Investment and M&A

French media conglomerate Vivendi (EPA:VIV) has taken control of local free to air broadcaster SECP after buying a 45.2% stake for about €457.8m (US$506.4m)....

Japan’s Softbank (TYO:9984) spent a further US$72.7m on increasing its controlling stake in Sprint (NYSE:S) soon after the group said it had bought shares...

Vivendi (EPA:VIV) has sold 67.9 million preferred shares (a 4% stake) in Telefonica Brasilfor some US$877m, marking its exit from the subsidiary,...

The FCC’s conditions on AT&T (NYSE:T)’s US$48.5bn takeover of DirecTV (NASDAQ:DTV), have come under fire from critics, with some arguing that they go too...

Nascent Indian mobile operator Reliance Jio Infocomm plans to raise up to Rs35bn (US$545.7m) in a debt issue prior to launching 4G...

B2B business Allstream is back on the block, with regional Canadian operator Manitoba Telecom Services (MTS Allstream) (TSE:MBT) set to meet suitors in the...

UK-based handset and electronics retailer Dixons Carphone (LON:CPW) has agreed to sell The Phone House Portugal to Digital Place, a company owned...

FCC chairman Tom Wheeler has recommended the approval of AT&T’s (NYSE:T) planned US$48.5bn purchase of DTH provider DirecTV (NASDAQ:DTV) with conditions aimed at boosting...

AT&T (NYSE:T) has completed its acquisition of pan-American DTH player DirecTV(NASDAQ:DTV) more than a year after the deal was first announced. The...

German cableco Tele Columbus (ETR:TC1) is reportedly considered the favoured buyer for smaller peer Pepcom, which may fetch a price of about €700m...