ECONOMY

Greece sells stake in telecoms operator OTE to Deutsche Telekom

Greece sells stake in telecoms operator OTE to Deutsche Telekom

Greece concluded on Wednesday the sale of a 5 percent stake in its biggest telecoms operator OTE to Germany’s Deutsche Telekom for 284 million euros, ($329.50 million) the privatizations agency said.

The sale was agreed under Greece’s third international bailout.

Deutsche previously held a 40 percent stake in OTE, a former national monopoly. Following the deal its holding in the firm will stand at 45 percent. [Reuters]

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