Thaicom wins satellite licence
Thai satellite operator Thaicom has been awarded a licence to operate the Thaicom-7/AsiaSat-6 satellite it plans to launch in early ...
Month: June 2012
Rostelecom registers RUB40bn bond offering
Russia’s Rostelecom has registered a five-year bond offering worth a total RUB40bn (US$1.2bn) with the Federal Financial Markets Service (FSFR ...
Vivendi confirms Levy’s departure and names successor
France’s Vivendi has confirmed chairman and CEO Jean-Bernard Levy is leaving following a “divergence of views” over the group’s strategic ...
Turkcell stalemate continues with cancelled AGM
Shareholders of Turkish mobile operator Turkcell have hit out at the company’s ongoing corporate governance gridlock, after today’s planned AGM ...
AMX tender offer for 27.7% of KPN goes unconditional
Carlos Slim’s America Movil (AMX) has announced it officially owns 27.7% of KPN following the closure of its €8 per ...
FINO buys Nokia’s Indian mobile payment arm
Financial Inclusion Network & Operations (FINO), an Indian financial services company, has bought the local mobile payment unit of Finland’s ...
Telus: Activist shareholder demands clarity over foreign ownership
Activist investor Mason Capital has called on Canadian incumbent Telus to disclose its current foreign ownership levels, following issues raised ...
EC opens in-depth review of Orange Austria sale
The European Commission has opened a 90 working day phase II antitrust investigation into the proposed takeover of Orange Austria ...
MTS claims Uzbek managers illegally detained
Russia’s largest mobile operator, MTS, has announced Uzbek authorities have illegally detained managers of its local unit, MTS-Uzbekistan, as part ...
Vivendi chairman about to step down – reports
French media and telecoms group Vivendi is reportedly in store for major changes to its top-level management, with separate reports ...
