ISTANBUL Feb 3 (Reuters) – Leading Turkish mobile
phone company Turkcell said on Friday it had launched
lawsuits seeking compensation over the award of an Iranian
cellular licence to Africa’s largest telecom group MTN Group
.
Turkcell, which unsuccessfully bid for the same licence,
said in an emailed statement to media organisations that the
cases were continuing at international arbitration courts. It
said Turkcell was in discussions with MTN on the issue and will
not comment until the talks are over.
(Writing by Daren Butler; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore)
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