Vodafone wins Hutch-Essar for $19 bn
[Image source: CNN-IBN] Multiple news channels in India are reporting that Vodaphone has won the bidding war for Hutch-Essar India. Of course, none of the participants have disclosed anything at this time, announcements are expected on Monday Feb 12, 2007: CNN-IBN article on Vodaphone - Hutch-Essar NDTV article on Vodaphone - Hutch-Essar This puts the enterprise value / sub at over $790. The other prospective bidders were: Reliance Communications, Essar group and the Hindujas. What remains to be seen is if Essar continues to hold onto all of their stake as well as if Vodaphone exits Bharti-Airtel completely. Technorati Tags: vodaphone, hutch, essar, india, telecom, gsm, mobilepowered by performancing firefox