Bharti keen to buy Zain Telecom pie

Bharti Airtel said on Friday it is not averse to picking up a stake in Kuwait-based telecom company Zain Telecom if opportunity comes.

"At the moment there is nothing. But if an opportunity about Zain comes, I am not saying we are not interested or not looking at it," Bharti Airtel CFO Akhil Gupta said replying to queries if the company would be interested in picking up a stake in Zain telecom.

An Indian firm Vavasi Telecom is trying to rope in Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited to pick up a stake in Zain.