Etisalat sues MTN over Visafone buy
Etisalat has filed a lawsuit against South Africa’s MTN over its acquisition of Nigerian CDMA operator Visafone, noting fears that the target's 800MHz spectrum would unfairly...
Government and Legal
Orange to buy Tigo DRC from Millicom
Orange has agreed to acquire Millicom’s operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo for US$160m in cash. If approved by regulators, the...
Vodafone happy to take stake in Openreach
Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao has said the company would be “happy” to take a stake in UK incumbent BT’s fixed-line infrastructure arm Openreach if it...
Charter plans US$1.5bn note offering
Charter Communications plans to offer US$1.5bn of senior unsecured notes due 2024 to refinance existing debt and/or help fund its acquisition...
CK Hutchison’s Canning Fok responds to Ofcom complaints on Three/O2 tie-up
Canning Fok, group co-managing director at CK Hutchison and chairman of Three UK, has written a letter defending his company’s agreed £10.5bn acquisition of O2 from Telefónica. The...
EC clears Liberty Global, Base merger, KPN to return €630m to shareholders
The European Commission (EC) has approved cable giant Liberty Global’s €1.325bn (US$1.49bn) acquisition of Belgian mobile operator Base from Dutch telco KPN. It set a...
MTN hires Eric Holder to negotiate Nigeria fine
MTN has reportedly hired former US attorney general Eric Holder, a lawyer at Covington & Burling, to help negotiate down a US$3.9bn...
GSMA “very concerned” by Indian spectrum auction starting price
The GSMA has expressed concern about Indian regulator Trai’s recommended starting price for the upcoming 700 MHz spectrum auction. The...
Cuba to launch broadband pilot – report
Cuba’s state owned telco ECTSA reportedly plans to launch a pilot broadband internet service in two Havana neighbourhoods – a...
Ofcom CEO Sharon White calls on Europe to nix Three/O2 deal
Sharon White, the CEO of UK telecoms regulator Ofcom, has asked the European Commission not to clear the approved domestic...
