bangladesh head Prasanta Das Sarma as Kenya MD
Bharti Airtel has moved its Bangladesh CEO Prasanta Das Sarma to head its Kenyan unit as the Indian telecoms giant mulls divesting some ...
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Axiata Group promotes Yap Wai Yip to group acting CFO
Malaysia’s Axiata Group has promoted Yap Wai Yip to group acting CFO, replacing head of finance Chari Thandalam Veeravalli Thirumala who retired at the end of 2016. Yap (pictured), ...
Axiata and Airtel close landmark Bangladesh merger
Malaysia’s Axiata Group and India’s Bharti Airtel have completed the merger of their units in Bangladesh, marking the South Asian country’s first ever telecoms ...
Axiata to sell stake in Cambodia’s Smart to finance infrastructure expansion and acquisitions
Malaysian telco Axiata Group is looking to sell part of Cambodian mobile operator Smart Axiata. Group CFO Chari Thandalam Veeravalli Thirumala was quoted ...
Axiata looking to sell subsidiaries stakes to cut down debt
Malaysian telco Axiata Group is reportedly looking to reduce stakes in some of its operations in Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Cambodia, to raise ...
Axiata looking to up stake in Singapore’s M1 to boost regional operations
Malaysian telco Axiata Group is reportedly interested in increasing its stake in Singaporean telecom operator M1 as part of plans to turn the company into ...
High court clears Robi Axiata and Airtel Bangladesh merger
Malaysia’s Axiata Group and India’s Bharti Airtel have won approval from the Bangladeshi High Court for the merger of their local units ...
Bangladesh to charge Robi Bdt6bn in merger, spectrum fees
Bangladesh’s government has reportedly decided to charge Robi Axiata merger and spectrum fees of Bdt6.07bn (US$77.5m), as talks continue to combine the ...
Supun Weerasinghe to head Dialog Axiata
Sri Lankan telco Dialog Axiata has appointed Supun Weerasinghe (pictured) as its new CEO, effective 1 January 2017. Weerasinghe will succeed Hans Wijesuriya, who has also ...
Airtel and Axiata extend Bangladeshi merger agreement
India’s Bharti Airtel and Malaysia’s Axiata Group have extended their agreement to merge their Bangladeshi units until 26 September or “such other ...
