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Bahrain telecoms in talks to buy C&W assets, including the Falklands
Bahrain Telecommunications Co is in talks with Cable & Wireless Communications to buy its assets in Monaco and a host of island nations, including the Falklands Islands, a deal potentially worth around 1 billion dollars, three banking and industry sources said, reported in the Emirates media. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesI guess that BBC and SkyNews suddenly will be dropped and replaced by Al Jazeera & Russia Today news in the Islands.
Sep 18th, 2012 - 07:47 am - Link - Report abuse 0Maybe, Danyboy.
Sep 18th, 2012 - 09:55 am - Link - Report abuse 0And probably more truthful than your Argentine newspapers(“we're winning”-1982, ha ha ha).
@1 - Dany
Sep 18th, 2012 - 11:03 am - Link - Report abuse 0Are you still scared of the big, bad muslims? Aw, diddums.
As for this telecoms company, I doubt much will change, will it? I mean in order to make money it's supply and demand. There's no point supply stuff that no one will want, is it?
As for the BBC, Sky and CNN, they'll still be shown in the Falklands, just like they get shown in the middle east.
Pity no one thinks Argentina's news service is worth anything, isn't it?
This may please those Falkland residents who consider their communications to be in thrall to C&W ... on the other hand, it may not ...
Sep 18th, 2012 - 11:08 am - Link - Report abuse 01 DanyBerger Hahahahaha
Sep 19th, 2012 - 02:59 am - Link - Report abuse 0@LEPRecon
Sep 19th, 2012 - 04:13 am - Link - Report abuse 0Don't worry LepWrong they will manage to introduce AJ and RT everywhere. And if they don't want the service simple no phone, no mobile, no cable or they can simply shut down the service.
Bahrain is as bad a dictatorship as Syria, if not worse
Sep 19th, 2012 - 02:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Commenting for this story is now closed.
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