[General] STC To provide Android based phones to their customers

[Burhan Khalid]

Some more news on the Zain sale:

1. Khorafi Group wants to sell its share, which is valued at approx.  
$13.7 billion.
2. The sale is primary for the Africa operations, which account for  
around 62% of customers for Zain.
3. ADIA is one of the parties involved that are trying to purchase the  
sale.

Source: Media/News/Wires

On Sep 8, 2009, at 3:48 AM, bashar abdullah wrote:

> What I heard from Zain insider is, it is ADIA indeed. What I dont  
> understand is how can they guarantee that if it's gonna be public  
> auction, as it's over 5%.
>
> On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 8:29 AM, Burhan Khalid  
> <burhan.khalid at gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, I think it may be a consortium of investors trying to get into  
> the market, and maybe ADIA (Abu Dhabi Investment Authority) is  
> partly funding them or something.
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 7:05 PM, Majed B. <majedb at gmail.com> wrote:
> That makes more sense, but still, you say Asian investors ... if it
> was Abu Dhabi, they would've said Middle Eastern investors, no?
>
> On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Bashar Al-Abdulhadi<bashar at kuwaitnet.net 
> > wrote:
> > Price is close to 4bn sale price but the 2kd per share is totally  
> mislead, AFAIK they r selling 60%
> >
> >
> > ------Original Message------
> > From: Majed B.
> > Sender: general-bounces at oskw.org
> > To: General OpenSource Discussion
> > ReplyTo: General OpenSource Discussion
> > Subject: Re: [General] STC To provide Android based phones to  
> their customers
> > Sent: Sep 6, 2009 6:16 PM
> >
> > On other related news: Zain was sold to Abu Dhabi investment  
> (9andoog
> > Abu '6abi lel estethmar) for $15 billion, at a rate of 2 KD per  
> share.
> > I got this through an SMS from a friend who works @ Zain.
> >
> > On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 5:30 PM, Bashar Al-Abdulhadi<bashar at kuwaitnet.net 
> > wrote:
> >> Saudi Telecommunications Company (STC) signed an agreement to  
> provide HTC
> >> Magic to their users http://www.ameinfo.com/208609.html when Viva  
> will do it
> >> in Kuwait ;) ?
> >>
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