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...
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 has reportedly hired former US attorney general Eric Holder, a lawyer at Covington & Burling, to help negotiate down a US$3.9bn...
The GSMA has expressed concern about Indian regulator Trai’s recommended starting price for the upcoming 700 MHz spectrum auction. The...
Cuba’s state owned telco ECTSA reportedly plans to launch a pilot broadband internet service in two Havana neighbourhoods – a...
Sharon White, the CEO of UK telecoms regulator Ofcom, has asked the European Commission not to clear the approved domestic...
Saudi Telecom (STC) has increased its shareholding in Viva Kuwait from 26% to 51.8%, despite its US$3.30 per share offer not being recommended...
Maroc Telecom has won a mobile licence in Côte d’Ivoire, and paid the first CFAFr50bn tranche of the fee. In December,...
NII Holdings has completed its previously agreed sale of Nextel Argentina to media conglomerate Grupo Clarín. The US holdco last year sold Nextel Mexico to AT&T,...
Italian energy firm Enel is open to buying into Metroweb, CEO Francesco Starace has said. Telecom Italia and a Wind Telecomunicazioni/Vodafone partnership...
