Financing

Telefónica Brasil has issued a €600m (US$660.7m) zero-coupon bond due 2021, with proceeds to be used to purchase cash-settled call...

South Africa’s MTN has set aside R9.29bn (US$595m) to pay its pending US$3.9bn fine to the Nigerian government, suggesting it is confident...

Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company has confirmed it may take out up to PhP7bn (US$149m) in loans to fund its capital...

Brazilian telco Oi has reportedly mandated PJT Partners and Rothschild to refinance some R$13bn (US$3.34bn) in debt maturing by the end of 2017. Oi’s share price has...

Thailand’s True Corporation has signed a Bt73bn (US$2bn) letter of guarantee facility agreement with six banks to help fund the 900 MHz...

Canada’s Shaw Communications has completed its C$1.6bn (US$1.2bn) acquisition of the country’s fourth largest mobile operator Wind Mobile, adding wireless to its DTH,...

Telefónica has received a US$75m loan from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the World Bank Group, to make...

Bharti Telecom, the holding company owned by Indian businessman Sunil Mittal and Singapore’s SingTel, has reportedly decided to boost its...

BT must open up its poles and ducts for use by rival providers, enabling them to build their own competing fibre...

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...