Bharti Airtel的大动作再次搅动了非洲电信市场,也印证了这个市场的热度。印度巨头连续下注2011年2月,印度最大的移动通信运营商Bharti Airtel宣布,公司计划在已有业务的16个非洲国家建立通信塔企业。这是该公司斥资97亿美元收购科威特Zain公司非洲资产后的又一大计划。业界认为,此举或可视为外国电信厂商在非洲投资的新方向。 Bharti Airtel’s move once again stirred up the African telecom market, but also confirmed the market’s heat. Indian giants bet consecutively In February 2011, India’s largest mobile operator Bharti Airtel announced that it plans to establish a communications tower business in 16 existing African countries. This is another big move after the company spent 9.7 billion U.S. dollars acquiring Kuwaiti Zain’s African assets. The industry believes that this move may be regarded as a new direction for foreign telecom manufacturers to invest in Africa.