Financing

Telecom Italia, which yesterday rebranded as TIM, has issued an eight-year €750m fixed-rate bond. Its top executives, meanwhile, dismissed ongoing speculation around...

Canadian telco Shaw Communications  has agreed to sell its broadcasting unit Shaw Media to Corus Entertainment for C$2.65bn (US$1.86bn) to help finance its purchase of Wind...

Omantel has launched a planned OR50m ($130m) five-year sukuk, with subscriptions open until 26 January. Omantel (MSM:OTL) has launched a planned OR50m ($130m) five-year sukuk, with...

American Tower has won clearance from the Competition Commission of India to acquire a majority stake in local towerco Viom Networks. The...

Tele2 has signed a five-year €800m (US$868m) multi-currency revolving credit facility with a syndicate of 11 relationship banks. Tele2 (STO:TEL2)...

Independent US cable operator Seaborn Networks has completed its US$500m project financing for Seabras-1 – a new subsea fibre optic cable system...

US towerco Crown Castle International has received commitments from lenders for a US$5.5bn senior unsecured credit facility to repay existing debt....

BT has named a new head of Openreach, the functionally separated infrastructure division rivals say needs new ownership.   Clive...

CS&L, the network REIT spun off by US telco Windstream in April 2015, has announced its first acquisition: tower backhaul and dark fibre...

Telecom Italia has reportedly begun M&A talks with Brazil’s third largest mobile operator, Oi, which is also the fixed-line incumbent. The Italian group...