Financing

A year after his company’s blockbuster US$2.6bn fundraising, IHS Towers co-founder Issam Darwish talks infrastructure sharing, regulation and consolidation. A...

Indonesian mobile operator XL Axiata is to auction 2,000-2,500 towers later this month to pay down debt, it announced in a stock...

Ukrtelecom has signed a seven-year, US$50m loan with China Development Bank (CDB) and Huawei. The funds will enable it to modernise network equipment in...

European telecoms investor Altice has completed its 70% acquisition of number seven cableco Suddenlink, cementing its entry into the US market. As it...

Canadian telecoms and media company Shaw Communications has agreed to buy Wind Mobile for an enterprise value of about C$1.6bn (US$1.16bn), making a surprise...

The EIB has confirmed it will lend Telecom Italia €500m to support the incumbent’s infrastructure build out. Proceeds will be used for the accelerated roll-out...

Telecom Italia has failed to gain approval for its proposed savings share conversion, a cost efficient measure that would also...

UAE-based Etisalat is reportedly eyeing a US$2bn loan, likely to be in the form of a revolving credit facility. UAE-based Etisalat (ADX:ETISALAT) is reportedly...

US semiconductor Qualcomm has decided against breaking up the company, determining that its current corporate and financial structure best places it to...

South Korea’s Yello Mobile has said its latest financing round values the mobile internet startup at around US$4bn. Yello secured US$47.2m by issuing...