Huawei, China Mobile join forces to bid for Brazil's Oi: report
Huawei is joining forces with China Mobile to potentially enter a dispute to buy struggling Brazilian carrier Oi SA
SAO PAULO: Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co is joining forces with China Mobile to potentially enter a dispute to buy struggling Brazilian carrier Oi SA, in an attempt to boost its footprint in Latin America’s largest market, O Globo news website reported on Saturday.
According to the media outlet, both Chinese companies anticipate significant growth in business once Brazil starts deploying its fifth-generation wireless technology (5G) and Oi’s 360,000 kilometers of fiber infrastructure is seen as an attractive asset.
Oi declined to comment on the matter, while Huawei and China Mobile did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comment.
Brazil’s largest fixed-line carrier has been struggling to turnaround its business since it filed for bankruptcy protection in June 2016 to restructure approximately 65 billion reais of debt.
On Thursday, Reuters reported that, while negotiating its mobile network with Spain’s Telefonica SA and Telecom Italia SpA, Oi is also involved in preliminary talks with AT&T Inc and another Chinese company.
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