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A collection of the latest executive appointments, promotions, and moves in the global telecoms space. This collection ran in TelecomFinance...

CLS buys Woods Hole to bolster scientific, measurement and consulting services | Brief

byConnectivity Business

February 9, 2017

France-based satellite services provider CLS has acquired Woods Hole Group, an American company specialising in environmental, scientific and engineering consulting. France-based satellite services...

UK targets suborbital flights and smallsat launches with grant programme

byConnectivity Business

February 9, 2017

The British government has announced plans to publish a draft spaceflight bill that it plans to introduce in the next...

Nokia looks to enhance offering to operators with €347m Comptel purchase

byConnectivity Business

February 9, 2017

Finnish equipment vendor Nokia has said it intends to buy local telecoms software developer Comptel for an estimated €347m (US$370m) as the firm struggles to...

Idea Cellular to sell tower assets to Bharti Infratel and American Tower ahead of Vodafone merger

byConnectivity Business

February 9, 2017

India’s third largest mobile operator Idea Cellular is contemplating the sale of its tower infrastructure as the operator holds talks to...

Ofcom earmarks 5G spectrum bands and sets 2020 as deadline

byConnectivity Business

February 9, 2017

UK communications regulator Ofcom wants operators to start offering 5G services by 2020 and expects trials to begin next year. In an...

MegaFon gets US$592m loan from Sberbank to fund US$740m Mail.ru takeover

byConnectivity Business

February 9, 2017

Russian telco Megafon has signed a Rbs35bn (US$592m) credit line agreement expiring in 2024 with Sberbank to finance the acquisition of local internet group Mail.ru. Megafon...

TeamTalk directors say Spark’s hostile offer does not reflect potential synergies

byConnectivity Business

February 8, 2017

The board of New Zealand’s TeamTalk has told its shareholders not to accept a takeover offer from the country’s incumbent telco...

PT Portugal CEO Paulo Manuel da Conceição Neves

Altice elevates PT Portugal CEO Paulo Neves to chair of the board

byConnectivity Business

February 7, 2017

Altice has made Paulo Manuel da Conceição Neves chair of the board of directors of PT Portugal to add to his duties as CEO at...

Differing views see Orey Gilliam leave Israel’s MTS

byConnectivity Business

February 7, 2017

The CEO of Mer Telemanagement Solutions is set to depart the Israeli mobile virtual network enabler at the end of April after...

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