Financing

German internet and mobile services provider Freenet has placed a €560m (US$618m) promissory note loan. The company will use the proceeds...

Vodafone has placed £2.88bn (US$4.11bn) of mandatory convertible bonds which, when converted into shares, correspond to about 5% of the company’s...

Metroweb, the Milan-based dark fibre provider, has lined up a reported 15 banks to help finance a €750m-€800m plan to...

Vodafone has said it intends to raise some £2.9bn worth of mandatory convertible bonds, which converted into ordinary shares correspond to...

Telecom Italia has presented its three-year strategic plan, which will see it double fibre coverage from the current 42% to 84%...

The private equity owners of Polish mobile operator P4, which trades as Play, have reportedly suspended plans to sell the company...

Telecom reseller Primus Telecommunications Canada will seek Chapter 15 protection in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware on 19 February...

Canada’s Shaw Communications has priced a C$300m (US$216.84m) offering of senior notes due 2021, potentially to help fund its C$1.6bn (US$1.12bn) acquisition...

Indian telco Reliance Communications and smaller rival Aircel are reportedly unlikely to reduce their debt to the required levels before the exclusivity period for...

Liberty Global and Vodafone have agreed a 50:50 joint venture of their Dutch operations, a move Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao should not be...