FORTHNET

Vodafone-Wind consortium and TV station ‘Ant1’ are the 2 final candidates for the acquisition of a 32.8% stake inForthnet held by Greek banks (Piraeus, NBG, Alpha, Attica). The two investors will be called to submit their binding offers by July 31.

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