A series of shifts in the ownership of Greece's largest telecoms operators is set to dramatically alter the landscape of the country's underdeveloped broadband market, according to local observers. The last few months have seen a number of buyouts, stake sales and capital increases that could radically alter the competitive positions of incumbent operator OTE and challengers Tellas and Forthnet. Analysts now expect that Weather Investments will soon move to integrate Tellas with its other Greek assets to create a larger group that could challenge Forthnet's position as Greece's second-largest operator. Last month, Weather, an investment vehicle of Egyptian businessman Naguib Sawiris and owner of Italian alternative operator Wind, completed takeovers of Greek mobile operator TIM and fixed/mobile provider Q-Telecom. The organisation is said to be in talks to buy the 49.9%-minus-one share in Tellas that it does not already own from local utility Public Power Corporation (PPC).
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机译：据当地观察家称，希腊最大电信运营商所有权的一系列变化将极大地改变该国欠发达宽带市场的格局。在过去的几个月中，发生了许多收购，股权出售和增资，这些都可能从根本上改变在位运营商OTE和挑战者Tellas和Forthnet的竞争地位。分析师现在预计，Weather Investments将很快将Tellas与其他希腊资产进行整合，以创建一个更大的集团，这可能会挑战Forthnet作为希腊第二大运营商的地位。上个月，Weather，埃及商人Naguib Sawiris的投资工具，以及意大利替代运营商Wind的所有者，完成了对希腊移动运营商TIM和固定/移动提供商Q-Telecom的收购。据说该组织正在谈判购买尚未从当地公用事业公司Public Power Corporation（PPC）拥有的Tellas 49.9％减一的股份。
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