Aug 29 (Reuters) - Grupo Oi SA, Brazil’s fourth-biggest wireless carrier, is in talks to sell its 25 percent stake in Angola’s largest mobile-phone company Unitel SA for more than $2 billion to other shareholders, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
The stake in Unitel is owned by Africatel, a Portugal Telecom subsidiary in which Oi now has 75 percent ownership, meaning its economic interest in Unitel is 18.8 percent, Bloomberg reported.
Grupo BTG Pactual, one of Oi’s largest shareholders, is advising the carrier on the sale process, Bloomberg said.
“Unitel isn’t making any pronouncements on the subject,” a company spokeswoman told Bloomberg in an e-mail.
Both Oi and Unitel were not immediately available for comment to Reuters.