Brazil’s Oi Owners to Focus on Improving Business Before Selling Stakes

Brazil’s Oi Owners to Focus on Improving Business Before Selling Stakes
The logo of Brazilian telecoms company Oi SA is pictured inside a store in Sao Paulo, Brazil on July 18, 2018. (Reuters/Paulo Whitaker).
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The distressed asset investment firms that are Brazilian telecom Oi SA’s top shareholders will focus on improving the company’s mobile and broadband operations instead of a near-term sale of their stakes, two sources with knowledge of the matter said.

Brazil’s largest fixed-line telecoms carrier is expected to complete a 4 billion real ($1 billion) capital raise by year-end, and management will use proceeds to accelerate investments in broadband and mobile networks.