Malaysia’s Axiata price US$500m sukuk
Malaysian mobile operator Axiata Group Berhad has priced a five-year US$500m sukuk – its second under a US$1.5bn multi-currency sukuk programme set up...
Financing
Motorola lines up acquisition of Airwave from Macquarie
Macquarie-owned telecoms provider Airwave could reportedly change hands in the coming weeks if its lenders consent with Motorola Solutions in talks to buy the...
Three bids for Vivacom – report
VTB Capital’s creditor-led competitive enforcement sales process of Bulgarian operator Vivacom has reportedly attracted binding offers from three different investors, all backed by private...
Airtel plans debut sterling bond as Indian and UK PMs meet
Indian mobile giant Bharti Airtel plans to issue its first ever sterling bond, to be listed on the London Stock Exchange. It...
Mobilitie seals US$325m debt investment deal
US wireless infrastructure provider Mobilitie has closed a US$325m debt investment to fund growth plans. The company is looking for innovative ways...
TPG plots A$300m placement to repay M&A debt
Australian ISP TPG Telecom aims to raise A$300m in an institutional placement to partly repay the debt it used to buy local rival iiNet in...
Lloyds Bank adds Michael Bond to TMT team
Lloyds has made a junior appointment to its TMT practice, adding Michael Bond as mid-markets relationship director. He moves over...
Omantel appoints banks to oversee country’s first corporate sukuk
Following in the wake of Oman's maiden sovereign sukuk issue, incumbent Omantel is on track to become the country's first...
KPN cuts Telefónica Deutschland stake to raise cash for dividend
KPN has disposed of a quarter of its shares in Telefónica Deutschland that it acquired through its sale of E-Plus in 2014 and will return most of...
Telecom Italia share conversion to dilute stakes of new owners
Telecom Italia is on course to approving a share conversion worth up to €570m that would dilute the shareholding built up...
