Julie Laulis to replace long-time Cable One CEO Tom Might
The US’ Cable One has promoted COO Julie Laulis to the role of CEO to succeed long-serving chief Tom Might, who will...
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Elisa expands into content in Estonia with Starman purchase
Finnish telco Elisa has agreed to buy Estonian cableco Starman in a €151m (US$160.5m) all-cash deal enabling its local unit to...
Oi asks for judicial consent to sell Timor Telecom in bid to cut debt
Struggling Brazilian telco Oi has asked the court administrating its bankruptcy protection for authorisation to sell its direct and indirect interests in Timor...
Telekom Austria’s Vipnet mulls further M&A, may look at H1 Telekom
Telekom Austria’s Croatian unit Vipnet is considering additional acquisitions following its recent agreement to acquire a controlling stake in local...
Analysts don’t rule out Orange-Canal+ deal after Vivendi denial
French media conglomerate Vivendi’s denial that it is in talks with Orange about the sale of its satellite pay-TV and content...
NTT to buy back US$1.3bn in shares to boost investor returns
Tokyo-based Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) plans to repurchase as much as Y150bn (US$1.3bn) worth of stock to increase investor returns. The telco aims to...
Vipnet executive Mladen Markoski picked as Mtel CFO
Telekom Austria has appointed Mladen Markoski to be CFO of its fully owned Bulgarian unit Mtel, replacing Milan Zaletel. Markoski was controlling director of...
COO Markus Haas to replace Thorsten Dirks as CEO of Telefónica Deutschland
German telco Telefónica Deutschland has promoted Markus Haas to CEO after Thorsten Dirks tendered his resignation to join the aviation industry as an executive...
Rosemarie Maniego-Eala promoted to Globe Telecom CFO
Philippine telco Globe Telecom has named Rosemarie Maniego-Eala as CFO, after appointing her to the role on an acting basis in November 2015. As head...
TDC to buy back €350m of notes to cut debt
Danish incumbent telco TDC has launched a €350m (US$369.3m) bond buyback to cut debt a week after Apollo Global Management reportedly...
