[November 18, 2009] AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, telecommunications briefs [AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates] Tweet (AME Info (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates) Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Nov. 18--ORASCOM MOOTS MERGER DEAL: Naguib Sawiris, Chairman of Egypt-based Orascom Telecom Holding SAE, the biggest mobile-phone company in the Middle East, has said that the firm may merge with a competitor by 2011, Bloomberg has reported. 'We're looking for same-sized companies,' Sawiris told a media conference in Cairo. 'There are six or seven suitors and we expect to talk to all of them. I will not join a company where I won't have a majority say. I won't sell off.' To see more of AME Info, go to http://www.ameinfo.com. Copyright (c) 2009, AME Info, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For reprints, email [email protected], call 800-374-7985 or 847-635-6550, send a fax to 847-635-6968, or write to The Permissions Group Inc., 1247 Milwaukee Ave., Suite 303, Glenview, IL 60025, USA. [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]