Binding bids for Inwit due 11 March – reports
Telecom Italia has reportedly set a deadline of 11 March for binding bids for a 45% stake in its tower spinoff ...
Month: February 2016
Bharti Telecom to boost Airtel stake to more than 50%
Bharti Telecom, the holding company owned by Indian businessman Sunil Mittal and Singapore’s SingTel, has reportedly decided to boost its ...
Yoigo sale to attract Zegona and Másmóvil – report
TeliaSonera has reportedly formalised the sale process of its Spanish mobile arm Yoigo, which is expected to draw interest from investor Zegona and fledgling ...
BT holds on to Openreach, for now
BT must open up its poles and ducts for use by rival providers, enabling them to build their own competing fibre ...
Foxconn takeover of Sharp on hold
Taiwanese manufacturer and mobile operator Foxconn has paused plans to acquire loss-making Japanese electronics maker Sharp after receiving newly-disclosed information. Sharp had announced earlier in ...
Telecom Italia ends talks with LetterOne on Brazil merger
Telecom Italia has told Russian investor LetterOne Technology that it does not want to continue with talks about a potential merger between its ...
MTN acquires fibre route from Liquid Telecom
MTN has bought 400km of domestic long distance and metro fibres from pan-African fibre provider Liquid Telecom, describing the move as a step ...
Bell Canada in C$750m debenture offering
Bell Canada has launched a public offering of C$750m (US$547.9m) debentures under its medium-term note (MTN) programme, partly to refinance existing ...
Telstra chair Livingstone steps down
Catherine Livingstone, the chair of Australia’s largest telecoms and media company Telstra, is retiring from the board of directors and ...
French four-to-three deal must be agreed by end-March, Bouygues CEO says
Orange has until the end of March to negotiate a takeover of Bouygues Telecom, Martin Bouygues, CEO of conglomerate Bouygues, said today. Orange (EPA:ORA) has ...
