Telecom Italia gets green light for Telecom Argentina stake sale
Argentine TMT regulator Enacom has reportedly approved Telecom Italia’s (TIM) sale of its stake in Telecom Argentina to investment firm Fintech. Former regulator AFTIC had nixed...
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Analysis of the Irish tower market
With a population of 4.78 million and 4.9 million mobile connections, 60% of Ireland’s 4,000 telecoms towers sit in the...
Vodacom drops bid to acquire Neotel
South Africa’s Vodacom has cancelled plans to buy the majority of Neotel’s assets because of “regulatory complexities and certain conditions...
Italian watchdog asks EC to refer 3-Wind review
The Italian antitrust authority has asked the European Commission to allow it to review CK Hutchison’s planned €21.8bn (US$24.6bn) merger of...
Senators say Charter-TWC-Bright House merger “raises serious concerns”
US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and four colleagues in the Senate have told the Department of Justice (DoJ) and...
BT holds on to Openreach, for now
BT must open up its poles and ducts for use by rival providers, enabling them to build their own competing fibre...
French four-to-three deal must be agreed by end-March, Bouygues CEO says
Orange has until the end of March to negotiate a takeover of Bouygues Telecom, Martin Bouygues, CEO of conglomerate Bouygues, said today. Orange (EPA:ORA) has...
MTN Nigeria makes “good faith” payment towards US$3.9bn fine as negotiations continue
MTN Nigeria has today paid NgN50bn (US$250m) of its pending US$3.9bn fine to the Nigerian government, the company stated in a...
Fintech makes bid for Telecom Argentina listed shares
Investment firm Fintech has made a bid for all of Telecom Argentina’s listed Class B shares. Fintech, led by low-profile Mexican financier David Martínez...
Myanmar’s fourth mobile operator to go public – report
Myanmar’s planned fourth mobile operator reportedly plans to go public as soon as it gets its licence, according to Myanmar Technologies...
