VOL. XLIV

No. 23

4-June-2001

TUNISIA

Tunisie Telecom To Be Partially Privatized

The Tunisian state-owned telecommunications monopoly, Tunisie Telecom, is to be partially privatised, the Tunisian Minister of Communications, Ahmad Friaa announced on 16 May. He said that Tunisie Telecom would be opened to private Tunisian and foreign investors, although the government would continue to maintain a majority stake. The minister did not give any precise details of timing for the privatization process,...