Last April, when the Turkish cellular services company Turkcell filed an Alien Tort Statute suit against South Africa MTN Group in federal district court in Washington,I was skeptical. Sure, Turkcell raised salacious allegations about how MTN wrested away its contract to provide cell services in Iran, including supposedly illegal arms deals and votepeddling at the United Nations. Borders inKiobel v.The next 35 years will see margins being compromised further as growth steadies. We could see further disruption with nonTelco players starting to enter the market and probably purchasing networks to ensure they have unfettered supply paths for delivering digital products to their own customers. Smaller operators will certainly feel the squeeze and this will result in considerable M (mergers and acquisitions) activity as home markets become saturated and the bigger players will look outside for investment and growth potential..

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