Market Currents

• Tuesday, December 1, 2009

• 08:27 AM Russia's Rostelecom (ROS) and Sistema have expressed interest in bidding for the privatization of the two state-run telecom operators of Azertelekom and Baki Telefon Rabitesi in Azerbaijan. Rostelecom plans to construct a backbone network in the CIS (former USSR) countries, and intends to acquire any operators that meet its requirements. ROS +2.5% premarket. Comment!