Financing

Japan’s Softbank plans to buy back up to Y500bn (US$4.4bn) of its own shares in what will be its largest ever...

Omani incumbent Omantel has called off its planned five-year OR50m (US$130m) sukuk on the recommendation of its advisers. Incumbent Omantel (MSM:OTEL) has called...

Telenet, the Belgian unit of pan-European cable giant Liberty Global, has completed its €1.325bn (US$1.49bn) acquisition of mobile network operator...

US telco CenturyLink has received multiple expressions of interest in its data centre business, according to president and CEO Glen Post....

Satellite broadband venture LightSquared has rebranded to Ligado Networks as it looks to shake off its troubled past. The new name coincides with the company...

Telefónica has spun off certain global tower and undersea cable assets into a new company, Telxius, which could be listed. The previously...

Mobily, Zain KSA and Saudi Telecom (STC) are reportedly considering a tower joint venture, following years of attempts to monetise their mobile masts. Mobily (TASI:7020),...

French insurer Axa is to buy an 8% stake in online services business Africa Internet Group (AIG) for €75m, valuing the company at €937.5m. Assuming...

Ooredoo Myanmar has secured US$300m in funding from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and International Finance Corporation (IFC) to expand its 34 mobile network. The two...

Charter Communications has priced US$1.7bn in senior secured notes to refinance existing debt and/or help fund its acquisition of Time Warner Cable. The latter...