CVC and Providence in prelim talks over potential Swiss merger
Private equity firms CVC Capital Partners and Providence Equity Partners are holding preliminary talks over a potential merger between the ...
Month: December 2011
PLDT hopes to sell CURE 3G frequencies for US$23m – report
Philippine Long Distance Telephone (PLDT), the country’s largest telco, is seeking to recover approximately PhP1bn (US$23m) from the sale of ...
China Telecom, Unicom pledge to address issues after anti-monopoly probe
Telco giants China Telecom and China Unicom both released statements on 2 December, promising to make some improvements to their ...
Chilean gov’t kicks off spectrum contest
The Chilean government has started the process of assigning spectrum in the 2.6GHz band for the provision of 4G services. ...
Verizon CEO also takes chairman role
US telco Verizon Communications has appointed its president and CEO, Lowell McAdam, as its new chairman. McAdam will take on ...
KPN could decide to dispose French business
KPN, the Dutch telco, is weighing its options in France and could dispose its MVNO operations in the country, according ...
PTCL eyes 3G licence
Incumbent Pakistan Telecommunication Company (PTCL) will take part in the country’s 3G auction, CEO Walid Irshaid said. Speaking at the ...
