Sunil Mittal isn't walking into a park with his plan to buy Zain Telecom's African business. It is a jungle out there and he will need to be alert and ruthless
Fixing the Fundamentals
Apart from people, the cost of infrastructure too is very high. The cost of operation in Africa is also among the highest in the world. “It costs almost three times more than a developed country to build out a network infrastructure in Africa,” says Pater of Africa Analysis.
(This story appears in the 05 March, 2010 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)