Bell Canada to raise up to C$863m in stock sale
Bell Canada has agreed to sell up to C$862.84m (US$648.5m) of common stock on a bought-deal basis to a syndicate of...
Financing
Telecom Italia shareholders to vote on Vivendi board seats
Telecom Italia has agreed to put Vivendi's proposal for an enlarged board, with four seats to be held by the...
Softbank Y370bn bond to repay Brightstar debt
Softbank has priced a Y370bn unsecured corporate bond at par. Proceeds will partly be used to repay notes issued by US...
VimpelCom and Warid to merge Pakistani mobile units
Vimpelcom and Warid Telecom have agreed to merge their Pakistani mobile units, marking the country’s first ever sector merger. Vimpelcom, which has done...
Comcast in US$1.49bn note issue
Comcast is offering US$1.49bn of unsecured notes due 2046 to refinance existing debt and for working capital and general corporate purposes....
No Eir IPO unless markets improve
Eir has no plans to float in the short or even medium term, but CEO Richard Moat said he was sure Eir’s...
OTE issues €350m bond
OTE has become Greece's first corporate bond issuer in over a year, making good on a plan announced earlier this week. ...
RCom set to sell stake in tower unit to PE – reports
India’s Reliance Communications is reportedly nearing an agreement to sell its stake in Reliance Infratel to private equity in a deal valuing the tower...
Telecom Italia can raise €3bn in 2016 – CEO
Telecom Italia CEO Marco Patuano has told the Italian Parliament that his company can reap €3bn in 2016, making a...
Charter completes acquisition financings with US$2.5bn bond
Charter Communications has closed the US$2.5bn note offering which completes the financing for its acquisitions of Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks. Charter...
