Activist Oi investor requests EGM to annul Pharol agreements, file lawsuits
Société Mondiale, an activist investor in Oi, has called for an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders to address its proposal...
Government and Legal
L1 claims victory in London tribunal over Turkcell dispute
A London arbitration tribunal has ruled in favour of Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman’s investment business LetterOne (L1), saying it was...
EC set to green light Liberty and Vodafone’s Dutch JV
Liberty Global and Vodafone are reportedly set to win clearance from the European Commission (EC) for their planned joint venture in...
SK Telecom gives up on CJ Hellovision takeover bid
South Korean incumbent SK Telecom is withdrawing its bid to acquire a majority stake in the country’s largest cable TV and second...
Xavier Niel exits Telecom Italia
French billionaire Xavier Niel, the founder of telecoms group Iliad and its personal holding NJJ Holding, no longer hold, directly or indirectly, any shares...
Tata Sons to make US$1.17bn damages payment to NTT Docomo
India’s Tata Sons has agreed to deposit the US$1.17bn in damages that the London Court of International Arbitration ordered it...
ISRO’s Antrix loses appeal against Devas
India’s space agency is continuing to investigate a satellite contract the government scrapped with local telco Devas Multimedia, after an international...
Ofcom says BT should run Openreach separately
British telecoms regulator Ofcom has ordered incumbent BT to run Openreach as a separate company so that the fixed-line infrastructure business is more independent. UK operators including Sky and TalkTalk, which...
Cellcom scores injunction against Golan-Hot agreement
Israeli market leader Cellcom has succeeded in obtaining a district court injunction to halt a network sharing agreement between smaller rivals...
FCC stops clock on Verizon-XO review
The FCC has paused its informal 180-day review of Verizon Communications’ proposed US$1.8bn acquisition of XO Communications’ fibre optic business,...
