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China Mobile to take stake in Thailand's True

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AP Bangkok
Last Updated : Jun 09 2014 | 5:38 PM IST
China Mobile Ltd. Is planning to buy an 18 per cent stake in Thai telecommunications and cable TV company True Corp.
The investment is part of a 65 billion Thai baht (USD 2 billion) share issue by True that will be mainly used to reduce its debt.
True said today it will issue more than 10 billion new shares to existing shareholders and China Mobile.
China Mobile will buy about 4.4 billion shares for USD 880 million.
China Mobile is the world's largest mobile phone company by subscribers. True Corp. Has mobile phone, Internet and cable TV businesses.

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First Published: Jun 09 2014 | 5:38 PM IST

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