There is also a continuing dispute with Telecommunication and Wireless of Canada, which is Opportunity's partner in two other cellular telephone assets in Brazil.
The company has also reported a write-down of 298 million euros ($408.1 million) on cellular network assets, a sign that investment in "3G", or third generation, wireless is not bringing in comparable returns.
Under the deal, which is subject to government approval, Allied, known as Altech and controlled by the Allied Electronics Corporation, also of Johannesburg, will contribute $70 million in cash and Econet $70 million in assets, including cellular and satellite interests in Botswana, Britain, Kenya, Lesotho, New Zealand and Nigeria.
In Germany he owns Mannesmann AG, a hybrid of telecom assets and cellular licenses.
Landmark's real property interests underlie their tenants' infrastructure assets, including cellular towers, rooftop wireless sites, billboards and wind turbines.
That's the base from which he has built a constellation of telephone, newspaper, banking, cellular phone and cable TV assets with cunning, moxie and other people's money.
But dried fruit is better than juice, Dr. Katz said, because it preserves the fruit's cellular structure, along with the health assets that provides.
But a huge number of multimillion-dollar investments has shown that extracting a profit from this convergence is extraordinarily difficult, particularly when companies try to meld assets from disparate industries -- say, cellular phones with Hollywood entertainment.
