06 Jul 2010
(MENAFN) Omantel, the largest telecom company in the Sultanate, has announced plans to boost its stake in Oman Fiber Optic Company to 40 percent, in a move seen by analysts as a shift in strategy towards local investments, Times of Oman reported.
According to Omantel’s first-quarter results statement, the company had a 25.96 percent stake in Muscat-based Fiber Optic, which manufactures fiber products and its other shareholders include Oman & Emirates Investment Holding and Omani bourse.
Omantel bought 488.8 million shares of Worldcall equivalent to 65 percent of the company, in February 2008. The $193 million deal marks its biggest foreign investment so far.
The finance ministry owns 70 percent in Omantel and the rest belongs to private shareholders.
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