China Mobile is favourite to buy Digicel Pacific

The Denis O’Brien-owned telecoms firm confirmed in December that it had received a number of unsolicited takeover approaches

Denis O’Brien in Port au Prince, Haiti. O’Brien owns Digicel, which China Mobile is attempting to takeover Picture: Antonio Bolfo/Getty Images

China Mobile is emerging as the favourite to purchase the Pacific operations of the Denis O’Brien-owned telecoms company Digicel.

Digicel, which operates in more than 30 countries across the Caribbean and the Pacific, confirmed in late December that it had received a number of unsolicited takeover approaches. Australian media highlighted Huawei and the equipment company ZTE as potential buyers of the business; however, it has been reported that China Mobile, one of the world’s biggest ...