Month: March 2015

The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has launched an open tender for its first satellite, Bangabandu 1. The tender invites proposals ...

Italy’s competition authority has told local towerco EI Towers that its €1.2bn (US$1.4bn) bid for state-owned rival Rai Way can ...

Russian rocket maker Khrunichev is to receive a Rbs37bn (US$636m) loan from state-owned Vnesheconombank (VEB Bank) to improve the efficiency ...

A French government official has declared his disapproval of Orange’s exclusive talks with Hong-Kong based telco PCCW over its 49% stake in ...

European Union competition officials have returned to their investigations into Orange’s agreed €3.4bn purchase of Spanish fixed-line operator Jazztel, reports ...

Turkey’s Cukurova Holding has reportedly applied to a London arbitration court for permission to acquire an indirect stake of 13.2% in Turkcell ...

US telco Cincinnati Bell is looking to raise up to US$426m by selling operating partnership units in CyrusOne, the data centre business ...

Polish investment advisory holding Powszechne Towarzystwo Inwestycyjne (PTI) has abandoned plans to buy a 33.86% stake in Hawe, owner of fibre operator Hawe Telekom. Last ...

The German cable operator Primacom has made Andrew Barron its chairman effective today. Barron already heads the board at Swedish cableco Com ...

Singapore-listed handset retailer Polaris has sold a 19.9% stake in its Indonesian unit Trikomsel to acquisitive Japanese telco Softbank. Financial ...