TAKE A LOOK-India's Reliance Comm in talks with S.Africa MTN

Reliance Communications Ltd (RLCM.BO), India's No. 2 mobile
operator, and South Africa's MTN Group (MTNJ.J) began 45 days
of exclusive negotiations in late May that could create a
global top-10 telecom.

Reliance Industries (RELI.BO), run by Mukesh Ambani, the
estranged brother of Reliance Communications Chairman Anil
Ambani, has claimed a right of first refusal to buy a
controlling stake in Reliance Communications.
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LATEST STORIES > Rel Comm up 12.5 pct on MTN deal clarity
hopes [ID:nBOM227989] > Ambani brothers: Their split and
disputes [ID:nBOM284787] > Falling shares, feud could
scupper MTN deal [ID:nBOM253944] > Global dreams intensify
Ambani family feud [ID:nDEL190990]
TALKS ANNOUNCEMENT > Reliance Comms in talks with S.Africa's
MTN [ID:nBOM162401] > TEXT-Reliance Comm statement on talks
with MTN [ID:nBOM285808]
ANALYSIS/NEWSMAKERS > Ambani feud puts pressure on MTN deal

[ID:nDEL129315] > India's Anil Ambani dials big telecom
buy again [ID:nBOM77735] > MTN's Nhleko, a soft-spoken
dealmaker [ID:nL15771387] > Telecom deals show Asian
cross-border push [ID:nL02510350] > Reliance Comm and MTN
seen favouring share swap [ID:nBOM26864]
POSSIBLE RIVALS > Vodafone bids for part of Telkom's Vodacom
stake[ID:nL02378155] > UAE's Etisalat eyes South Africa's MTN

[ID:nL1210464] > China Mobile eyes S.Africa; has not bid
for MTN [ID:nHKG136651]
FACTBOXES > Five facts about India's Ambani brothers' split
[ID:nBOM165594] > Reliance Comms in talks with MTN
[ID:nBOM261400] > Consolidation in S.Africa's telecoms sector
[ID:nL03470276] > Regulatory obstacles to any bid for MTN

[ID:nL15136800] > India's top outbound M&A deals

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BACKGROUND > Reliance Comm adds 1.63 mln users in May
[ID:nDEL342859] > Indian firms add 6.3 mln GSM mobile users in
May[ID:nDEL255360] > African telcos need boost to extend
growth-report [ID:nL10500783]
BREAKDOWN OF BHARTI/MTN TALKS > MTN hang-up not the end of
Bharti expansion [ID:nBOM50199] > Bharti Airtel ends talks
with MTN [ID:nBOM261203] > TEXT-Bharti Airtel on
ending talks with MTN [ID:nBOM303598] .................
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