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11-26-2014, 12:20 PM
http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/g7cjZ6p2GQ90MTyXksqeXw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_ZA/News/Reuters/2014-11-26T153046Z_1007950001_LYNXNPEAAP0SE_RTROPTP_2_OZAB S-TELECOMMUNICATIONS-UGANDA-AIRTEL.JPG (http://news.yahoo.com/uganda-too-small-seven-mobile-phone-firms-airtel-153046653--finance.html)By Elias Biryabarema KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda's mobile phone market has room to grow but is still too small to support all of the country's seven telecommunications companies, the managing director of Airtel Uganda, a local unit of India's Bharti Airtel, said. "It’s an absolute illusion to believe that four, five, six mobile operators can ever be profitable in one country," Tom Gutjahr told Reuters. "It’s unlikely that the smaller companies will get profitable any time soon. ...



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