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...
Government and Legal
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...
RCom gets green light from regulator for SSTL merger
Indian telco Reliance Communications (RCom) has won approval from the country’s competition commission to acquire smaller rival Sistema Shyam Teleservices, the...
Ooredoo announces senior appointments
Ooredoo has named new senior executives at both group and Qatar country level, following a number of departures towards the end...
Antitrust and Competition: Trends in US and EU Merger Enforcement
Merger activity in 2015 was at its highest level in years, and competition authorities in the U.S. and European Union...
IFT to review market reforms amid changing competitive landscape
Mexican regulator IFT will, in March, review the impact of the country’s ground-breaking reforms to the telecoms sector two years...
