Chairman for International Business, Lazard UK
The courtship by Sunil Mittal's Bharti Airtel of Cyril
Ramaphosa's MTN hit the rocks in May. Enter the next ardent
suitor: Anil Ambani's Reliance Communications. A marriage
between Reliance, India's second largest mobile operator,
and MTN, Africa's largest, would create a company that reaches
across South Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Reliance has asked
Ken Costa of Lazard International (see page 7)to serve
as matchmaker....
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