Xplornet to issue US$225m in senior notes after investing in second satellite
Xplornet Communications plans to issue US$225m in senior notes as the Canadian rural-broadband-provider launches a US$300m financing package, according to...
Financing
Yahoo to buy back US$3bn of shares amid looming removal from exchanges
US internet giant Yahoo has offered to repurchase up to US$3bn of its shares to prevent any liquidity risk to stockholders as...
Mandates Table Issue 255
TelecomFinance compiles the latest M&A and financing deals by country, company, mandate, and mandated. TelecomFinance compiles the latest M&A and...
Bitė to finance MTG acquisition with €105m term loans
Baltic telecoms operator Bitė has secured €105m (US$114.4m) of additional senior facilities to finance the acquisition of Modern Times Group’s Baltic assets. The facilities...
Legal shifts may have spurred Sawiris to extend Oi’s reorg plan to June
Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris' Orascom Telecom Media and Technology has laid out a deadline for Brazilian telco Oi to arrange an...
Indosat Ooredoo sells US$225m of bonds and sukuk to refinance loans and combat currency headwinds
Indonesian telecoms and satellite operator Indosat Ooredoo has reportedly commenced a Rp3tn (US$225m) debt sale to help finance business expansion and repay...
Telefónica taps market for US$500m amid rising political risk in France
Spain’s Telefónica priced US$500m of reopened 5.213% 30-year bonds amid decent demand as interest rates continue at historic lows and appetite for...
Singtel borrows US$2.9bn in bank loans post-Singapore spectrum auction
Singaporean telecoms and satellite operator Singtel has agreed to two revolving credit facilities worth more than US$2.9bn primarily for debt refinancing...
Globe Telecom secures US$160m loan for capex as broadband deployment plans unfold
The Philippines' Globe Telecom has secured a PhP8bn (US$160m) 10-year term loan with BDO Unibank to finance the telco’s capital expenditure and for general...
Magnitude Space seeks €5.5m in series A round for low-power M2M network
Amsterdam-based startup Magnitude Space is seeking €5.5m (US$5.9m) in a series A round as the low-power, low-data M2M company plans to launch nanosats...
