• Most Popular
  • Most Shared

REFILE-Atlantique sees up to 20 pct annual mobile growth

Wed Nov 11, 2009 6:00am EST

Stocks

   

(Corrects dateline to read Nov 11 instead of Nov 10)

CAPE TOWN, Nov 11 (Reuters) - West African mobile operator, Atlantique Telecom, which is majority owned by Abu Dhabi-based Etisalat (ETEL.AD), aims to increase its customer base by up to 20 percent annually, its managing director said on Wednesday. Atlantique Telecom operates in Niger, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Gabon, Togo and the Ivory Coast and has a total of 4.2 million subscribers.

"We have 4.2 million and we hope to increase that by 15 to 20 percent each year," Ahmed Cisse, managing director of Atlantique told Reuters on the sidelines of an African telecoms conference. (Reporting by Wendell Roelf; Editing by Marius Bosch)



More from Reuters

Photo

Microsoft loses Word patent appeal

SEATTLE (Reuters) - A U.S. court of appeals on Tuesday upheld a $290 million jury verdict against Microsoft Corp for infringing a patent held by a small Canadian software firm, and affirmed an injunction that prevents Microsoft from selling versions of its Word program which contain the offending software.

» More Top News
Guadalupe Hernandez receives an ultrasound by nurse practitioner Gail Brown during a prenatal exam at the Maternity Outreach Mobile in Phoenix, Arizona October 8, 2009. Credit: REUTERS/Joshua Lott

Health reform inches closer

Democrats are on the verge of passing landmark legislation by Christmas, with only one more hurdle remaining.  Full Article | Video 

Healthcare Reform
Investors walk at the Dubai Financial Market December 21, 2009. REUTERS/Mosab Omar
Analysis:

Dubai, it's time to get creative

Scrambling to rebuild its image after a $26 billion debt bombshell, Dubai needs to raise cash without the PR nightmare of raising taxes.  Full Article 

Global Markets